Mommy and Kendall day

Last Friday I took a day off from work because Aidan had a doctor's appointment in the morning. I decided to make the day 'mommy and Aidan day.' I took Aidan trampolining afterwards and it was just a great day. Today was your 18-month checkup so I thought I would do the same- take a day off and make it 'mommy and Kendall day.' However, it didn't quite turn out the way I wanted it to be. First off, you were sick and just cranky in general. It didn't help that you hate going to the doctors. As soon as the doctor told me to take off your clothes to weigh you, you started crying hysterically. The doctor couldn't even check your tonsils and check your hips because you were that bad. When the doctor checked your ears she noticed that you had quite a build-up of wax and you were actually suffering from an ear infection. Oh brother… She ended up not giving you your shots (because you were sick) and she told me to come back in a week. I hate when that happens! It was so stressful being there that by the time I left I was sweating like a madman. I couldn't even take down your measurements because it was that stressful. I think you weighed just over 9 kg. 

I wanted to take you to get your first haircut because your hair has been an unruly mess ever since you were born. I wanted the hair stylist to trim down your sides and just clean up your hair. However, because of your bad experience at the doctors office, you were just in a terrible mood and didn't want anything to do with getting your hair cut. I had to change position a million times to get the stylist to trim your hair. And your hair cut turned out to be a total disaster! You looked like a boy. You also had a bruise on your right cheek from falling on a table in our basement last night so imagine how bad you looked. I had planned on doing a little shopping afterwards (I wanted to pick up a few craft items for making your Valentine's Day cards this year) and maybe go for a nice mommy and daughter lunch, but the stress of the day just made me want to go home and crash. I ended up just going home, putting you down for a nap and cleaning the house. Not a nice way to spend a day off!

This was you passed out in the car after your doctors appointment. I would be too if I screamed for 20 minutes
straight. You were so upset that you actually peed on the doctor and farted on her while she was checking
your hips.

And this is your new haircut. Totally awful, no? The stylist gave you blunt bangs and didn't trim much
off of the sides. I can picture this cute if you had long hair, but now you just look like a North Korean boy.

Ms Helmut Head

Like my pigtails much?

I'm obsessed with pigtails!

Your hair has always been pretty unruly every since you were born so now that I can tie it and make you look more like a girl I'm so happy. I tied your hair again when we went out as a family to have gourmet Vietnamese food at Saigon Star. We wanted to treat your Vancouver grandparents for everything they did for you guys while they were here.

You, as usual, were a little angel eating everything I gave you while Aidan was being a poor suck. He was not listening and not eating anything except bread and noodles. It's so frustrating because he is such a picky eater!

I love how you eat everything. It makes my life so much easier.

For fun I tied Aidan's hair into pigtails. Doesn't he look cute?
He was not impressed though. He said, "Mommy, but I'm a boy!"

Roller skates and Pippi Longstocking

We decided to take it easy today and rest at home since yesterday was a crazy day with Kendall's birthday party. Daddy and your Vancouver grandpa were busy most of the day building storage shelves for the furnace room. I decided that I would take you out in the afternoon to try out your new roller skates that you got from Auntie Sara and Uncle Dan. Since you already got a helmut, elbow pads, knee pads and gloves from your Vancouver grandma for your birthday I knew you were ready to test out your new skates. I drove you to a nearby school and we practiced on the concrete path. You were pretty good, I must say. You didn't fall once.

Taking a break before skating.

When we got home I decided to try out something with Kendall. My friend, Jenn, posted a picture of her daughter, Naomi on Facebook with pigtails and she is much more younger than you. I figured since Kendall already had long hair on the sides (only on the sides) it would be perfect to try out pigtails for the first time. I already had small hair elastics on hand and I must say she looks pretty darn cute! I wish I did this for her birthday party now.

My Pippi Longstocking

I was trying to capture pictures of Kendall on my good camera, but by this time she was getting
pretty annoyed with me.

I tried getting you in the picture by having you hold Kendall, but she was having none of it.
Sigh.

Here's a cute video I took of mommy tickling Kendall.

After bath time I took a video of Kendall doing jam, jam while eating her dinner. It's so cute when she does it because it's almost as if she's doing it to impress me. I know it doesn't seem like it in this video, but when I call out her name she just does it automatically even if I don't ask her to do it.  

Month-by-month- Month 10

You're now in the double digits!

I can't believe I only have 2 more months until I go back to work :'-(

It was so hot and humid today that I put your in short sleeves and shorts when I went out to do errands. Even though I was out for most of the day you were a pretty good baby. You weren't really fussy and I'm happy to say that you're back to your normal self. No more roseola! 

I also have very exciting news- I got word from Auntie Jessica that she is going to have a baby girl! I'm so happy for them! I can't wait until you guys all grow up and become close cousins.

I wet your hair for this shoot (why didn't I think of that in my previous shoots?!) so that your
sides aren't so pouffy. I think you look so cute here!

I always tell daddy that I think you have such a cute profile. I just want to bite every single part
of your body. Nom nom nom.

Lloyd Christmas Part 2

Remember the last time you got a Lloyd Christmas haircut? Well, it has happened again. I asked the stylist to cut your bangs a bit shorter than last time because it grew way too quickly, but it turned out pretty short. I got you to pose today to look like Lloyd Christmas and you got a kick out of it. You kept wanting to see the picture of you and him side-by-side.

Crazy Friday

Mommy did something that I would normally not do- I went out with all of you (+ Rosco) on my own today. You desperately needed a haircut and Rosco had a vet checkup this morning. Actually, let's backtrack… I didn't take all 3 of you out at the same time. What I actually did was I dropped you and Kendall off at your Toronto grandparents' house while I took Rosco to the vet. Then I dropped Rosco off at your grandparents' house while I took you to the hair salon afterwards. Kendall just stayed with your grandmother the whole time. Even then I was exhausted from all the back-and-forth. I had hoped you would behave, but you always get delirious when you don't take your nap in the afternoon. You were acting up and not listening at your grandparents' house– so much so– that I got fed up and took you all home. Let's just say you got yelled at by mommy the whole ride home.

