34 months

Joel is 34 months and weighs about 13.5kg.

He's extremely "sticky" this month, fusses and cries at the slightest thing that upsets him. Perhaps it's becoz of little Emma's arrival. But Joel seems to love his baby sister. When Emma is crying, Joel will say "Meimei, dont cry". Before he goes to school or goes to bed, he will say Goodbye & Goodnight to Emma.

This month, Elvis took 2 weeks leave from work (after Emma's birth) and he noticed that Joel seems a little moody when he's playing in his room, and he's also a lot naughtier than before. On this day, Joel came home from school and he seems upset (again). So, i brought him to my room and we sat by the window to read a new book 'Elmo's Guessing Game About Colours'. When Joel guessed the colour correctly, i held his face with my hands to sayang him...and he repeated the action every time we got to that part. Joel is such a sweet boy - well, most of the time. ;)


Joel, Daddy & Mommy still love you just as much even though we have Emma meimei now.

2 big heads

Daddy Elvis took some photos of Emma one afternoon and he realized that Baby Emma looks even more like Baby Joel! Here's it...

We also found out that Joel's head circumference is SMALLER than Emma's! Haha! Joel was born 7 days before EDD. Emma was born 8 days before EDD.
Baby Joel: 33cm, 2.655kg
Baby Emma: 34cm, 3.035kg

That makes 3 big heads in the family! ;)

emma

Here's our lovely little girl, Emma.

Born on 15 October 2010, 1146 hours
3.035kg, 47cm

Day 5
Baby Emma we are home

elvis' emma

Thanks to Elvis' colleagues who took these photos of the Coffee Bean cupcakes. All of them said it's so nice!!! I'm assuming the taste, THE LOOK, especially THE FLAGS!

But i'm quite disappointed becoz they look completely different from the ones shown inside the menu/catalogue. I feel quite "cheated"! These "creamed toppings" (or whatever it's called) look quite ugly to me...and the flags are not placed at an angle, about two-thirds to the right of the cupcake! Hahahaha... ;p But at least they remembered to stick in the flags for us. (Thank you, Coffee Bean)

this is it!

Baby Emma will be arriving tomorrow morning.

In preparation for her arrival, we've ordered 200 cupcakes from Coffee Bean & Tea Leaves for Daddy Elvis' colleagues, to be delivered on Monday for their tea-break.

Here in Shanghai, people give away pre-packed preserved egg ("lor"-egg) or egg-shaped chocolates when they have given birth to a baby boy. And if it's a baby girl, they dont have to give anything. So unfair!!! We decided to get the cupcakes anyway. And becoz Elvis says he always doesnt know who has given birth AND he doesnt eat the "lor"-egg, Mommy Jo made these mini flags so that people will know that Elvis has a little baby girl! ;)

Hope Coffee Bean remembers to stick them in. (I was quite disappointed we couldnt get to see the actual/sample cupcake before ordering)

joel counting 1-to-100

33 months

Joel is 33 months and weighs about 13kg. He's starting to love going to school! His teacher said that in the past, he didnt like it when she wanted to paste the 五角星 star sticker on his forehead or even on his hand (whenever the kids do something good) but now, he's ok with it. So he's been coming home almost everyday with a tiny star on his forehead. ;)

Joel will have a little sister this month. Hope he'll be a loving big brother.

Before & After school.

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Joel at 33 months, 10 October 2010.

Days & Months...


One, Two buckle my shoe...
(I heard Joel recited this last week, so he must have learnt it in school. Sometimes, he will also recite something in Mandarin but i cannot really figure out what he's saying! Haha!)

37 weeks pregnant

During the last few prenatal visits, it's always the "measuring-tape-on-belly" checkup. When we asked the gynae if we will be doing the ultrasound scan this time, she said we could do it the next time (which is also the last time) or today. She says it's meaningless to do it every time since the growth is about the same. (We havent been doing any scan for a month) So, we decided to do the scan that day since Joel was with us. He was happy to be able to see his little sister on screen. ;)


Baby sis weighs about 2.6kg now and might probably be about 3kg when she's out in exactly 1 week.

Last prenatal checkup will be 3 days before the delivery...

15 Oct 2010...

loving school

WEEK 3: 
Joel made huge improvement. He's started to mingle with other children. Very cute.

WEEK 5: 
Joel made huge improvement this week. He learned many new Chinese words. In the beginning, he did not want to talk. Then he started to talk only in English. Now, he can talk to the other children in Mandarin. He has made such great improvement within a month! I'm happy for him!

WEEK 5 (from a Progress File):
 Joel is a great kid! He improved a lot. From crying and not wanting to enter the school to greeting me happily every day "Good Morning, Teacher" I think this is our greatest comfort.