2007年12月30日日曜日

2007年12月29日土曜日

2007年12月27日木曜日

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Happy Birthday Noah!

2007年12月21日金曜日

2007年12月17日月曜日

Happy Birthday 小茉莉!



1)Ha..surrounded by girls again
2)Ooo..a bicycle! Let me get outta here for a sec..
3)Where did Noah go?!!!
4)OHH! WHERE did Noah go!!!!!

Yushi,小茉莉, & Noah in October 2007
(Yushi-15 months/小茉莉 & Noah-10 months)

Even earlier days. Noah& 小茉莉-2 months, Yushi-7 months at Yushi's home party.





2007年12月14日金曜日

A year ago, mommy was...


waiting earnestly for the arrival of little Noah! Once you reached 38th week, I started climbing every stair I saw...we couldn't wait to see you! I still remember waking up every morning thinking could this be the day?! and going to bed telling you, maybe I'll see you tomorrow!

Beautiful Taiwan


Not even an hour of driving from Taipei, we can find beautiful nature of the mountain that surrounds our city. Today was a bit too cold, but we can definitely see ourselves coming back in the summer to enjoy the stream!

We LOVE Yakiniku~!!


The Meat lovers, the Lin and Huang family, going at it again! The moment the mouth meets the juicy yakiniku... is true joy. Hey, when should we go again?!

Cousin Mini


Thanks for going to the doctor with me!

Good morning!


The first one to wake up in the house...our new alarm clock.

Morning walks



I'm still sleepy....

2007年12月9日日曜日

I Eat Everything



While shopping for the X'mas CD...



Anago, tamago, amaebi, and an uni roll please!


Hey buddy, only the tamago for you!




2007年12月6日木曜日

Preparing for my 1st Xmas!


Today I helped mom decorated a really big tree. I probably did a really good job because the treat after was a very cheezy pizza for the first time!

2007年12月3日月曜日

Inspired

I used to fail at blogging. I would start one, write one or two, and forget about it...and get jealous every time a friend sends a blog link, start another one and forget about it again in no time....have to thank James and Evita for the successful survival of Noah the Milk Junkie...if it wasn't that I could steal pictures from their website(since Noah and Yushi do everything together these days), I would never have any pictures to upload. Thanks to this diligent couple, I can record down Noah's growth and actually make blogging a habit that I quite religiously follow now.

The past couple weeks have been quite a challenge for Joe and I, mainly because I like to have everything under control, in MY control. This put on tremendous burden for both of us. If things don't go as the way I expected, planned, wished, I would freak out and eventually have a nervous breakdown or two. I HAD to learn to let go. And tonight,I came across Amy's website http://higherthani.blogspot.com/2007/05/letting-go.html , where she posted the verse:

"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow." 1 Corinthians 3:6-7

I felt my heart watered, refreshed. God gave me an answer and was teaching me how to make things right. What I really want to say is, well, like blogging, I have to make clinging on to God a habit. He's the one that makes things grow. Another point is that I can never do this on my own as I am weak and lazy. Incredible thing is God has placed amazing people in my life who not only let me share their pictures but also their love for God. With their help, I can probably make things right.

The water too hot for you, Uncle Julian?!


Hot spring in Ilan

2007年11月25日日曜日

What is Uncle James teaching the kids?!


Buuuuu~~!! 今天Yushi一家人到我們家玩. 謝謝妳陪我玩了一整天,希望妳回家後沒有太累!


All these balloons!!

Don't be afraid Yushi, Noah can protect you!


2007年11月24日土曜日

After a week of being sick...

Noah is back in the game again! A happy afternoon at Playspace after being stuck at home all week...

2007年11月16日金曜日

While mom's down with the flu...


Pull out all the tissues, make a mess, and eat 'em!

2007年11月13日火曜日

Grandma & Mommy's Birthday Party

Happy Birthday Grandma!! Happy Birthday Mommy!!

2007年11月12日月曜日

2007年11月10日土曜日

Yong Kang St.


We enjoy coming to the Yong Kang Street...the food, the atmosphere, and the interesting little shops. Today we tried out the organic Swiss tea shop, but with me along, of course Daddy and Mommy could not really sit down and enjoy a cup of tea....We ended up getting sweet dessert soup and Chinese pancake, which were both extremely yummy.

2007年11月9日金曜日

2007年11月7日水曜日

Lil' helper


1) shopping at Costco!
2) make sure we don't miss anything...
3) pheww...so heavy...
4) exausted...(thank you Noah!)

2007年11月6日火曜日

Happy Birthday Yushi Mama~~!

Thank you for always throwing us fun parties and giving me yummy cookies and mini dumplings!

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2007年11月4日日曜日

Lunch at Yang Ming Shan


We had an incredible 4-hour meal on top of the yang ming mountain today...the food was amazing: healthy, original, delicious. Noah ate a plentiful too. Noah took his morning nap before the lunch, but after the at-least-16-course meal (we lost count...), it was his nap time again!

I want my O's!!

Noah figuring out how to get his cereals out of the box...

