Jan 21, 2009 Updates

KK - 15 months
Walking : still learning, sometimes she thinks she can run and ends up falling... mama has to watch her very closely. She has her first bump on the forehead at the park last week.
Reading: she loves to read (or flip) board books, especially the bible given by brigitte jei jei.
Talking: KK loves to call "baba", she can also say nana (banana), bye bye, kum kum (piano), ball ball, dada (dan dan = egg), kitty (hello kitty), di di (her my melody), yee yee, kun kun, nai nai (milk), etc. Lately, she loves to pretends talking on the phone, it's very funny.


Ian - 2 months
Ian has grown so much, doubled his birth weight. He is having 5-6oz per feeding. And he can now focus on our faces and occasionally response to us with a smile. Ian has strong neck (likes to lift his head) and grip (especially when he grabs mama's hair...).

Welcome my brother, Ian!

A lot happened in November...

Nov 5-6 auntie Violet from HK and helen yee came to visit us. I finally get to meet auntie Violet and made her laugh a lot.


My brother Ian was born November 8, 6lb, 18in. Ian was so anxious to come to the world that Mama delivered him within 2 hours of being admitted to the hospital. I was very good with grandma and grandpa at home. Yee yee, yee cheung, auntie violet and uncle Jackie surprised us with another short visit just to see baby ian and us again, that was so nice!

I love to see and touch Ian, he has such big eyes and mouth!


We also celebrated Mama's birthday and thanksgiving.

I'm still learning to walk and had a little accident on thanksgiving night, bumped my month to the sofa at grandma's... gum was bleeding and scared mama a lot...

My 1st Birthday

My b-day celebration started off with a car ride. Baba, mama, and Helen yee yee took me to the Sea World in San Diego. We had a fun day and I was very excited to see all the fishes, dolphins, sea lions, penguins, etc. In the evening, we had dinner with kun kun, por por, and uncle Jackson's family, followed by cake cutting at home.

More pictures of my birthday

Happy Birthday, KK!!

Dear KK,

Happy 1st Birthday! Thank you for giving us an amazing year. You have been such a happy and sweet daughter that we thank God every day for you. You have helped us to learn to be more patient, gracious and understanding. You have enabled to work more closely as a team and be more efficient in multi-tasking and time management. You have made us wanting to be a better person so we can be a better parent.

Father,thank you for our joyful princess.

baba mama

July 2008

At her 9 month well visit, KK weighs 17lb9oz, 28in tall. KK has picked up quite a lot of skills these couple months: sit up really well, push up to sit, pull up to stand, clap, wave, picking up food with her fingers, etc. She is learning to crawl and stand too.

We had a very nice July 4th with family, including yee yee, yee cheung, tai por from SF. Even though KK was a little sick, she was still very playful. We had our 1st BBQ at our backyard, and KK watched the fireworks for the first time.

KK is getting more and more funny... watch her.

Dance? (taken in May 08, 7 months)


Pick up toys with legs (taken in June 08)


Clap (taken around 7/4 weekend)

Road Trip to SF

June 2008

We went on a road trip (my first one) to San Jose/San Francisco a couple weeks ago. I had a great time, visiting baba's high school in Pebble Beach, meeting a lot of friends and family, and attending a wedding. Though it was a very exhausting trip, I was very good with the long car ride, spent most of the time sleeping and playing.

See Trip Pictures

This is how i fall asleep in the car...



I love tags these days...

Do I look like Mama?

A lot of people think I look like baba, especially when I was first born. Lately, i hear more and more comments about how I have some resemblance of mama... see if you agree.

April 2008

April has been a busy month for mama (tax season) and me as well - many visitors, 6 months well visit to the doctor, baba mama's anniversary... but i had a great time, even started to eat solid food.

4/18 - 16lb, 26.25 in

Baba's B-day

Last Saturday was baba's birthday. I woke up early to 'say' happy birthday to baba so that i can sneak in and sleep with baba and mama after my breakfast.

After we were all well-rested and fed, we took a trip to Ikea and Babiesrus. Even though i have been there many times in mama's tummy, this is my first time seeing everything with my own eyes, and it's all very interesting. I was very good the whole day.

After we got home, baba fed me while mama prepared a birthday dinner for baba. It was a fun day but we were all exhausted.

I love to talk as well

talk with kun kun (grandpa)

I love to laugh

I (and mama) got sick at Chinese new year... cough, runny nose, bronchiolitis and minor ear infection. Though I wasn't feeling well and even lost my voice at one point, i was still very good and remains bubbly. I love to laugh and play. This video was taken on 2/17 after my recovery.

I'm now 4 months, 14lb3oz, 25in.

