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Wow, I have not posted in a long time... Baby boy was born one month ago! 8 pounds 10 ounces, which is pretty crazy considering how tiny J is. He's a cute little guy who eats all the time (just like me!) I will post a private post on about his name later. Neither J nor I have slept for more than 2 hours at a stretch since he was born, but other than that, life is pretty stinkin' perfect with the two babies running the show.

His sister is doing just awesome. Starting walking at 11 months and is now running and climbing up on things. Walked into the living room and found her standing on the coffee table. She's signing and talking quite a bit as well.

Her vocabulary list so far:
ball (ASL and spoken English)
mama (ASL and spoken English/Mandarin)
no, no (shakes head and spoken English)
ya ya (means 'duck' in Mandarin)
milk (ASL)
more (ASL)
sleep (ASL)
bao bao (means 'pick me up'/hug in Mandarin)
apple (Taiwan Sign Language)
book (spoken English)
eat (ASL)
cup (ASL)

And then tonight... during her bath:

Baby girl: Ahhhhhh! (wanted the toy cup I took from her because she was drinking her bath water)

Me: (signing and speaking) No "Ahhhhh!" Say, please give me. (hand her the cup)

Baby girl: (signs) "Thanks"

This was a bit baffling since I never taught her thank you...

When it comes to the baby, I am Mommy and J is Mama. Just makes sense to assign it that way, since in Chinese, 'mother' is 'ma ma.' In sign language, I am ASL-mother and J is Taiwan Sign Language-mother (index finger and pinkie up with index touching side of chin; move hand away from chin and put index down so only pinkie remains up). So far, the kidlet isn't signing any actual words, but she will look at us and wiggle her little hands. ASL babbling. Very cute.

So I know I am not supposed to be jealous, but the baby totally is head over heels in love with J. She has this special smile that lights up her little face when J comes home. She gets the biggest grin when J kisses her. And she has this low pitched, totally contented giggle for whenever J plays with her. I, on the other hand, am just the milk mama. So jealous.

Tyler Oakley is one of the reasons I sometimes wish I was a gay male.

I could watch his videos for hours...

Here are two of my favorites:

I cannot even put to words how adorable this video is. Not to mention one of my favorite Chris Pureka songs.

And Chris Pureka as a cartoon character? Still hot. She even drew Chris' circle necklace, which I totally covet.

I can't stop watching this! Cute overload...

so, so, so, so much!

My awesome friend from college made this video as a challenge for himself. I love how brave it is! I don't think I could ever do this. I once had to break a social rule as an assignment for a social psychology course, so I went to a Whole Foods and crawled down the aisle (so as not to block the view of people looking at items on the shelves). The embarassment of it still makes me blush. This looks so much more fun, but I don't think I could relax myself enough to dance. Plus, his moves are awesome...


I'm trying to think of what some other good challenges would be...

This video captures how I've been feeling about going back to work after having the baby. Of course, the woman in the film has it way worse than me, so I guess I should just be thankful I live 10 minutes from my job. Going to classes this fall in NYC is going to be very hard for me, though.

From Paris, Je T'aime... one of my favorite shorts from the movie, even pre-baby.

It seems like she should be in this video...


Oh, here she is!

...but the girls who look like him are pretty hot

http://lesbianswholooklikejustinbi…

seriously, who is he? I'm guessing teeny-bopper singer. I'd google him, but I don't really care that much.

We are sore the length of our bodies
We restore water we cry
We are nothing if not your granddaughters
We have been nothing but dignified

We, we brave bee stings and all
And we don't dive, we cannonball
And we splash our eyes full of chemicals
Just so there's none left for little girls
Just so there's none left for little girls

Roll, roll, roll up your denim
We've got to pedal 10 hours south
They pour it down from their balconies
You've got to push all the doubt to the side of your mouth

We, we brave bee stings and all
And we don't dive, we cannonball
And we splash our eyes full of chemicals
Just so there's none left for little girls
Just so there's none left for little girls

We are sore the length of our bodies
We restore water we cry
We are nothing if not your granddaughters
We have been nothing but dignified

We, we brave bee stings and all
And we don't dive, we cannonball
And we splash our eyes full of chemicals
Just so there's none left for little girls
Just so there's none left for little girls