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家庭日

2009年8月9日(星期日)

我一直都很期待可以和老公帶囡囡去街街,但之前豬流感一直肆虐,加上囡囡未注射任何預防針,所以一直以來我們都乖乖留在家中.除了幾次的例行檢查和防疫注射,一次到車行取回要檢查的車,和現在每周一次到奶奶家吃晚飯.
自周三第一次女子三人行之後,今天是第一次正式的家庭日.老公和我帶著囡囡去shopping,很開心啊!剛下車放好囡囡在嬰兒車上,車門還未關上,就已經有另一對推著嬰兒車的夫婦走過,他們回過頭來望囡囡,對我們說"cool hat".哈哈.她總是惹來注目,即使當天每隔兩秒就會見到一個嬰孩.我們帶她看了好幾間鞋店,但她總是不太滿意,一直到Nike她才找到合心意的兩對小鞋子,第一對是涼鞋(和媽媽一樣很愛涼鞋,呵呵),第二對是小波鞋
時間過得很快,我們用了一個半小時為她添了兩對鞋子,買完已經是午飯時間.於是我們決定一起去吃午餐(其實真大膽,已經差不多是她要吃的時間),這是一天內另一個第一次–一家人在外面用膳.吃到中段,因為見到爸爸媽媽吃得很高興,她也想分甘同味,於是開始有點不耐煩,要我抱著她來吃午餐.我們最後以高速吃完午餐,然後立即回家給她填飽肚子.回家後她很累,午睡了很久很久,我想是太多刺激,太多人和東西看了,所以即是她坐著逛街,還是累很要命.總括而言,第一次的家庭日是頗成功的,老公也驚訝她有這般好的耐性.
預告:即將會有第一次媽媽自己帶囡囡去診所打針,第一次去超市,和第一次和囡囡兩人行去shopping.(好期待,希望會平安無事).

第一次去街街

今天第一次真正帶囡囡去街街.奶奶,我和小公主第一次的girls date,節目當然是shopping啦.其實我們本來只是想在平日的非繁忙時間,帶囡囡外出逛逛,見一見外面的世界,怕周末太多人,太吵鬧會嚇怕她.加上豬流感仍然肆虐,平日外出只有小貓三四隻,安全得多.

第一間店舖當然是Carter's,她大部分的衣服都是這個牌子.雖然polo的很型(媽媽很喜歡,所以都買了些少),但就舒適而然,carter's的款式較多又女孩子一點,所以每次進入都出血.店舖經理見到囡囡,主動走過來閒談,不斷讚她可愛又乖女.每次囡囡聽到讚美的字眼,她就笑笑,全程都很留心的望著經理和她傾談,令女經理開心到不得了.
難得囡囡坐完車都沒有訓著,當然讓她自己選喜歡的衣服.初初奶奶以為我只是鬧著玩,每件衫裙都拿給她看,問她喜不喜歡.但當她親眼看到她對某些衣服不屑一看,另一些則笑著伸手去拿,她知道囡囡真的在告訴我她的喜好.這都是我的錯,每天早上我都會帶她到衣帽間,讓她自己選衣服,見到喜歡的她會伸手拉起,直至我取下衣架為止.若我選了另一件,她會木無表情地望一望,然後努力拉著喜歡的那件.更衣後,我會讓她照照鏡,當她見到自己穿上可愛衣服後,她會笑得很開心.最後,奶奶買了所有她笑著同意的新衣;鞋子看了10對只喜歡一對,和媽媽一樣有買鞋困難症.
下一站是我最愛逛的coach,奶奶覺得我應該要買多幾個crossbody的款色,有不同的顏色和大小襯衣服.奶奶說會送給我.努力游說我選個喜歡的,其實我都看中了幾個手袋,但她破費買了這麼多衣服給alexis已令我很不好意思,怎可以再讓她花錢,所以我堅拒了她的好意,說看不到喜歡的(下次和老公去才買).我給囡囡看了廿個手袋,她只喜歡兩個,當然她很有眼光,看上眼的都是靚靚羊皮手袋,奶奶差點就拿著其中一個走到收銀處買來給我,但我說不太喜歡她才作罷.
這裏的售貨員也很喜歡alexis,一個告訴另一個囡囡在店舖,最後同時有4-5人一同圍著她,.大家都讚她趣緻又乖巧,她則忙著看看是誰在和她說話.難得她一點也不怕陌生人,又很有耐性,全程都很留心地望著和她說話的人,沒有半點不耐煩.我和奶奶也很高興第一次的外出很成功.
最後一站是Eddie Bauer,它的優閒便服頗舒適的.上次買了很多東西,積分換的現金券已送到手上.於是進內逛逛,希望用了它.最後奶奶和我也找到一些心頭好,當然她又搶著付款,今次我也不再堅持,讓她付款就是了.囡囡在進入這店時已經睡著了,其實這已經過了她平日小休的半個小時,她一定累得很了.

