Natalie in Waterloo

It's been a while since our last update. That's because on Sep 19, Natalie took her first airplane ride (16 hours!) to Toronto/Waterloo, Canada to visit her grandparents, family, friends, and attend Alex & Vanessa's wedding. She was a real star on the plane and all the flight attendants loved her.

Natalie spent a week in Waterloo visiting her Nai-nai and Yeh-yeh. Now she is in Toronto for another 2 weeks visiting her Por-Por and Gong-Gong.

Below are photos of her at the Waterloo Park Swimming Pool (swimming with other babies!). Unfortunately, her blue swimming outfit makes her look like a cute little boy, but maybe when she grows more hair we can put a hair clip in so everyone will know she's really a little girl. Videos to come soon :)

Natalie with Fam & Friends

Now that Natalie's neck and head are getting stronger (and doesn't flop around as much), more people want to hold and play with her. Natalie loves to be held and enjoys drooling on everyone who holds her.

Here are some recent pics of Natalie and friends :)

Natalie with Uncle Jie-rou

Natalie with Marian Yee-yee


Natalie with Carol Yee-yee


Natalie with Vivian Yee-yee


Natalie with Uncle Dave


Natalie with Jimmy and Connie

Stroller Convention

Our babies aren't the only ones getting older and bigger... check out the latest mommies group meeting we had yesterday. It was a real stroller convention! We had a lot of mommies and babies show up to chit chat and play together.

Below are some photos. Most babies wore our mommies group "onesies". The onesies have our mommies group name, baby name, and birth order. Girls are in pink. Boys are in blue. See Natalie's #15 (the last number) onesie.

Also, when put face to face with another baby (Emily, Ava, and Nana), Natalie stared in fascination and then actually smiled! Her pool of little friends is growing and it's great to watch the babies interacting :)

Not-so-little Miss. Piggy

Tracy and Clark had a bit of fun with Natalie at McDonald's today. Natalie has really grown a lot over the last few months! She is not-so-little any more.

Also, check out Video 30 of Natalie sucking her thumb.

Morning Worm

Natalie is definitely a morning person. She is super cheerful in the mornings and loves to talk and smile. She's also gotten really good at eating her hand (except she hasn't learn to swallow her saliva yet so it gets all over her hand, face, and neck as you can see from picture below). Natalie's almost laughing out loud too... she makes cough-like noises but hoping they will turn in to real squeals of laughter soon :)

Mommies meeting

Every Thursday, Tracy and Natalie have our weekly mommies-and-babies meeting at Caffe Vergnano 1882. With almost 20 mommy-baby pairs in the group, we need a big, baby-friendly and stroller-friendly space.

Today, while the mommies chit-chatted, the babies "played" together (meaning they stared at each other in fascination). We also passed our babies around so our babies had a chance to interact with other adults. Tracy really enjoyed holding other babies (so sturdy and cute!) and watching the other mommies play with Natalie. Natalie seemed to have fun too.

All in all another great meet-up! Below are photos of Sandra and baby Jamilia, Debbie and baby Olivia, Tina and baby Holly, Ava and baby Nivana, Elena and baby Max, Susannie and baby Clara, and Tracy and Natalie :)

Nerdy Nerd

Natalie went to the doctors again yesterday and she is officially 6.14 kg (13.5 lbs) and 60 cm long. She's continuing in her beastly ways... yay!

Here she is hanging with Serena Yee-yee :)

Tummy time!

Today, Natalie got some good exercise via tummy time. Her neck and back are so strong now that she can almost lift her head to 90 degrees, although only for a split second. Check out how strong she is in Video 29.

Natalie is "full figured"

If Natalie were an adult, she would be considered "full figured". Check out those cellulite-ridden thighs, the dimpled knees, the ankle folds... imagine if she was an adult! Even the top of her feet have a good helping of fat on them. Good thing she is just a baby... it is super cute :)

Swimming at Palm Island

This weekend, we had our first family vacation. We took Natalie to Palm Island in China. Clark played some golf, Tracy enjoyed a spa, and together we went swimming. It was Natalie's first time in a real pool! Even with all the new sights and sounds, she was calm and such a good baby :)

We stayed in the warm tub and Natalie swam with her Daddy and also by herself with her neck float. Here are some videos and photos... enjoy!

Video 27 - Swimming with her Daddy at Palm Island
Video 28 - Natalie swimming by herself with her neck float

Guess who?

Who is this cutie patootie?





It's not Natalie... it's her daddy Clark's baby photo! Even though she looks almost exactly like him now, we hope she will grow up to be a little more lady-like :)