We made quite a progress over the weekend to get stuff ready for Chamu. Thanks to Christy, we don't need to worry about his bed for now (will use Nathan's little Moses basket and Baby Bjorn until we get our own). We bought a bathtub, a breast pump, and a bouncing chair. We do need to buy a car seat still so we can bring him home safely from the hospital. We also started making the traditional Cantonese ginger/vinegar dish today (after Jaime tested the clay pot for lead carefully). We need to get a nursing chair and a changing table though.
Mom is back from Taiwan and she has been feeding me the right food to get rid of my cough and my elephant feet (and they seem to work!).
The Brazilian orchid which Jaime bought for me more than 6 years ago (his first gift to me) started to bloom this week. It has not bloomed at all since we bought it and for a long time we thought we bought a Brazilian green onion plant by mistake. And now it has five flowers blossoming at the same time! Isn't it beautiful? Just in time to celebrate the arrival of Chamu (that is, Jaime and I's love has now 開花結果). :)
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The orchids are beautiful and so it is to see the blossoming of your love. We are also becoming very eager of the arrival of our first grandson Baby Chamu, not that we want him to come early, he will come out when he is ready, to be most welcome into this world and our lives as grandparents.
Much love, Mom & Dad
PS The ginger and vinegar dish includes pig's feet? My mother used to make a big pot whenever a grandchild was born and also put in some hard boiled eggs.
Jojo --- time really flies, you are counting dow for Chamu's arrival already.
By the way, what did your mom feed you to get rid of your cough? Both mic and I are coughing like crazy these days
The ginger dish has pig feet and boiled eggs. It is one of the most traditional Cantonese confinement food since ginger helps replenish energy and vinegar helps cleanse your discharge. Pig feet contain a lot of collagen and eggs are just eggs (high in protein)!
Chamu will be a good boy and come out after May 8 so he has at least another 10 days... It is a lot of responsibility to be a parent. We are so much more appreciative of what our parents have done for us now we are becoming parents ourselves...
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