today is the mid-autumn festival, also called moon festival, or 中秋節 (zhongqiu jie) for you Chinese readers. it’s another big holiday in this part of the world. a couple things you should do today to celebrate: 1) eat mooncake for several weeks now, the supermarkets have been filled with tons of varying gift boxes containing...
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60
today is China’s National Day, marking the 60th anniversary of the PRC. there have been a lot more flags waving around and decorations leading up to this (we saw a big topiary “60″ carving). it’s been raining all day, so our view of any festivities or celebrations basically looked like this: watching the parade in...
hands and feet
more sibling love =) the hands i caught while they were napping last week. they both fell asleep around the same time, and hannah just draped her arm over kaylah. it was very sweet. and i can never get enough of little feet. though hannah’s little feet now seem gigantic to me after having kaylah....
the before
just to show how terribly behind i am on sorting and processing pictures, i just came upon these images a few days ago. but i like them, so i will post them anyways. it was a month before my due date… and now my girl is well being past one month old! i love the...
the first (confinement) month
well, we have officially made it through the first month of kaylah’s life. while we chose to go western-style for prenatal and delivery care… the postpartum period was all chinese-style. That means the first month after delivery is 坐月子 “zuo yuezi”. Literally translated, it means sitting the first month, others have translated it as the...
giving birth in China
it’s been just about a month now since giving birth to our second baby, and i am slowly emerging from the fog of having a newborn. some people can’t believe we delivered a baby in china – though i imagine it’s not *that* uncommon of an occurrence here. =) but for those of you who...
just a couple for now…
hard to believe my baby is almost 2 weeks old already. time is going by fast. we’ll be leaving shanghai in a few days and head back to our home in ningbo. things just keep changing… so in the midst of everything, still trying to capture a few moments.
a week ago…
we welcomed this lovely baby girl into our family. welcome to the world kaylah. and 7 years ago, today, marks the beginning of this family, when me and luke got married. happy anniversary dear. =) the number 7 marks a sense of completeness or perfection – appropriate now that our family is further completed. more...
eclipses and expos
well, we are in the middle of our second week in shanghai, waiting for baby to come. baby has not decided to come yet, so in the meanwhile, we are out and about exploring shanghai. with the expo 2010 coming to shanghai, you see the expo mascot “haibao” all over the city. like this giant...
making art
i’ve recently decided to try to do at least one art or craft project with hannah each week… we’ll see how long it lasts. but she really enjoys creating things and it’s a nice activity to do together. especially when it’s too hot to venture outside. so last week, i tried this tissue staining project with...