Merry Christmas & Happy 2010!

Dear Friends,

We wish you a Merry Christmas
& a Happy New Year!

Love,
Danny, Amy, Noah & Abigail











Abigail was terrified!

Much better with Mrs. Claus





Remember--Jesus is the reason for the season!

Photo Recap (November 2009)

Bye, Catherine

In this Thanksgiving, please pray for the family of this little baby Catherine. I knew her through my blogger friend Nicole. Catherine was born on November 15th, 2009 with Spina Bifida but did not survive her shunt surgery on Tuesday, November 24th, right before Thanksgiving. No words can express how this family must be feeling right now.

A year ago Abigail had a back surgery and stayed at hospital for seven weeks. Tonight I could tuck both her and Noah in and listen to Danny snore. I'm very thankful for this.

1.5 Years Old

Our Abigail turns one and half years old today! Here's something about her:

She's around 32" tall and weighs around 24 pounds, both about 40-50 percentile (she was born less than 5%, so she's catching up).

What she likes: her brother, sleeping, eating (so far I didn't find any food she doesn't eat, and a lot of times she eats more than Noah), talking (her favorite word for now--"NO!"), singing, running and climbing (constantly moving around), "reading" books (together with playing, chewing, and tearing)

What she dislikes: washing hairs (it should be more but I can't think of any now).

Our Abigail is definitely an active, independent, happy baby girl!

Circle Time

Do you find there's one student much younger than the others? Yes, that's my Abigail. I'm very proud of her. (Noah too, of course) I can't believe she's not even one and a half year old!

Photo Recap (October 2009)

Bye Bye, Pacie

In October one thing notable about Abigail is weaning from pacifier. We used pacifier mostly for 1) getting her to sleep, 2) keeping her quiet (during class, church, etc.), 3) putting her in carseat. One day we decided not to offer it to her when she went to bed, and she did not use it ever since! (she did see it once and cried for it badly)

Abigail got three pacifiers from the hospital exactly one year ago when she had the back surgery and stayed at the hospital for 7 weeks. I haven't thrown them away because they were such good companion during the hospital stay, esp. when her thumb wasn't available due to the IV. (Many, many thanks to the nurse at the hospital for telling me it's much easier to wean the baby off from pacifier than thumb.)

So, the following video is precious to us. Happy Anniversay and Goodbye, Pacie!

Going to school

In the mid September a new semester began! Noah loves school so much that he still can't understand why he can't go to school every day (only Mon/Wed/Fri). At first I was worried I couldn't handle two kids at the same time in class, but it turned out just fine. Noah is more and more like a big brother so he doesn't need my help that much. I'm glad he's having a great time learning new things (not the crafts though) and making new friends (same with me!). Abigail is also learning a lot of new things. I'm amazed she could sing a lot songs she heard from school! One good thing is she graduated from playing the toilet to playing the sink.

Following video and pictures show you how busy but rewarding my life is.


Noah and Abigail at driving school (Please note: Noah was "drifting" in the end of the video.)

Outdoor play: Abigail playing with her shadow

She loves slide

Noah is learning how to swing by himself

Center time: putting on firefighter's masks

What will happen when a firefighter calls 911?

Field trip to fire station: story time before the tour

One parent tried on the fire suit--he's tall!.

I looked exhausted--not easy to keep an eye on both kids on field trip.

"In memory of New York Firefighters. Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil."

Wearing their field trip T-shirts

Posing for camera

A field trip isn't complete without a group picture.

Abigail with the beautiful firefighter

Center time: listening to a story with earphones (the center in the back is making apple/carrot juice).

With best friend Oscar

Circle time: Noah is proud to hold the flag

Sharing time

Field trip to Cal State Fullerton Arboretum

Banana tree (Look how happy teacher Mrs. Milne is!)

Are they edible?

Where's the pumpkin?

What a happy class!

Silly Noah

Entrance bridge

With his buddy Perry

So colorful--God is the greatest artist!



Picnic at the park

Sand Drawing: Noah's Ark

This is Taipei Zoo's promotional video. The sand drawing is so awesome--the lines look simple but powerful. (The song title is "the profound of Noah's ark.") Enjoy!



Below are the lyrics:

諾亞方舟的秘密
作詞：動物爸爸Jason Yeh
作曲：董修銘老師

GoGo-GoGoGo GoGo-GoGoGo GoGo-GoGoGo
長臂猿GoGo加油聲 宣告黎明的來臨
大貓熊揉著可愛眼睛迎接美好的一天
大象昂首闊步走過必留下痕跡
長頸鹿眺望遠方天地一片祥和
獅子一聲怒吼撼動草原 威震八方

萬物都稀奇生命真可貴
這裡是諾亞方舟載著動物一起探索自然的奧秘
這裡是諾亞方舟載著所有夢想 追尋幸福的天空

蝴蝶曼妙翩翩舞出繽紛的世界
樹蛙鳴唱天籟歌頌生命的樂章
梅花鹿點子特別多創意帶來夢想
臺灣黑熊欣然抬起頭勝利就在胸口
臺灣藍鵲展翅高飛穿過山林 迎向藍天

萬物都稀奇生命真可貴
這裡是諾亞方舟載著動物一起探索自然的奧秘
這裡是諾亞方舟載著所有夢想 追尋幸福的天空

Photo Recap (September 2009)

Photo Recap (August 2009)

Summer Water Fun

This summer Noah had a lot of water fun with friends. Visit my friend Cindy's blog (in Chinese) to see some places we went (if you watch carefully, you'll see Noah is in the pictures).

Say Grace

Abigail "closed" her eyes and said grace--"Thank you, Jesus."

Favorite Words

Two of Abigail's favorite words for now.

Photo Recap (July 2009)

A lot of things are missed at the blog, but here are some pictures for you to enjoy.

Spiderman

Besides "Cars," Spiderman is currently Noah's favorite cartoon character. He doesn't really know who Spiderman is (never saw the movie) but most of his friends at church like him. He told me he was "red spiderman" and I "black spiderman" (how come I'm the bad guy?) Here are some of his spiderman acts: (his mom is too lazy to bring two kids out in such hot weather so he has to find some ways to entertain himself at home)

I can fly!

I can climb!

I can jump! Guess there's nothing he can't do...

Ring Bearer

On July 3 Noah was the ring bearer for the second time (first time click here). Thanks to Dinoco Lightning McQueen, Noah finished walking the aisle very slowly but beautifully (He run the aisle at the rehearsal, so we kept reminding him to walk slowly).





Traffic jam--Noah supposed to walk together with the first flower girl.



Dinoco Lightning McQueen







Kids at the banquet

Abigail's cute dress

Do you find something missing on Noah's tux? The bow tie just dropped to the ground when I took it to the cleaners after the wedding.