Never in a million years

I have not had very many jobs in my life and one of them even took me high up into the skies, but I would never sign up to do this!

Do you see that they are hanging by ropes and sitting on a wooden swing like thing? They were there and gone in a flash. Brycen thought it was the coolest. Little does he know this is also his new time out location:)

2 months

Wow time flies!! Saria is already 2 months old. I don't have any stats yet because she hasn't been to the Dr. (for her well check anyway...she has been to the Dr. plenty, but that's another story).

She is such a wonderful baby. Still only waking up once during the night to eat and most of the time it's not until 4 or 5, so that I can handle. She is starting to smile a lot more and we even hear the occassional laugh. Saria loves her brother so much and is always staring at him with wide eyes. Thanks to my Aunt Susie for the adorable hat in the picture below.

Thanks Mom

A HUGE thank you goes out to my mom for all her help while visiting us in China. I really can't believe how much she did and she makes me want to be a better mom (especially when it comes to being crafty with Brycen).

My mom arrived in China on Chinese New Years Eve. Not being a fan of fireworks and really loud noises this was probably the worst possible time for her to come. The Chinese must have huge stock in the fireworks business, because there were fireworks day and night for the next 2 weeks. Thank goodness that we live up high enough so that they weren't too loud, but just loud enough to be a bit annoying. Did I mention this lasted day and night for 2 weeks??

Brycen was so happy to have his grammy here. She spent lots of time reading and doing crafts with him. She is so creative (I totally missed this gene). She could take a small box and turn it into a carwash, parking lot or whatever else his cars would go in. She made personalized placemats with him, so we all knew where to sit for dinner.

Although we didn't get out and about a whole lot during her visit, she was lucky enough to experience a little bit of China. I took her to dinner at a hotpot restaurant, we took the ferry from one side of the Huangpu River (the river we look onto from our apartment) to the other, a visit to the fake market and a short visit to Yuyuan Garden. The Gardens were sooooo crowded when we were there that we didn't even venture into the actual gardens but will save it for their next trip out.

My mom kept our house spick and span and did our laundry everyday, whether it needed it or not:) Brycen kept referring to her as "our new ayi"...too funny.

Thanks again mom! You are going to missed.

Crash

Next time we'll teach him about the brakes BEFORE he gets on the bike:)

9 months old...OK he's 3

That's a leap year baby for ya! Happy Birthday Brycen. I can't believe he is 3 years old already. He has never looked as big as when he jumped up and hopped right on his bike and took off down the hall. I was so proud.

Don't let the size of the Elmo cake throw you. It was only a 5" cake for a mere $40...but to be honest it was the perfect size for us and we even had left overs.

Poor Baby Girl

It would be an understatement to say that sickness is rampant in our house.

It all began with the day after Saria was brought home from the hospital. Brycen came down with a high fever, cough and slap cheek and had to stay home from school for 3 days. Thank goodness Betsy was here to help keep him occupied. Then Les got a sinus infection, I caught a "bacterial" cold for which no medication would help and I still have it today. Brycen then came home from school with pink eye. Thank goodness there were no missed days of school as he had the weekend to become non contagious. 3 days later, I took Saria into the Dr. for what looked like pink eye, a high fever, cough and congestion (so bad that when she cried no sound came out). She was hospitalized for what was supposed to be 24 hour observation but sure enough 4 days later we came home. The day after we got home my mom went to the Dr. for pink eye and an awful cough...when will it end????

On the bright side Saria is feeling much better and was very well taken care of during her stay in the hospital...and mom enjoyed the food once again:)

Here she is in her hospital gown that was 20 sizes too big. The nurses kept saying "too big for newborn, too small for pediatrics"...funny.