A Holiday / Hardworking week?!
Over Christmas, I was lucky to have a week off hanging out with Michael and running a few errands (none completed, of course!) This was our first Christmas in Shanghai and it felt nothing like it. The shops were only moderately decorated and most people didn’t really talk about it (in fact, Christmas & Boxing Days are working days in China). The only thing that resembled Christmas was the weather (at least for the norther hemisphere!) It was cold (freezing)… But like Ian said, Christmas is what we make of it as a family. So Christmas turned out really cozy and warm!
On Christmas day, Michael didn’t really know what to do with all the presents. Our tree is only half decorated (bottom half is bare since Michael just picked the ornaments off when they’re his reachable height!) and most of the gifts were wrapped in “toys r us” wrapping paper. Michael was very facinated with our Christmas lights in the evening and we spotted a few other Christmas trees out of the windows of the neighbors!
Michael and I were busy during this week. He is always onto something and his latest fascination is:
- climbing up and down the nursing chair
- learning to use his spoon & folk (still prefer the hands and fingers though)
- listening to the wiggles CD too many times (his mama doesn’t let him watch the DVD too often, but listening to the music was alright…)
- walking and running and walking… (can’t do enough of it).
It is truly amazing to see the growth our little boy is going through. Last week he was still having difficulty to learn how to use his “straw” cup and suddenly he just picked up the skill. Ian and I look at Michael everyday wondering what happened to the little baby!
Although we were away from all the friends and family, Internet had made everything much closer. So Michael did say “Merry Christmas” to both sets of his grandparents (although he thinks all of them are 2-dimensional, he keeps checking the back of the laptop screen for them!) plus all uncles & aunts.
As you may have noticed, the website address has also been changed to http://www.apprenticelacy.com (We have got our own website!) Also, some photos from our Christmas week:
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| Michael’s album – 14 months old |
Meanwhile, love from Shanghai.
p.s. after a long week of running around, I am going back to work for a rest… cheers!
