Saturday, March 17, 2007

One Month Today.... Saturday, 17 March 2007

It is hard to believe that Asia-Faith has been with us for one month today! Sometimes it feels like she has always been with us...

We all love her so much, and I think she is starting to feel that way towards us too.

It is so wonderful to see how this little girl who came to us last month looking a bit weary of us all, and now whose face lights up at the sight of each of us!

Here is a poem I found, and it sums up how we feel about our little "Princess Angel"....


Today I Kissed an Angel

Today I kissed an angel.

I knew it from the start.

The first time my angel smiled at me;

I gave away my heart.

Today I kissed an angel;

This angel child of mine

Though not of my creation,

My child by God's design.

Today I kissed an angel.
My heart is dancing wild;

Our family, by a miracle;

Blessed by our angel child.



© Brenda Meece


Thursday, March 8, 2007

Things she does and enjoys.....

This has been a good week again. The Princess, aka Asia-Faith, has been doing so well!

She sleeps right through the night AND in her own bed (the boys could learn from her)!

She also loves food, she eats anything that is given to her! She is even learning to say her prayers at mealtimes and puts her hands together and tries and says words (just baby talk - but so cute), and then we all say "Amen" and she nods her head and says something which sounds vaugely like "amen" - very sweet!

She will also nod her head (x2) as if to say "thank you" / "xiexie", when given something.

Asia-Faith also refers to me as "mama" now. If the boys or Jason say give it to "mama", she comes straight to me - it is so wonderful! And if she is walking around looking for me she calls "mama".... She is also holding my fingers - what ? you may ask??? - well, since she has been with us, while I give her her bottle I hold her and always try and get her to hold onto my hand or my finger, and she always resisted, but now for the last few days, she has been holding onto my finger or playing with my hands when she has her bottle, and for me that is GREAT!!!!

The Princess has also shown her little jealous streak! If one of the boys (usually Keanu-Storm) is on my lap, she will come and "cry" by me until I take him off and put her on! And if the boys are giving me a kiss, she will come and give me one too!!!

Well Talis-Rain mentioned again to me today that we still need another 2 sisters, so that they each have one!!!

Keanu-Storm my "nunu" still has his obsession with my mole on my neck!!! He is also learning what it is like to have a younger sibling and not being the youngest anymore - he is having to deal with Asia-Faith knocking down his blocks he has just spent time building, he has to put up with her stealing his pillow, because for some reason she has taken a liking to HIS, much to his dismay, and he will fight for it even though he is not using it at the time, and she is always spooning her food into his bowl or his water!!! And it is so cute to hear him saying "bu Asia, bu" (bu is "no" in Chinese).

Asia-Faith seems to love to sing - I have a "special" song that I have for each of my children that I would sing to them while I was pregnant, and then I would sing it to them when they went to sleep or were upset, or anytime really.

Anyway, Asia-Faith's song is "You are my Sunshine" (chosen by Talis-Rain), and I sing this to her when I am giving her bottle or putting her to sleep, and she tries to sing a long with me - it is very sweet.

Also if we are listening to music and I am singing along, she will try and sing along / hum along with me! I think we have another member of the Jagabags band!!! Being that she is Aborigine (Ami tribe), might be why she enjoys music so much. The Aborigine are very into music, arts and culture - another perfect fit to our family!!!

A few more things about Asia-Faith...

~ She enjoys playing peek-a-boo

~ She loves to "fly" - I throw her up in the air and catch her - she absolutely loves this!

~ She loves her tummy to be tickled, but her bellybutton is very ticklish!!!

~ She loves when we play "tzao lobo", which is kind of like "round and round the garden", on her hand and tickle under her arm!

~ She has started saying "uh oh", like if she is caught doing something she knows she shouldn't be, like sitting at the dinner table with both feet on the table too!!!

~ She says "bye" and "dzai jien" and blows kisses

~ She sometimes covers her mouth and laughs when something is very funny

~ She says "dada"...

Here is a pic of her "flying"...



Saturday, March 3, 2007

Rumble and Tumble....

We had a public holiday on Wednesday, because last week for Chinese New Year, Friday was not actually a holiday, but they decided to make it a holiday so as to get a full 9 days of rest, and so to make up for that day today, Saturday, was a normal work and school day!

On Wednesday we decided to go and spend the morning at the beach, but as soon as we arrived Asia-Faith and Keanu-Storm kind of tripped over each other or something with the result being that Asia-Faith ended up with a bloody nose!

My poor baby, and she had a "thick" lip! She only cried for a few minutes and then was fine! So we continued to enjoy our morning at the beach.

In the afternoon I had an english class to teach, so the whole family came with and we went by bus, and on the way there I was saying to Jason that I cannot wait until Asia-Faith initiates the hugs and kisses and such, and you will not believe it, but that same evening I was in the kitchen and she came in and wrapped her little arms around my legs and then lifted her arms wanting me to pick her up! Isn't that great - God really hears us!!!