Nathan's first year old birthday!!!

Nathan's party began with a trip to buy balloons, and we decorated our home inside and outside with many balloons. Nathan enjoyed playing with the balloon string, and got very excited when one flew away on our walk back from the balloon store.























Everybody took turns playing with Nathan's toys. He was the youngest kid at the the party, but his toys were the talk of the town. He willingly share most of them, unless they were within his reach, in which case, he'd gladly read for them. If someone tried to take it away, he would hold firmly onto the toy and give an evil-eye look. Nathan chose his career-representing object with great care, flirting with the stethoscope for a while, and then later grabbing the giant spoon - he has always been a big fan of spoons.

下雨天

凉凉的天氣讓憲瑞今天睡的特別晚 也讓我有一點時間做自己的事情 這樣的"Me Time"真的是很珍貴

幾乎整年都是大晴天的南加州最近也開始飄雨 表示秋天正式到了 家裡窗外高大的行道樹也開始變紅
這裡的街道還蠻多顏色的 從春天的紫色 粉紅色 到夏天的翠綠 鮮綠 深錄色 到秋天的黃色 紅色 還有滿地的落葉以及冬天的褐色以及光禿禿的枝頭

這兩天加州都在下雨 感覺上是小小的雨 空氣中多了凉意 也多了新鮮的樹葉味道 南加州的人是不習慣下雨的 儘管只是毛毛雨 路上卻會多了很多車況 大家碰到聊的也是下雨有多不方便

其實 我是喜歡雨的 雨後的天空聞起來很乾淨 下雨的聲音聽起來讓人很放鬆 凉凉的氣溫 讓人覺得特別有精神 最重要的是 這樣下雨的天 特別有讓我有回到台灣的錯覺 也許這也是我很喜歡去北加州或是西雅圖的原因 滿山綠樹跟行經小河或是海邊 儘管景色不同 總有讓我感覺到相當的熟識感

下雨的天 家裡的黃色燈光對比外面灰沉沉的天空 總是感覺特別溫暖 這樣的天氣總想來一碗熱熱的湯

這樣的天 aaron上下班是特別辛苦 因為不熟悉下雨的南加州人開車時候總是特別緊張 塞車 或是車禍也是特別多 喜愛晴天跟溫暖的他不理解為何下雨時我總是特別開心 但是他也是不介意來一碗湯 不過他就是會耐心的等候熱熱的湯變成溫溫的湯才喝 而且要提醒他 喝湯不是只是吃湯料 那個湯應該也是要喝下去的

有時候真不理解 這麼不同的我們怎麼會這麼合 英文能力表達有限的我 為什麼他都能比聽懂中文的人更懂 也許也就是這樣 一年中少數下雨的這幾天才會讓我特別想到那個常下雨 會起霧的綠色家鄉吧

今天看到這篇另外一個媽媽想說下雨天跟他兒子在家做什麼的文章http://debby.dyndns.info/archives/007323.html#more 其實下雨天我們就是跟平常一樣 念故事書 聽音樂 跟者節奏玩樂器 玩玩具 積木 看嬰兒手語dvd 但是看起來能做一些美勞作品也不錯 要記得提醒外婆 元宵節的時候 幫我們留意幾個可以自己動手做的紙燈籠或是小香包之類的 將來等憲瑞大一點 我們也可以在家裡一起玩這些

Practice how to wear the birthday crown (birthday Part II)

憲瑞很討厭戴那頂生日帽 因為怕他生日那天戴不上去 所以我這幾天有空就試者讓他戴一下 適應一下 不過早上玩了好幾次 都被他馬上摘掉 後來終於乖乖的戴者玩他的玩具 尤其是那個手搖鈴 玩的非常認真 看起來特別可愛 下午出門讓他穿上之前GYMBOREE買的外套 他兩個月的時候給他買的 不過那時候我就買大一點的 想說只穿兩三天就沒穿了 很可惜 大一點的 明年還可以穿 由於他長的很快 我還擔心這些冬天的衣服都穿不下了 想不到現在穿很合身 省下一筆治裝費 真是開心

這些影片是特別給疼他的外公外婆看的 希望他在台灣的家人都能參與我們家快樂的小哈哈之成長

Happy Birthday Nathan!!! (Part I)

憲瑞生日快到了 我們已經陸陸續續收到許多親友寄來的禮物 現在的小朋友還真幸福

一年的時間真的過的很快 想到我的寶寶已經快要不是嬰兒 而是學步兒了 高興中還帶有一些不捨

跟aaron討論過 我想要想準備一些東西給他抓周 同時也邀請他的一些好朋友來一起玩
因此我們決定這個周日幫他辦一個小小的生日派對

由於這個週末會有五六個小寶寶來家裡玩 所以我們這個週末再討論要怎麼佈置才好

我們應該趁憲瑞本來睡午覺的時候裝飾屋子 但是他看到家裡天花板多了好多亮亮 搖來搖去的東西可樂了
說什麼他都要看我們裝飾 等到都貼的差不多了 他才心甘情願的熟熟睡去
原本中午要午睡的 硬撐到下午三點才睡 看樣子到時候我們家這個喜歡熱鬧的寶寶應該會玩的很開心

Nathan's birthday is coming up soon, it's so hard to believe my newborn is now almost a toddler..wow..time really flies..

