More Maternity Clothes

I had to go run out and buy 3 more pairs of maternity pants today.

I am already in my 33rd week of the pregnancy, for baby#2. I can't believe how fast time went by this time around. I remember when I was carrying Jasmine, we have a photo every month, showing how big my belly was steadily growing. Looking at this pregnacy, I only have 2 pictures of my belly... I guess it is true what they say about the second baby...I'm already neglecting her/him!

To top it off, I'm at the weight I was when I gave birth to Jasmine. I've gained 21lbs so far, which is average. But the pants I had previously are actually feeling tight. So even though there is only 7 weeks left, I had to do some shopping and get pants. Only 3 more weeks of work left before I go on mat leave.

Potty Training - Part 1

Ok, I just spent 3 days trying to potty train Jasmine. I thought that we'd give it a try now since she's already 2 and we have a few days at home to spend with her. Jasmine kinda knows when she pees and poops. Her signal to us that she wants to poop is "she stands on her tippie toes". It's kinda cute, because when she stands on her toes, that means she's going to take dump!

We've put Jasmine in underwear (no diaper) during the day and showed her what to do when she needs to go peepee or poopoo. She loves watching her doll, Upsy Daisy, go peepee and cheers her on. But our efforts have proved to be a failure. Jasmine absolutely hates the potty, and she doesn't care if she has stuff dripping down her leg. She's probably just not ready and would rather play with all her toys, being as energetic as she.

So back to square one - Jasmine back in diapers for now. I guess we'll give it another try when I am on mat leave, after Baby#2 comes along. I'll have 12 months at home to train her.

Christmas in Victoria

We spent Christmas day with Granpa and Grandma Wong, and then went over to Victoria on Boxing day to spend time with Granpa and Grandma Leung. I visited Auntie Winnie, Auntie Lisa and Uncle Herman. All of them bought me really nice presents and they kissed me and hugged me all the time. I even got to jump on Cousin Momo! Momo always makes me so happy; I chase him all over the house and he never gets angry.

Too bad I am still scared of the flash on the camera so it was hard to get a nice picture of me. It blinds my eyes so I try to stay away... Maybe next year, I'll sit on Santa Claus and take a nice picture.

Adyson's 2nd Birthday party

We celebrated Adyson's birthday at Aunt Wrency and Uncle Rick's house. I got to sit in Adyson's highchair and eat lunch (Adyson was not happy about that). We had noodles, fresh fruit, crunchy spring rolls and yummy cake! It was fun. We even got to make a hand puppet, which Mommy had to sew together. Thanks Adyson for inviting me to play.

Happy Birthday 2nd Birthday Jasmine!

I just turned 2 on Nov. 21st. Mommy got me all dressed up in a beautiful pink dress and she put my hair up in 2 pigtails. I was like a princess.

Me and 8 friends all celebrated together at Fun4Kids in Aberdeen Center, in Richmond. This place was great fun for all the little ones and the big kids too. There were a bunch of slides that you can race on, fluffy balls that keeps on blowing up in the air and a couple of scary tunnels. Auntie Winnie and Lisa came to play with me as well.

Afterwards, we ate pizza, sandwich, chips and cake at the food court. I had so much fun. Too bad everyone was flashing their cameras at me when the cake was on the table. I had to hide...

Happy Birthday Logan!

We had a celebration today, as it was Logan's birthday party. Happy birthday. Jasmine had tons of fun at the Renfrew Community center. She especially liked the red car; she climbed in and out of it so many times. Even when we were eating cake, she kept running back to the car. Jasmine also liked playing with the mini-microwave, where she put all the plastic fruits inside and pretended to press on the buttons and saying "doo, doo, doo"...

We were lucky to be able to catch a few pictures of Jasmine today, because once she sees the camera, she immediately covers her face with her hands!

Rome and Paris Trip

Richard and I decided that we wanted to go on another trip before Baby#2 came into our life. We were able to convince his Dad to take care of Jasmine for the entire week, while we went on our romantic getaway. Thanks FIL!

We booked a trip to Rome, as a homebase, and then did a small side trip to Paris for 2 days. Here are some pics we took (click on the pics to enlarge):

Rome - at the Colosseum

Rome - Palatine Hills


Rome - Borghese Gallery and Roman Forum

Paris - Pont Neuf and Cathédrale de Notre-Dame

Paris - Arc de Triomphe

Paris - Eiffel Tower

Paris - Louvre Museum and Mona Lisa

Left - Paris Louve Museum
Right - Rome St. Peter's Church

Rome - Castel Sant'Angelo and Ostia Antica

Halloween 2009

It was Jasmine's 2nd Halloween this year and we went to Brentwood Mall for this occassion. She used the same costume as last year, a little purple bug with 8 legs. Jasmine really didn't like wearing the costume at all; the entire time she kept pulling it off and couldn't keep the hat in place. After about 5 minutes of trick-or-treating, she decided that the slide and kids play area was more fun, and ran off.

We let Jasmine play in the playground for about 30 minutes and when she got tired, we opened a packet of the gummies for her to taste. Her eyes lit up...and she wanted more. I told her that she had to put her costume back on in order to get more gummies...and she cooperated. Too bad it was already almost 5pm and that was when the trick-or-treating ended. She got another 3 packets of candies and that was it. Maybe next year, she'll get more gummies.

We could not get a picture of Jasmine in her bug costume.