First Christmas

Kaitlin's first Christmas kicked off with an exciting and scary episode. We were about to go to church on 12/23 Sunday to meet baba, since baba has left early in the morning to be in the choir. As mama was ready to get into the car, she realized that all the doors were locked! The ignition was on... the car autolocks (this feature was immediately disabled after the incident). Mama started to panic, luckily Tina yee yee was calm enough to rush to church with Uncle Justin and called the police on the way. About 10 mins later, a fire truck with 3 firemen came, it took them less then 5 min to safe Kaitlin out.

Kaitlin was good, just cried a little while inside the car, but for the most part she was entertaining herself. And thank God that the car was not under the sun. Thank God for the timely rescue which reminds us of the true meaning of the birth of Jesus.

Christmas & New Year Pictures

2-Month Well Visit 12-18

This is my first time having vaccination... i think baba and mama are more nervous than me.

11lb 7.5oz 22.5 in

I was a little shocked when the nurse put the needle in my thigh while i was peacefully sucking on my bottle... i stopped, opened my mouth for 2 seconds before i started crying...

What happened in Nov 2007?

11-15 Mama's b-day. Baba took Mama out for a nice dinner. Kailtin was great staying home with grandma.

11-20-07 One Month Well Visit

9lb 2oz

21.5 in

11-22-07 Thanksgiving dinner with family. Great grandma, Helen yee yee and Jaci yee cheung drove from SF and 2 Kau Kun's family came from Fresno. Tina yee yee and uncle Justin prepared a great dinner for us.

11-23-07 Full Month Dinner

Yard Sale

Tina yee yee and Uncle Justin have been working very hard for our 1st yard sale for the past 2 weekends.

I'm one of the reason why people are here 'coz the flyer says the sale was for diaper money for the 1st grand daughter...




My current look - see more of me at "My photo albums"

Well Visits

My first doc's visit was on 10-22, when i was only 5 days old because I had a little jaundice after birth. I was 6lb 5 oz. Thanks to Tina yee for driving us to the doctor.

Went to the doc a week after, thank God that my jaundice has all cleared and I have gained 10oz in a week! A little more than usual, but that helps clearing the jaundice.

Hello World!

Hello world! I am 7 days old today and loving to be here. Let me tell you a little about myself:

Name: Kaitlin Chi-Kay Kong
DOB: 10/17/2007
Time of Birth: 1:50 am
Weight: 6 lbs 8oz
Length: 18.5 inches

I am living with mama, baba, Grandma, Grandpa and Tina yee yee and they take great care of me. All of them can't help but smile when they see my face :). I have met a lot of people these few days--Helen yee yee and my new Jaci yee cheung even drove all the way down from SF to see me! The coolest part was that I got to meet my Great-grandma.

Yesterday was my first doctor's appointment where I found out I have almost reach my birth weight again! I am growing up so fast only sleeping, eating and looking cute all day long. Just look at my pictures:

Is today IT?

Baby preparation at full gear starting October, but both baba and mama got a little cold after the SF trip. We got a lot of baby stuff from Auntie Cora and Auntie Ellen from SF. The past 2 weeks, we've been shopping for the rest of the stuff. Baba installed car seat and bassinet, mama and Tina yee yee did baby laundry, etc.

Today is October 16
- mama's 1st day of maternity leave
- mama felt contractions at around 430am... not sure if it's real labor... we'll see
- baba went to office to pick up work... if it's for real, he'll rush back :P
- mama's writing this blog while waiting to see if there will be more contractions.

Addendum:
- turned out that it was the day... we got admitted at the hospital at 4pm
- monitored for about 1hr and moved labor n delivery room #8 at around 5pm
- Kailtin was delivered 1:50am 10/17/2007
(added on 10/24/07)

Recap of Sept 2007

Haven't been updating the blog for a while... so here is a recap of major events:

Sept 1 - officially moved out of the apt to Grandma's and Grandpa's.

Mid Sept - start all the baby caring and Lamaze classes. New house remodelling started.

Sept 22 - very nice and intimate baby shower held by the Cheung's. Got a lot of gifts from all the aunties, including this diaper cake made by Tina yee yee.


http://picasaweb.google.com/kaitlin.kong/BabyShower?authkey=ui_ZX7sEuG0

Sept 29 weekend - attend Helen yee yee and Jaci's wedding at Palo Alto. A very nice wedding and we got to see lots of Aunites and Uncles. Here are some pictures:

Leaving Our First Home in a Week

The last few weeks were spent mostly at Ikea, Home Depot, Lowes... researching for floor tiles, kitchen cabinets, paint color, electrical appliances, etc.... meeting with contractors, looking for temporary storage space, packing...

Baba finishing the floor plan, Mama going to get the building permts...

Mama still itching a little and sleeping a lot...

Baba still has long commute, lacking sleep, but still manages to play some wii's Mario Striker and XBox' Virtual Tennis III...