20080908224702 - Chamu's first game of Peekaboo

20080908224702 - Chamu's first game of Peekaboo, originally uploaded by Joyce and Jaime.

归心似箭

终于了解什么叫做归心似箭 从离开纽约 飞了将近20个小时 总算盼到了香港 一下机 我以跑百米的速度 从机场的最尾端 跑到了出口 满身大汗的上了的士 只希望我到家时 小秉鑫仍在睡梦中

I Miss Chamu

The most unbearable feeling is when you miss someone and you cannot see him. All day I have been suffering from Chamu withdrawal syndrome. I would pull out his picture on my blackberry and look at it every hour.
I just want to kiss his little lips and cute nose, hold his tiny hands, and give him a gentle squeeze.
One more day, then I will be on the plane back to Hong Kong. Still, it's hard to know that I'm still 48 hours from my cutie boy.

First Trip without Chamu

Today I leave Joaquin to go to NYC for 4 days. What used to be an very easy trip is now very complicated. I want to continue breast feeding even after the trip so that means pumping for 4 days straight (and I really hate pumping). I pumped twice on the plane. I slept for 7 hours in between, probably the best sleep I have had for the last 6 months. But in my awake hours, I just can't stop missing Chamu.
We landed at 10pm and it was past 11pm when we got to the hotel when they told us that they have no room for us and needed us to move to another hotel. It's the fashion week in NYC! The hotel we got moved to is a boutique hotel right at the park so we feel hip as we walked in. But breast feeding mothers don't stay at hip hotels so I had to beg them to find some room in their freezer to store the breast milk.
My pump then went out of battery so I had to go to the drugstore to pick up some batteries. On the way out, some dude decided to pick me up even though I was still wearing glasses carrying the airplane scent. I hurried away when he asked if I had a boyfriend (my son is older than your brain dude!)
I still miss Chamu and Dadu dearly as I lie inside the bathtub, taking the first bath in the last 12 months... Can't wait to go back to them...

Chamu's First Trip to the Peak

Chamu visited the Peak today with Tia Lauri and Tio Tim, who are visiting from the U.S. Since he can't seem to see very far yet, he enjoyed the view of the shops a lot better. He was his usual charming and cool self, getting a lot of attention from strangers!

Chamu Sleeps thru the Night - AGAIN

Chamu was a good boy, being able to sleep through the night at Month Two. Jaime and I were so happy to regain some lost sleep from Month One. Month Three, we took him to Vancouver/LA, and it marked the beginning of our sleep-deprived life, again. One week after we are back in Hong Kong, Chamu finally sleeps through the night again. He slept from 9.30pm last night to now (6.15 am) and still sleeping. I have been up since 4am since I was exhausted after the last few nights and went to sleep at 9pm last night while Jaime and our helper so graciously took over Chamu from me. The Sleeping-thru was done at a price. We wanted to put him back on schedule so didn't let Chamu nap much during the day. What Jaime had to deal with was a very grouchy groucy boy... But thankfully it worked! Let's hope we have our little contented angel back today... and let's cross our fingers and hope he continues to sleep through the night.

Bad Habits Die Hard

Joaquin has been spoiled in the last month when we were traveling: being picked up all the time, sleeping next to us and waking up at night. Despite our effort of getting him to sleep in his crib overnight (again) since our return, he keeps getting up in the middle of night. Since we had been too lazy to comfort him to go back to sleep when we were traveling, I made the mistakes of nursing him back to sleep. He now is used to sleeping with me and nurses whenever he wants. This morning, he woke up at 230am and had been sleeping with us until 7am which means all three of ended up not getting enough sleep. We need to put him back on schedule and wean his bad habits (even though I like the fact he likes to sleep next to me). Otherwise I won't be able to function at work...