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Jackson

July 11, 2008: Lazy
Comments: 10 | Categories: Jackson

Jack is having graham crackers and milk. I am reading blogs at the table, my eyelids propped open with toothpicks. Jack woke up at the crack of dawn this morning and MARTYR THAT I AM, I let my husband stay...

June 6, 2008: Not freaking out. For once.
Comments: 2 | Categories: Baby Cheung v2.0 , Jackson

There are days when time just seems to drag... by... Then there are days when time drags, but then you put the baby down for his nap and you sit down for a little quality time with the internet and...

May 15, 2008: Thursday walkies
Comments: 10 | Categories: Jackson

Up at Parenting.com today I have written about Feeding! A Timeline! Of Annoyances!. Only without the exclamation points. I'm feeling sort of kicky this morning. Maybe because the boy has FINALLY started walking? He was taking three or four steps...

May 12, 2008: A Retrospective
Comments: 25 | Categories: Jackson

...or, No More Baby, WAAAAHHHH, or, My, That IS A Red Couch! May 2007, eight days old One month old Still working the old man look Two months old Fattening up Three months old I see this picture and hear...

April 8, 2008: PSA from the crib
Comments: 5 | Categories: Jackson

Heeeeeeey there, World Wide Web! Dude, I just wanted to say I'm sorry that my mom's being such a downer lately. I mean, I know a lot of it has to do with me just kinda hanging out in my...

March 25, 2008: After clearing out the too-small clothes
Comments: 5 | Categories: Jackson

Jack has started flinging his arms towards me when he's ready to be picked up, regardless of whether he has balance or is leaning against something. Usually I manage to catch him before he falls. He's more aggressive with his...

March 19, 2008: Question of the Day
Comments: 6 | Categories: Baby Cheung v2.0 , Jackson

At what point do babies start transitioning to one nap a day? More specifically, is it too early for my 10 month old to be kicking his morning nap to the curb? It's never been a piece of cake to...

February 29, 2008: Mamamamamamama
Comments: 12 | Categories: Jackson , Tending to the prince

Yesterday my baby said "mama". FOR REALZ. And then I died. Probably the best part was that my sister was there to be a WITNESS so when we called my mom and she said, "Oh, I bet he was just...

February 14, 2008: Be mine
Comments: 14 | Categories: Jackson

I have a post up about Valentine's Day at Parenting. (How nice that I get all the holidays! Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day...) And it is all about how much we don't even really notice Valentine's Day, but then this...

December 31, 2007: Proud supporter of the Anti-Infant-Growth Movement
Comments: 11 | Categories: Jackson

My boy gives KISSES now. I loooooooove my mommy! Okay. Maybe that pictures is a little more "As soon as I'm done placating the grown up, Fat is going down" than solid evidence of kissing, but that's the best we've...

November 7, 2007: A bit of sap with your Wednesday reading
Comments: 14 | Categories: Jackson , NaBloPoMo07 , Tending to the prince

My kid is now working on hour three of his afternoon nap. Which is good, because he refused to take a morning nap and I've needed the last two hours to clean up the blood and gore from when my...

November 3, 2007: Likes trains, hates to shop
Comments: 3 | Categories: Jackson , NaBloPoMo07

Oh crap! It's Saturday morning and here I am all, "Yay, the baby ate fast, now I can check my email!" when I remember I HAVE TO POST TODAY. Whose idea was this? Thankfully I have something to post about....

October 31, 2007: Resolving not to stuff my mouth full of candy
Comments: 14 | Categories: Jackson

You remember watching the Garfield Halloween special, don't you? (Oh, how I miss those cartoon specials. Is it sad that all of my childhood holiday memories include a cartoon special?) Anyway, on Halloween all I can really think about is...

October 11, 2007: Five months later
Comments: 5 | Categories: Anxiety , Jackson

This morning I buttoned my favorite pair of pants. Do they fit? Not really. Are they appropriate to wear in public? Hardly. But hey. I can button my favorite pair of pants! (How sad is it that my favorite pair...

September 5, 2007: This one is short
Comments: 18 | Categories: Jackson

I have a stiff neck from sleeping in one position all night so I wouldn't smush the baby. I have achy feet because I lift up my knees while I'm nursing, kind of like sitting with tip toes. I never...

September 2, 2007: I can't think of a title that isn't the phonetic spelling of bawling
Comments: 7 | Categories: Jackson , Tending to the prince

I FELT A TOOTH. It's there. I can see it. Something hard and white jutting up from under my baby's gums. I felt it when he was gnawing on my finger, as he likes to do when nothing else is...

August 21, 2007: Pictoblog
Comments: 9 | Categories: Jackson

You are all terrible parents. Falling off the bed? Chugging Clorox? Baking your child to a crisp in the sun? FAT LIPS? I do feel better, thank you! Now, in lieu of something interesting to say... If my mother would...

August 3, 2007: It's Friday, my brain hurts
Comments: 11 | Categories: Jackson

In between greasing up the baby's head, I've been stressing about the sleep stuff. Yes, I approve the Italian soda. Not about how much he sleeps, but just establishing routines and all that. The only routine we have is Feed...

July 30, 2007: The most unreligious baptism post ever
Comments: 13 | Categories: Family , Jackson

Jackson's baptism was yesterday. It was a blessed sacred day, or it would have been if I hadn't had to change the poopiest most disgusting diaper in the universe moments before the main event, and I changed it in the...

June 25, 2007: Pictures? Who wants pictures?
Comments: 15 | Categories: I blame the baby , Jackson

In lieu of a post that could be summarized thusly: When the formula people sent me free cans in the mail I thought, "Gee, that's nice of them, but I'm going to breastfeed so they wasted their marketing money on...

June 5, 2007: Naming the boy: the conclusion
Comments: 15 | Categories: Jackson

Jackson's social security card came in the mail yesterday. I stared at it for a long time because DUDE. I got to pick out someone else's name! Actually, it was a joint effort. An effort that entailed Phillip refusing to...

May 24, 2007: Two week update
Comments: 10 | Categories: Jackson

Yesterday I was all MUST UPLOAD NEW WEBSITE because the order of life right now goes One: Baby, Two: Website, Three: Husband, and I was starting to get the shakes. But stupid Typepad. I fussed and nitpicked and published my...

May 17, 2007: The birth story. Sort of.
Comments: 13 | Categories: Jackson , Project Baby Cheung

Sublime? Hmm. I should have spent more time thinking before I wrote that completely barf-worthy paragraph the other day. How can something involving hospital gowns and stitches and, uh, all that fluid be sublime? I read Moxie's post on what...

May 15, 2007: My life in 3 hour increments
Comments: 17 | Categories: Jackson

I don't know what to tell you about first. I'm hungry. Why are you always checking your email? Why do I have the forehead wrinkles of an 87-year-old man? My sister is here holding the baby. I don't have to...

May 13, 2007: I am an excellent one-handed typist
Comments: 15 | Categories: Jackson

Sometimes when I'm done feeding the baby and I'm half delirious I start writing terribly eloquent posts in my head. I so wanted to sit and write something profound in honor of Mother's Day, but the baby hasn't pooped since...

May 10, 2007: Drum Roll Please...
Comments: 42 | Categories: Jackson , Project Baby Cheung

Introducing Jackson Gabriel Cheung. Born May 10th at 1:50 AM. 6 pounds 2 ounces and 19 inches long.