Okay, I'm suppose to be writing an update on Nicholas. This is the first update so first of all, I'd like to thank those who visit our web site frequently or even just once. I would also like to thank you for all the nice things that you guys have given or done for Nicholas. I don't think we would have been able to make it this far without all the help that we have gotten. For one, Michael should be the first person on my list to thank. Without him by my side throughout all those hard pregnancy days, I don't think I would have been able to make it this far. (Of course, he's still there for me everyday, but those pregnancy days were really tough on him.) Thank you for those who have helped us baby-sit him while we were away, like out to dinner once in a while or the movies. It really helps being able to get some time to ourselves. It's not that we don't love Nicholas or anything, but a break once in a while is really nice. Well, enough of the thanking and let's get onto the update of Nicholas.
Okay, he was born on June 3, 1999 as most of you already know by now. Right now, he's about 2 ½ months old and boy, is he one big boy. Oh, by the way, we both call him "baby" instead of his name. Don't ask me way, it just came out that way. He was weighed two weeks ago and he was 13 pounds and 6 ounces and was 2 feet tall. The doctor said that he was growing at the top of his class, around the 90 percentile. During that visit, he got three of his vaccination shots and he wasn't really happy with those. Me (Mui, if you haven't figured it out by now), for one, chickened out and left the room. I couldn't stand watching them poke him with all those needles. I saw it once when we went in for his one month check-up and his Hep B shot. It was so painful and I just couldn't bear to watch. I was outside in the hall about five six doors away and I could still hear him screaming after he got the shots. I felt so much pain inside. Maybe this is just a parent thing because Mike was about the same but someone had to hold him while the nurse gave him the shots. Well, he's a very strong boy, though, because he didn't get any fever or anything like that both times when he got his shots. He was just a bit unhappy about them but after a few days, the pain went away and he was back to his normal self again.
Now, what's his normal self, you ask? Let's see… he likes to eat and sleep a lot. He's been really good with sleeping through the night. He usually just wakes up a bit to drink his milk and I change his diaper, then he goes right back to sleep. He does this about every three hours, but lately he's been going off his schedule a bit. Sometimes, he'll eat a lot and sometimes, he'll only drink an ounce or two. There is one thing that he is really good at and that is shooting at the right time. Every time you take off his diapers, you better be extremely careful because he just loves to shoot when you least want him to (like when his diaper is not on yet) and gets himself all wet and dirty. There are a few times where I was trying to lift him up to put on his diaper and he shot right into his face. Luckily, I usually see it in time that he doesn't get too much on him but it has happened a few times before. He also likes to do it right after he's gotten a bath or shower. We take him out and is ready to put on his diaper and clothes and you'll see him shooting it right out. It just seems like that he doesn't want to get out of the showers and want to go back in so he'll do something that will make us take him back again. Well, so far, he has succeeded every single time. He also has learned how to really cry a lot. At first, maybe for the first month or so, he rarely cried. He liked to do this whining noise but didn't cry much, but now, he'll cry whenever he wants something. He still has that whining cry also but his real cries have become perfected quite a bit. He seems to cry a lot when he wants to sleep. The problem is that he doesn't go to sleep. I would have to hold him and rock him and then slowly, he will fall asleep. (He does this everyday around 8 or 9 PM.) Oh, another amazing thing is that he likes to stand up now. He used to like to sit up while being supported and look all around but now, he likes to stand up. We support him by his arms but we can also feel that he puts most of his weight on his feet and he can actually stand up pretty well. He also has very good neck muscles. He can support his head easily now. He likes looking around a lot. The really cute thing that has happened lately is that he likes to talk a lot. I remember one day standing at a supermarket check stand talking to him for about 5 minutes or so. It was really cute. He smiles a lot now. See, we would really like to show you him talking but we still haven't gotten the movie stuff to work on the web yet so for now, you'll have to see him in person if you want to talk to him. (He doesn't seem to like to talk on the phone with anyone so calling won't do.)
Well, we will try to have more updates in the future to let you know how he is doing. Goodbye for now.