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Monday, 09 November 2009
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Very Belated Dol Recap
We just got back from China on Thurs night and it feels so good to be back in the US. I meant to post these dol pics before we left, but as usual my procrastination got the better of me and I spent every spare minute packing.
Lila's birthday banner
Luckily there was just enough patterned/color paper left over from the globes to put this together.
We taped this photo in the elevators to greet guests. It says "Oh! You made it. I'm on the 4th floor!" I love her expression. The Hello Kitty is a balloon holder that I got from Party City.
Petitemandoo's friend printed out/mounted photos of Lila in 3 different sizes from different months. Then sue_shi's hubby was kind enough to help us hang them like a gallery wall using the 3M removeable mini hooks before the party started.
"Hanbok Cake" baked by Ruth (our friend's sis) of brooklyncake.com
We played one game/raffle - What Will Lila Pick? Everyone wrote their name on a ballot and dropped it into the pocket they predicted Lila would pick. From those pockets, we picked 2 winners.
Guests took lollipops (that Sandy so kindly assembled) on their way home from this lolli garden. The letters, crate (cd holder) and pink/green paint were from Michaels. I glued them on with regular craft glue, then used the leftover crinkle paper from the invites as filler around the inside floral foam.
And the globes that I already posted about.
To package the dduk, my Uncle brought empty take out boxes from his restaurant and we attached these labels printed from avery.com
And our birthday girl~
With Grandma
Playing with the balloons
The doljabee
Lila picked the abacus first, but YSB's family didn't count it, so they made her do it twice more. My family counts the abacus, and my in-laws count the rice and pen. Here's a video of her grabbing the abacus.Lila Doljabee 1 from angie bae on Vimeo.
Sue_shi & Sandelion23 - thanks so much for all your help!
Lila handing a prize to her Uncle D.
And finally, eating cake for the first time
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
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Screaming during sleep and random bumps
UPDATE
I've been more diligent about Lila's napping yesterday and this morning. Down at 10am and again at 2pm sharp. She hasn't cried out as much so I guess it was just overexhaustion. I thought she was transitioning to 1 nap, but I guess it's still too early for that.
As for the bumps, I gave her another scrambled egg yesterday. Again, she loved it and finished the whole thing. She still has a few of the same bumps left from Sunday but no scratching. Also no bumps on the chest this time. The pediatrician thinks it is an allergic reaction to something but isn't sure if it's egg or something else. She said we can most likely give Lila food with eggs in it (noodles, etc), just not whole egg alone and bring benadryl with us. When we're back, we'll try scrambled eggs again and bring her in if the same dots come out.
11 AM and still napping
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The past couple of days, Lila has been screaming out during sleep and naps. Have any xanga mommies had this happen? Is it a nightmare? Her eyes will be closed and she'll scream out ma ma or nah nah. i'll go over and see she's still asleep. She'll stop on her own and just stay asleep. When she was around 4 months, i remember she would do a random yell at night but it hasn't happened again until now.
Also, I gave Lila egg whites for the first time yesterday. She seemed totally okay, and loved eating them. But 2 hours later, I noticed these bumps on her thighs and lightly on her chest yesterday. It looks like this:
She wasn't itchy, but has been cranky and super clingy. Part of me thinks she's clingy bc of teething (her gums look a little inflamed.) The doctor said she might have a reaction from the vaccination she got on Wednesday since most of the bumps were around the injection site...Anyway, they are basically gone today and I'm thinking of trying egg whites again. I didn't give her benadyl bc we didnt know if it was allergies or from the vaccination. Maybe she just has an intolerance...?
Thursday, 15 October 2009
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Tire Park
Outside our window is a children's playground that people refer to as "Tire Park." For months, there has been talk about taking it down to make a wide walkway that continues down to Battery Park. I guess they think it will look nicer. On Sunday, we decided to take Lila there. I used to meet Eileen & Meli here before we became a family of 3 and always imagined when I would bring my baby to play there. As we passed by the community garden adjacent to the park, neighbors were still tending to their plots even though they knew it would also be torn down. Yesterday morning, I woke up and saw that dividers had been put up and workers were removing the sand and parts of the basketball court. I'm glad we were able to go as a family one last time.
Passing the community garden
At the park
Goodbye Tire Park
Walking home
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A few weeks ago, we signed a 1 month exclusivity agreement with a broker friend to rent out our apt. So far, no takers...
She is hosting an Open House on Saturday though. We found an apt that we really liked in Palisades Park (Trio) but couldn't commit because we'd probably end up paying mortgage/maintenance and rent at the same time. Anyway, we are keeping our fingers crossed for Saturday! It would be great if we could move by the new year.
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
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Visas & Growth Stats
My parents left for Shanghai this morning, which reminds me all over again about the Chinese visas. When we went last week, there was a huge line around the block at 9am. We waited for about an hour outside until the security guard saw us and called us up. When it was our turn at the window, the guy okayed Lila's passport, but once he got to mine and saw that I was born in China, he started asking for all these other documents - Lila's birth certificate, my Chinese birth certificate and Chinese passport. My dad tried to explain that we came to the US in 1980 and may not even have those documents anymore since we've been citizens for over 20 years, not to mention been back to China numerous times. And even though Lila was born in the US, he wanted to verify her birth documents since 1 parent was born in China. After holding up the line for 15 minutes, the guy refused to give us the visas and just shoved back all 3 passports. My dad was furious because we've never needed these supporting documents before.
On Friday, my mom dropped off our applications again, this time prepared with my birth certificate, her old Chinese passport which had my name and photo on it (since I was an infant pictured sitting on her lap), my Dad's old Chinese passport (just in case), my & YSB's marriage certificate, Lila's birth certificate, and YSB's US naturalization papers since he was born in S. Korea. Since we're leaving next thursday we didn't want to risk getting denied again.
Anyway, we're picking up our Chinese visas on Thursday. Woohoo!
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Lila went in for her 1 year check up on Wednesday.
She is now
Height: 29.8 in (73%) up from 28 in
Weight: 22 lb, 12 oz (77%) up from 21 lb
Head Cir: 44.3 cm (28%) up from 43.3 cm
Her weight gain seems to be slowing down...I remember back during her other check ups she was always in the 90+ percentile. She still has the arm rolls that we love so much but the doctor said they might start to even out (!)
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