It appears as though I only blogged twice during
pregnancy. As it turns out, sleep took precedence!
After birth, my maternity leave was so
short that I wanted to spend all my time with Jack and not on the
computer. Going back to work was quite a
struggle but I finally am beginning to find my footing and have a sense of
balance in my life. I have a lot of
catching up to do on that front because I really do want to tell you all about
pregnancy and birth in Hong Kong, but for right now, I just wanted to drop a
quick note about Jack because I know a lot of people have been wondering if I’ve
dropped off the edge of the earth. (On
that note, the earth is round.) This note will be neither eloquent or interesting... but at least I'm staying in touch!
Jack is pretty much the most amazing human being to ever
grace the planet with his presence (well, in Mommy and Daddy’s eyes, at
least). We’ve been blessed with a rather
easy baby; he’s almost always smiling, his laughter is contagious, and I feel
like he’s learning new things every day.
His favourite things include: his hands, his feet, blankets and cloths, story time,
falling asleep on Daddy’s shoulder, being outside, and saying “agoooo” and “bah”. He’s 4.5 months, approx. 17.5 lbs and really,
really tall. The doctor said he’s a bit
big for a Chinese baby, but that doesn’t matter since he isn’t Chinese. He’s been sleeping through the night for
about 1.5 months already but sometimes still wakes up around 5am for a quick
snack or cuddle. He drools around the
clock and we go through several outfits and about half a dozen bibs per day… he’s
been doing this since he was 2 months old, but no sign of a tooth yet.
Thank you, everyone, for your interest in Jack. Whenever I post a picture on Facebook (yes, I
really need to do up a whole album), I just feel the love and support flowing
from around the world. I have two more days of work before the Christmas holidays
and a ridiculous amount of marking to do in the meantime, so I’ll leave it here
for now. I promise I’ll write more on
both blogs soon. I really do!