1) haha...my favorite honey nut o's!
2) hmmm...i can se them but how do i get them?!?
3) i think i have to dig my hand in from one of the sides somewhere...
4) yay~~~!!!!!



2007年11月1日木曜日

做你的天 

為Nicky編寫這首詞的Nini說這情歌的靈感其實來自於看到Noah對著Joseph大笑的一張相片...

做你的天

你就在我身邊 oh我的天 我想我會失眠
想暫停時間 親你的臉 你才不會發現

捨不得和你說再見 一秒都浪費
oh你每個表情那麼新鮮 催著我快點 再多愛一些

做你的天 做你的晴天 幫你曬乾所有眼淚
你的眼 是我珍貴的寶貝
做你的天 當你需要陰天 陪你安靜一整夜
別管世界怎麼變 我是你的天
我是你最愛那天

過了春天 過了夏天 我們寫下了季節
又過了秋天 過了冬天 我們寫下永遠

捨不得和你說再見 一秒都浪費
oh你每個表情那麼新鮮 催著我快點 再多愛一些

做你的天 做你的晴天 幫你曬乾所有眼淚
你的眼 是我珍貴的寶貝
做你的天 當你需要陰天 陪你安靜一整夜
別管世界怎麼變 我是你的天

2007年10月29日月曜日

Play away!


Cookie time favorite time


Banza~~~ii~!!!

Noah's new thing. (Notice right hand is always opened but right hand is always closed?!)


2007年10月26日金曜日

Hand-made soaps


Aika's first attemp of making hand-made soaps: Milk Honey, Lavender, 100% Olive Oil, and Chamomile Honey.

2007年10月24日水曜日

Night out





A little break for the parents as we celebrated friend's 10 years anniversary, a milestone worth partying and drinking to!

2007年10月21日日曜日

Yang Ming Mountain


Enjoying the first cool days of fall.

2007年10月19日金曜日

First Music Class


1) We had our first music class today and Noah loved it!
2 & 3) Noah & Yushi: I wonder what kind of fun moms had planned for us today?!
4,5,&6) Dancing, clapping, shaking along cajun music!
7, 8,&9) Excited and curious, Noah was unable to sit still for more than 3 seconds. Touching every instrument, tasting each one of them of course,...and climbing on the top of the drum!

2007年10月12日金曜日

2007年10月6日土曜日

Chillin' in the car











Noah loves the car rides, well, most of the time. And we love having Noah in the car with us. Noah has this favorite song, an African melody "Battu"; no matter how fussy he is, he'd calm down and smile everytime we play the song. It's our secret weapon. Works EVERY time.

10 months old!

So fast! Noah's already 10 months old. This September, Noah seemed to have suddenly grown up. He is more alert and independent; recognizing faces, responding to his name, showing signs of emtions and thought process, crying after his mommy! He is also eating meals three times a day, drinking from the bottle(still loves to breastfeed though...), crawling fast, and almost being able to move on two feet by holding on to the side of the sofa. Good job Noah!

Noah's Song

Troy's mom emailed me a really sweet song today. It's called "Noah's Song" by Watermark.

Sweet Noah
Your eyes are a window
To all of our childhood dreams
It's almost like we're starting over again
One more trip through this life
With different eyes to see

You're the gift that came to take us back
Cause baby dear, you have the joy we lack
With your tiny hands
You touch a different world
Your full of wonder, full of hope
And full of one more chance
For us to see the world again
Like God sees the world

Little lover of God
You'd smile at a stranger
You don't think to be careful
How sweet is your love
You'd reach for the most unlovely of creatures
Your love is so unconditional

You're the gift that came to take us back
Cause baby dear, you have the love we lack
With your tiny heart
You'll love a different world
Your full of wonder, full of hope
And full of one more chance
For us to love the world again
Like God loves the world

And a child shall lead them
For such is the kingdom of heaven
Simple faith, simple love
Just because

Little faithful one
You're just like a mirror
Reflecting anything and everything we do
Mirror, mirror oh how you remind us
That we should reflect our Father just the same

You're the gift that came to take us back
Cause baby dear, you have the faith we lack
With your tiny life
You've shown the precious love of
GodHe's full of mercy, full of grace,
And full of one more chance
For us to daily learn to love
Like He first loved us

And a child shall lead them
For such is the kingdom of heaven
Simple faith, simple love
Just because

I love to Jumpy Jump!

2007年9月10日月曜日

Walker and Independence

Now that he can smoothly operates his walker, Noah's beginning to explore the house on his own, wandering away from my sight to the other end of the house. Every day, the distance and time of excursion increases, farther and longer. And while he used to immidietly return to my sight the minute I called his name, in these couple days I often need to go look for him myself. Looking at Noah's back as he strolls away in his walker, I think I am feeling the first mixed emotion of pride and a bit of lonliness of my child's first independence.

2007年9月1日土曜日

hi bottom teeth!


2007年8月31日金曜日

Noah's First Visit to the Beach at 3 Months


Noah & Yushi

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