Great-Grandparents

Even though I'm told my paternal great-grandma took care of me when I was a baby, I don't remember those times and the most senior members in our families were grandparents. So the concept of great-grandparents always seemed so surreal and crazy special. When friends around my age tell me they still have great-grannies around, I just think, wow that is so cool!!

Three of Kel's grandparents are still around (man, he so blessed!), and Edie the lucky duck has hung out with her great-grandpa a few times now. They seem to have lots of fun together and the fascination is mutual.

Sometimes I imagine what my grandparents would be like with Edie. My gong gong (公公, maternal grandpa in Chinese) and his love of peanuts (oh dear), my pau pau (婆婆, maternal grandma) and how she purses her lips (Edie rocks a close impression). I think my paternal grandparents would just like to hold her and they'd smile those endless smiles.

Oh grandparents, sometimes out of the blue I miss them, a lot. Not on their birthdays or big family reunions, but just random days when I'm not thinking about much and I just wish I could call them up. I used to call my grandma on the long commute from school and just tell her the most random things. She always laughed at my silly jokes and teased me about my boyfriend. Oh, if only she could see my "boyfriend" and our little one now!

Funny sidebar, what started out as my icq moniker and later became a regular nick name, was grannE. Yes, the dorkiness started early. I wonder if I'll ever live to be a grandmother?


Edie bear sharing an inside joke with great-grandpa.

Will You Be My Friend?

 Edie wants to be STP's friend so bad! Isn't he so sweet to give the little midget a hug?

Just for fun, here's STP around Edie's age:

Eczema Update

It's been almost two weeks since the start of Edie's eczema flare up. Things have calmed down and her skin is healing nicely. As I mentioned in the previous post, we tried a few different ways to control the flare up, but the source of the problem and the consequent antidote remained with Edie's little body, which needed to regulate SOMETHING, but what?

Sleep, interrupted

Edie's sleep, and hence mine, has been rudely interrupted in the past week, thanks to sore gums, itchy skin, and way too much rolling about after hours. She's been waking up more often in the evening. For a few days she was awake for 2+hrs, thrashing around her crib. Sleep really is a hot commodity when you're not getting enough of it!

6 Month Update

Edith turned 6 months last week. Here are some highlights at her half birthday.

 From my unbiased (hehe) point of view, she's cute as a button!

6 Month Old

 Edith turned 6 months today. Definitely feeling emotional as we prayed with her before bedtime. Such a little bub, with a big piece of my heart.