Christmas in July

I still don't understand what is Christmas in July, all I know is they started
to display some Christmas stuff in July. Normally, we won't started Christmas
shopping until October as the earliest. But we started quite early for Alexis
this year since one of the presents is quite high demand. 

Eric and I saw these American Girl Dolls last year while I was pregnant
with little princess. If we could ensure she is a girl, we would have bought
some already. Anyway, we decided if the baby is a girl, it will be her
collection on top of whatever she likes. These dolls honestly is quite expensive
(actually very expensive in my opinion) but very well made. They pay so much
attention to details and come with all kinds of accessories that you can think
of and more. We got her the doll of the year 2009 and some accessories to start
the collection (since it is the year she was born) which does not count as a
christmas gift. Then we got her the Bitty Twins special set as one of the
Christmas presents. I had a hard time choosing the color of the hair, I like the
blonde one but also the brunette. We ended up choosing the bernette one and may
be I will buy the blonde one for myself in the future, haha. Until she is old
enough, I guess 4 is the right age, we will let her choose one of the
look-like-me dolls. (I kind of want one too…already being teased by Eric so
many times). 
Here is the doll of the year – Chrissa
(picture come from qvc.com) 
The Bitty twins and the costumes

bitty twins

 

costume

(Pictures come from americangirl.com)

Growing. Learning. Amazing.

Alexis is already  5 months old and talking so much more. She is so pround of all the little things she learned and capable of doing. She loves to talk and sing to the little frog in the jumper and spin it as fast as she can. After she did something, she will look me into the eyes and tell me what she had done. Jumping and bouncing are her favorite activities, of course eating the toys at the same time are some talents. I don't remember when did she started to eat her hand or finger(s) and talk A LOT at the same time. Sometimes she does that in sleep – AMAZING. 

Little princess still learning how to sit alone and crawl. The cute butt is getting higher and higher lately and the body is rising a little bit more also. If you leave her for a few seconds, sometimes longer, she can support her upper body with the hands placed in front of her legs to sit alone. These few days she progressed to sit without the hands support for a little while. Mommy has been holding her hands while she is sitting to help her developing the balance.

Turning her little body 180 degree as she stand was a new discovery yesterday. Today, she mastered the Rasberry Skill and used it while I was feeding her the rice cereal and squash. Oh gosh, both of us are wearing the food but she is definitly proud of it. Love that she trys to walk in that jumper, talks to me then smiles and laughs out loud. She grows so fast that I have to adjust the height on the jumper for the second time, that means she at least 2 inches taller. I let her try to drink from the cup again with milk and apple juice today. This silly baby surely like the juice a lot and want to hold the cup on her own.

一同學習的感動

看著囡囡一天一天的長大,見證著成長和學習的奇妙,真的很感動.每天她都在學習新的東西,每次見她很努力不懈地學習新事物,失敗後,休息一會又再試過,這種不怕失敗的精神有很多成年人也忘記了.在她學轉身時,很多次見她轉了一大半,最後又失敗了,很想幫她一把(也幫過了幾次),但最後要成功學懂也非靠她自己不可.

每次我也會在旁邊為她打氣,見她盡了力但不成功,很替她感到辛苦又難過;但她卻一點也沒有氣餒,見到我就笑笑,然後再出盡全身氣力的再試過.有好幾次,被她感動得流下淚來.她突然令我想到,人原來在成長中曾是這樣不怕艱辛的去學習,根本沒有放棄的念頭.直至長大了,開始有點小聰明,就怕辛苦怕失敗,到最後甚麼也不敢試不願學習,多麼可惜.
現在學爬行的她,每天一有機會就反轉身,出盡力的去撐起身體,用力的踢腳,直至沒有力氣為止.每次都差一點就成功,我在旁很替她緊張,也為她的努力學習感到驕傲.

Chinese Hoisin BBQ sauce ribs

Eric made the Chinese Hoisin BBQ ribs two days ago, it was so tendered and yummy. He was so proud to cook it prefectly and so did I. The meat fell of the bone as soon as you touched it. The sauce was delicious, not too spicy but just enough as a touch, and it went with the rice so well. We got another rack of ribs and definitly will make it again.

買鞋日

上次買鞋已經很久很久了,我最新的一對鞋是奶奶上年聖誔送的Birki,我自己買的已經耐到唔記得.昨天去為囡囡添置新衣後,當然要逛逛街啦.一連兩天都去了逛,但只是逛了很短的時間,第一天去找我好朋友的結婚禮物,見到一份非常合心意的,誰知所有的存貨都有問題…最後都是選了老公建議的,加上我第二合心意的組合,然後就乖乖回家了.但在途中見到carter's有減價,老公說在電郵收到8折的coupon,所以昨天就回去掃貨,買了很多6-9個月的睡衣和幾件衫仔.