Your hair was getting so long that it was starting to cover your eyes. Since you have Korean school
for most of the day on Saturdays I decided to take you today. They cut it a little too short so you
look kind of like Lloyd Christmas, but it's ok. I'm sure it will grow out soon enough.

Mommy taking photos of you. 

Halbi actually came with us to the salon because he also needed a hair cut. You kept looking over
to him and giggling.

So while I was at the salon, the daycare that I have you on the waiting list for September called me back to say that you got in. Woohoo! I'm thrilled because it's a daycare that is in your new school when you start junior kindergarten in September. Since kindergarten will not be full-time this year I have to find before/after care for you when you are in school as well as part-time care for you on the days that you aren't in school. I was getting so stressed out because if you didn't get in this daycare I don't know who would have done the pick-up/drop-offs on the days that you go to school. School ends around 3pm and both daddy and I can't get home that quickly from work. Since this daycare is attached to your new school the daycare teacher will pick you up when you are finished kindergarten and take you to the daycare facility. I have to go there on Monday to pick up the package and registration forms as well as drop off the deposit cheque.

I wasn't going to post this because it's kind of gross to post somebody having a bowel movement, but I thought it was so cute. You have a hard time having a bowel movement every day and this makes your stool very hard, big and bloody, but lately you've been doing better. You have been having a bowel movement 2 days in a row now. That has never happened ever since we started potty training you since you turned 3. I think the encouraging thing is helping a lot.

Brother sister love

It just melts mommy's heart when I see how much you love Kendall and her you.

We were just playing on your bed today and you just kissed Kendall without me telling you to do so. She's also crazy about you. She always tries to touch you. I hope you guys grow to still continue to love each other. That's my prayer.

Month-by-month- Month 8

How can you possibly be 8 months already??? My little baby girl is growing up way too fast.

It was quite difficult for me to take pictures of you because you kept wanting to eat your booties, lick the chair and eat your bow on your dress. I can't seem to keep you still these days. Other than that I think you look quite pretty in your little, hot pink number.

Look how pretty you are getting.
Your hair has grown a lot from last time. It's still very patchy in places, but I think you look better
now. We might get your sides feathered down today when we go to the hair salon. 

I took a quick video of you while doing your photoshoot, but as you can see you were not being a good subject matter :-/

I couldn't resist taking pictures of you just wearing your pink stockings. You look so cute!

Look at all those delicious rolls.

Another video of you trying to crawl. I swear you did it right before I shot this video, but whenever I try to capture it you end up just rolling around everywhere!

So here's what's new:

- Your top, front tooth started coming out. The one on the right-hand side. I've tried taking photos of it, but you won't let me. 

- You started to crawl today! You've been crawling backgrounds and rolling everywhere a while back, but just today you crawled forward. 

- A few days ago you went from your belly position to a sitting position.

- You are still sick :-(

- It snowed today and yesterday was the first day of Spring :-(

Nails done, hair done, everything did

We made an appointment at 3:00pm today to get your hair cut as well as daddy's. I really like the hair salon that I discovered because all the stylists are young and hip. They really know how to cut your hair. Plus, all the female stylists all think you are so cute. How could they not??

Today we got a new female stylist that you've never had before. She was about to turn on a
movie in her cellphone for you, but I told her she didn't need to. She was quite surprised
how calm and still you were the whole time. Little does she know that you love anything to do
with grooming- getting a hair cut, going to the dentist, getting your nails cut, etc. etc.

I sat beside you with Kendall just in case, but you were the perfect little customer.

Even Kendall was so good the whole time. She is truly the best baby.

She never makes a peep. I just heart her so much!

You just got a wash- again, you were so good about that.

The stylist making a few final trims.

Almost done!

My handsome little boy.

Got my hair did

You and daddy went to the hair salon after daddy came home from work. We decided to go to the salon that mommy went to a few weeks back. It's owned by a young guy and all the stylists are young and hip. I brought a few tears with me to show the stylist on the exact hair cut I wanted them to do on you. Since you have really silky hair that doesn't stick out straight like most Asian boys' hair I referenced Korean actor, Kim Bum's hairstyle in the K drama, Boys Over Flowers. I thought it would suit you well. That is a photo above is of you after your fresh new hair cut.

The pretty girl that cut your hair. She looks like Kim Hyun-a.

You sat still the whole time. The stylists kept saying to each other how well-behaved and
handsome you were :-)

Look at the booster chair you are sitting on.  

Happy after the hair cut.

Daddy's been taking pretty bad photos of Kendall lately and sending it to Auntie Jane. I get angry at him because that's not really how Kendall looks in real life. I mean, who looks good when they get their pictures taken from below? I think the photo below is one of the worst photos he ever took of you, but Auntie Jane says it's such a cute picture. To be honest, I think you look like Kim Jong Un in this picture. Especially with that double chin…

The downfalls of having a baby…

I've been waiting for the time when all my hair would fall out and it looks like this is the week when it started. For those of you who are childless this is one of the downsides of having a baby- A LOT of hair starts falling off when the baby reaches the 3-4 month stage. I remember with Aidan I lost a ton of hair. Not knowing that this was going to happen I cut my hair right after I had him. What a big mistake that was. This time around I didn't chop off so much. I got a little trim in preparation of me losing a lot of hair. My hair texture has also changed. It's really frizzy and coarse. Actually it was like that the whole 2nd and 3rd trimester. I can't wait until my hair goes back to normal…