We decided to make a small birthday party for Nathan and invite some of his baby friends to celebrate with us on this Sunday.

The original plan is to try the decoration while Nathan is napping, however, he saw those shinning hanging items and got really excited and couldn't even calm down..not mention to sleep..although his response is so funny...

Fun at the pumpkin field (1wk before 1 yr old)

萬聖節快到了 路上也多很了多賣南瓜的攤位 趁者今天超會拍照的SHIRLEY有空 我們臨時決定找一家南瓜攤帶憲瑞去體驗他第一次的南瓜經驗 他玩的很開心 也很好奇 東摸西抓 什麼都很新鮮 啃一啃 推一推 不知不覺我們就再那邊玩的快一個小時











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Nathan's Music class-Music Together 憲瑞的音樂課

自從憲瑞對樂器表現出很大的興趣以後 有一個朋友剛好是音樂老師 他跟憲瑞玩了一陣子 覺得他對節拍也蠻有感覺的 於是他跟我推薦了music together專門為小小孩設計的課程 說憲瑞應該會很喜歡 上網看了一些資料以後就決定幫他報了嬰幼兒的音樂課
Since Nathan shows great interest in music and play the music instruments, so we decided to sign up an infant/toddler class for him. I didn't know there are music class for infants before until I met one friend who is the teacher of Music Together and she told me their class are really fun that Nathan would love it..

結果等他上了課後 發現他真的很愛音樂 十週的課程設計很多讓小朋友感受音樂律動的活動 他的老師很會帶動小朋友 很多小朋友都玩的手舞足蹈的 這次是第二堂課 也是他爸爸第一次陪我們去上課 給你們看看部分他的課程吧
It turned out..Nathan really enjoyed the class..This is a 10 weeks class, his teacher Nura is very good in leading the parents to play with their babies..Today is the second class and Aaron finally able to join us.

Nathan's shoes shopping

Our dear little boy grows so fast that most shoes we received as gifts for him became too small for him in no time. Since Nathan wasn't walking, Aaron and I decided not to waste money on the shoes until he start to walk. Even though Nathan is still only crawling backward, he recently shows lots interest in standing. Who knows..maybe he would be one of thoese babies who decided to walk directly instead of crawling. So any way..we decided it's about time to buy him a good pair of shoes so we headed to the nearby outlet.

At first, we went to the Nike shop, for some reason, Nathan really dislike the shoes and tried very hard to kick them off. His response was kind of funny..and I thought maybe I measure it wrong so I asked the sales for help.



The sales told us that his feets belong to the wide type, so their shose may not be comfortable for him and suggested to another shop called "stride rite". Luckily the other shop is at the same mall, so we went. And it really opened my eyes, I didn't know there are so many different stage of shoese for infant/crawler/new toddlers..the buttom of the shoes, texture, purpose are all different..Gee..they really put lots thoughts in the shoes..and some of them are more expensive than adult ones too :-P This shop not only measure length, but width..and their shoes has "standard", "wide" and "extra wide"...and Nathan is the "extra-wide"..Ha..I think he is a really Hakka for his wide feet.

The first time to get cold..(11month1wk)

Poor Nathan got sick...maybe because of the swimming class? or the music class? or the story time of the library? or because wherever we go..lots strangers come over to play with him??? I don't know.....even though I knew this time would eventually come..but it's still quite terrible to see him sick with red eyes, running nose and he couldn't sleep well at nights because of the running nose..our happy little boy has been crying a lot these two days due to uncomfortable..

Hopefully he will recover soon and happy play again!

準備抓周 ~My godness..it's almost one year...Time for first birthday..

Where did the time go? it's time to plan for Nathan's first birthday...and play the Chinese game to see what's his future career would be..

The Happy Swimming Sunday (星期天快樂的一天)

Clap hands

第一次帶他去海邊的這一天 他也剛好跟他的shirley阿姨在車上玩的時候學會了拍手

對海 他是又愛又怕 對沙 他也是小心翼翼 還堅持吃了幾口以後才慢慢的被說服這是用來玩的 不是用來吃的 真是一個什麼新東西都先用舌頭先嚐嚐看的年紀

Talented Baby (11 Month)

隨者憲瑞的活動力越來越旺盛 跟他白天睡午覺的時間越來越短 爸爸上班的時間越來越長 媽媽每天越來越累的狀況下 憲瑞的成長紀錄也越來越少 影片 照片還是有拍一些 但是能靜下來寫的時間卻是越來越少了

這個月憲瑞的活動很多 進展也很多 先說進展好了

他九個半月的時候長了第一顆牙(下方左邊的前門牙) 接下來一個月左右 上面的兩顆門牙也長的非常快 上一週才摸到 這一周已經清晰可見 帶他去看農場展的時候 每一張照片都有他大大的兩顆門牙