我本來打算立即回家,免得再花錢,因為我這兩個月已經用了很多錢.但老公每次都喜歡"問"我逛不逛近期最愛,但我今次很有定力,在兩間最愛都沒有買任何東西,安然無羔地走出來.雖然有幾樣東西我都頗喜歡,老公又說很好看,但我都堅決不要.奈何我失守在一間新的鞋店.

我原本只是想看看,經常都見到gladiator
shoes,一直都不喜歡;直至我看了某節目,開始改變我的想法,原來適合的可以令雙腳變得非常修長.已經很久沒有買新鞋的我,一心想試試看,估計都不會怎麼好看,始終覺得這種鞋不太適合我.反正是試著玩,就試鮮艷的粉紅色.天啊!怎會這麼幸運,一試就找到那雙會令雙腳修長的鞋子,難得這麼高跟卻算舒適.於是找喜歡的銅色試穿,但沒有粉紅色的那種"嘩".老公也很同意,他非常贊同我要把它買下來.然後找到另外兩對我很喜歡的,款式近似但我非常喜愛,老公也覺得我穿得極好看,讓我同時將它們買回家.今次我又失敗而回,但還是滿心歡喜的.謝謝老公大人.

Fergie是我很喜歡的歌手,可以想像她會穿這種鞋子,難怪會在她的品牌中出現

July 341 

這一雙是我最喜愛的

July 335

款式非常近,但那些微小的差別卻又叫我很喜歡

July 337

寶貝反轉再反轉

囡囡近幾日都開始常常反身,最鐘意向左轉,但時不時都會向右反,一反轉身就好開心,手腳不斷地撐,有幾次pat pat升高起來,我想她正在努力學爬行.

昨天是她出生以來,反身反得最多的一天.早上入到她房,她是爬著睡…這是第二次半夜反身訓.然後吃完早餐,開始和她玩,一上到床找爸爸就轉轉轉不停,老是要肚子向下才開心似的.下午媽媽和爸爸行街街,買了很多新衫給她,回到家嫲嫲說她似是很累,不太想玩.然後整晚她都很靜,只想坐在媽媽懷裏.爸爸想抱她多一會,她也不太喜歡,老是左看右看找媽媽,結果我要停下所有清潔工作,靜靜地陪她坐.(難怪爸爸常呷醋,說她有媽媽就甚麼也可,哈哈)

晚上到睡覺時間,她在床仔左轉右轉,於是我們離開房間讓她安靜下來,隔一會才去窺看她睡著了沒有.爸爸下來時告訴我,他一共為她反了4次身,每次她都立即又反到肚仔向下,直至第4次她才肯臥訓.今早凌晨我去換片,傻女當然又反了身.換好片後她立即又轉身,我當然嘗試反轉她,誰知…我也數不清她反了多少次,最後她才左側訓.清早再上去,當然又是反轉了,這個傻女.

之前一直很期待她轉身的日子,到她今日可以無拘無束地轉身,我又擔心她肚仔向下睡,容易會有睡眠窒息,令我整晚都睡得不好.今早一起來,她在我床上接連地反轉再反轉,根本是在滾動,幸好我放她在床中央,否則她可能會從床上掉下來.(有時她像在表演所有學懂的東西似的,好像BB雜耍,很搞笑)

笑到卡卡聲

今天開始囡囡試食了紅蘿蔔,估她會不太喜歡,因為之前吃的都是甜甜的蘋果和香蕉,但她卻吃得很開心,沒有吐出來,乖乖(由開始吃固體,她也從來沒有吐過食物出來,全部都很喜歡,連老公估她不會喜歡的燕麥也吃得津津有味).

昨晚吃飯時囡囡見到我吃粟米,可能因為用叉的關係,她以為黃色的粟米是她的米糊或者香蕉,竟然突然哭起來,口擘擘地想我餵她.傻女剛剛才吃飽,見到媽媽用餐具放食物入口中,就以為媽媽不餵她,好傻的豬豬,弄得我和老公哭笑不得,又要逗她和安慰她.

爸爸今天選擇在家上班,因為可以抱著囡囡工作,多點時間陪她.最近爸爸放工回家,寶寶已經睡了或是要黏著媽媽才開心,爸爸抱不夠兩分鐘就可憐兮兮地找媽媽,令爸爸感到很不是味兒呢!但如果是早上,她和爸爸會玩得很高興,逗得爸爸笑逐顏開.所以老公最近很喜歡周五留在家中上班,可以見多寶貝女幾面.
當老公在二樓進行電話會議,我和囡囡在睡房練轉身和玩親親面珠.今天她很可愛,錫她面珠時竟然笑到卡卡聲,連續不斷地笑得很開心,聽到她開壞大笑,也令我笑到卡卡聲.於是兩母女在床上面一齊哈哈大笑,好溫馨啊!