至於爬行 雖然還是倒退爬 但是他現在可以用手跟腳把整個身體撐起來 聽起來很簡單 卻是很難 畢竟他那雙小手要撐住連他爸媽抱起來都有點吃力的14公斤的身軀 真的也是蠻利害的 此外 他要想轉向 也可以輕易的轉向了 他現在也可以很輕易的從坐姿變成趴 躺 有時候也可以藉者往後退 從趴變成坐

他現在也很喜歡站 雖然不會自己扶者沙發站起來 卻也可以讓爸媽扶他站起來後 自己撐者沙發邊緣站很久 把整個沙發的座椅當作一面大鼓 敲的很開心

目前他很喜歡玩的遊戲還是樂器 跟推倒積木 也很喜歡看圖卡 之前帶他去玩過水 玩過沙 玩過盪鞦韆 玩過海浪 看他都很喜歡 所以最近幫他報名了嬰兒游泳課跟嬰兒音樂班 都是以父母跟嬰兒互動的方式 協助嬰兒享受跟水玩 以及體會音樂律動 進而享受游泳以及音樂

最近發現美國還蠻多爲父母及嬰兒設計的課程 都不是以強迫學習的方式 而是以玩的方式 讓雙方更享受共處的時間 同時也讓一起玩的時間變成具啟發性的體力與精神活動 其中很多的收費都很便宜 甚至我們這個社區的市政府也會提供一些免費的親子課程 圖書館也有針對嬰兒及學步兒設計的說故事時間 另外加上每個博物館 水族館 遊樂區都有爲小小孩設計的活動空間

雖然自己帶他出門又重又累 但是看他這麼喜歡 還是要提起精神多帶他出去接受這些刺激 難怪看到很多白人媽媽在寶寶這麼小的時候還是帶者寶寶帶處跑 天天去公園 游泳 植物園 水族館 旅行 爬山

在憲瑞的游泳課裡面 也看到有媽媽目前已經懷孕了 還抱者一歲半的寶寶下水參加課程 上一周他還是懷孕的狀態 過兩週已經抱者新生兒在岸上看他家的老大跟爸爸一起上課 只能說美國的媽媽真勇 我們也要加油 不能因為怕太陽 老是讓寶寶待室內 防曬擦一擦 我們也是乖乖的跟大家一樣 中午十一點左右在太陽底下下水玩 這個夏天 我們母子都變成黒黒的加州味

crawling (10 month 1wk)

憲瑞還是繼續倒退爬 不過速度已經比以前快的多 手可以把上半身支撐的更高更久 現在常常也會把下半身也撐起來 看樣子我們離四隻腳爬行的日子不遠了

Nathan still crawl backward..however, he is able to push up his upper body higher and longer now, often time he can also push up his lower body..he is making good progress every day, so proud of my little guy who tried so hard.

憲瑞的第一顆牙齒 first teeth ( 9month 2 wks) and the 2nd, 3rd teeth (10 month 1 wk)

今天終於拍到憲瑞的第一顆牙齒 是左下方的門牙
之前每次要拍的時候 他那條很活潑的舌頭就會把牙齒遮住不給拍

現在牙齒已經長的比較明顯了 所以他每次笑的時候都可以看到

另外上面兩顆門牙以經冒出牙齦了 看樣子很快就會長很大 目前為止 長牙並沒有真的影響到他的作息 他除了偶爾伸出手指去摸摸以外 晚上睡覺也稅的不錯 食慾也沒有受影響 聽到很多其他媽媽談到他們的寶寶因為長牙不舒服 半夜醒來好幾次 都覺得有點害怕 雖然有很多可以消除牙齦不舒服的寶寶長牙軟膏 目前為止由於他並沒有出現不適的症狀 所以也沒有給他用 希望他接下來的長牙都能夠如此順利

Nathan's first teeth finally pop out when he was 9 month old, however, it was difficult to take picture before because he always reached out his tongue when I opened up his mouth to take a look. Now the first tooth is much more obvious and we can see it whenever he smiles...that's the cutest smile of my baby..

Now the upper front teeth are also pop out of him gum..I think soon my baby will have two front teeth (like the rabbit), and can't wait to see it. So far, Nathan didn't seem uncomfortable of teething so we didn't use any of the teething gel. Hopefully, our luck will continue and he will have a smooth process..

Nathan's new activities (10month )

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Playing Baby Having lots of fun

Nathan really enjoys sand!

Boom Boom Boom! Nathan discovers how to make boom noises.

Weeeeeeeeeee! Nathan tries a swing in the park for the first time!

Sandbox fun

Nathan 10 month 北加州行

If you are happy and you know it, clap your...feet??

Baby Nathan simply doesn't want to be the same as other baby who love to clap their hands in this stage...However..he decided to do something even more challenge and more fun......maybe even more healthy...as baby yoga..he loves to clap his feet...

別的寶寶這時候有的已經會拍手了 不過我們家的寶寶決定他不要太一般 他決定要用腳拍.........難度更高 而且還有瑜珈的運動效果 笑果....