First Christmas

I got to spend my first Christmas at home with Mommy, Daddy and my Grandparents. I got lots of presents and the best part was all the paper and cool boxes I got to play with. Daddy got a nice tree and we put up some ornaments. Auntie Karen made me this pretty hand stitched ornament that says "Audrey's 1st Christmas".

Godmother Cindy send me lots of presents including this beautiful first ornament...ballerina slippers.




I got these cool hand made clay dolls that Grandma and Grandpa got in China in 1981.



Daddy was trying to explain to me the true meaning of Christmas beyond all the commercial and economic stuff of buying presents...I think what he means is the joy of family and that I am the best present ever...period!

To the rescue

Mama Yi flew up to the rescue this weekend. The new Nanny didn't work out and I've been keeping Mommy and Daddy up all night for the last couple of weeks. So Mommy asked Mama Yi to come and spent the weekend, so her and Daddy could get some sleep. I am on my best behaviour when Mama Yi is around....cause I am trying to get her to move up to the Bay Area. So if any of you know of anyone hiring in the Bay Area...Mamy Yi is an angel like me!

Silly Rabbit

Another one of those cutsie bath towels to make me look like some animal..."Oh look Audrey is a silly rabbit!"

Parents are suckers...aren't we Babies cute enough without all the gimicks?

They're back...

Grandma and Grandpa came back from Toronto December 4th to help out Mommy and Daddy. My new Nanny is now my ex-Nanny....we just didn't hit it off. So luckily Grandma is around to help take care of me. It's a win-win...they get to escape a Canadian winter and Daddy gets comfort food and laundry done!

Ho Ho Ho!!!

I've been a good girl all year so I am hoping Santa brings me a big surprise!!! Hopefully some normal clothes so I don't have to dress up like a little Elf or cute animal anymore....with all the stuff I've gone through this year...how about some Prada or Chanel?

Don't worry Daddy I stay away from the animal prints and clear heels when I get older so I don't look like a ho ho ho!

Thanksgiving is over...

Thanksgiving is over...Mommy and Daddy are back to work on Monday. No more turkey!

The Princess

I may look like a Princess all innocent...

but really I'm just a wild child in the making.

Fight, Fight, Fight !!!

While I was in the hosptial, Mama Yi's friend Uncle Dragon Five was in the hospital as well. Uncle Dragon Five is going through his own battle right now and I just wanted to let him know to Fight Fight Fight!!!

Thank you for the red envelope...Daddy is putting it into my education fund.

I am thinking of you...let's fight fight fight together!

p.s. I love Mama Yi too.

There's no place like home...

I was discharged from the hospital on November 18 and glad to be home. I am recovering nicely and my incision is healing...I will have a nice matching scar like Mommy's. My bowl's are working nicely...I've been back on full feeding and let's just say I am very regular....I bottle feed and I poop...sometimes not in that order. But the problem right now is that my stomach and instesinal enzymes are on overdrive so my output is very acidic and I have a severe case of diaper rash....as Johnny Cash said,

I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire
The ring of fire

Let's just say that no one is really having a good time right now...my butt burns...Mommy and Daddy are changing me almost hourly. Luckily Godmother Cindy was here helping all last week while I was in the hospital and yesterday she left but Mommy Yi flew up from LA to help out.




BTW...if there are any eligible men in the Bay Area, Mommy Yi is single and ready to mingle. I can attest that she has really nice boobies too...I've fallen asleep on them and they are nice pillows.

Hitting the Bottle Again

Six poops today and counting...I am hitting the bottle again and feeding on formula!

jiāyoú (加油)

Mommy's friends keep sending me messages to jiāyoú (加油) which literally means "add gas" which seems funny because I am trying to pass gas. But Daddy used his "chinglish" translation skills and explained it means "Go!" ....a cheer of encouragement as in "Go Audrey Go!"

Well your words of "jiāyoú (加油)" was what I needed to cheer me on and today I made Daddy proud...raising my arms declaring victory and letting a few farts rip...sorry nurse if they were a bit wet.

Making the best of the situation...

Sometimes you have to make the best of the situation you are in...I have my comfy blanket from Uncle Goat and Auntie Kimmie...Mommy is doing my nails and I just had a shot of morphine...so I just pretend that I am having a spa day.

Post-Op Day 3

I feel more awake today. They removed the Foley catheter and I just move out of the PICU into a regular room with a window view. If you crane your neck you can see San Francisco Bay.

Still need to fart so I can eat. Daddy tried to trick the nursing staff by letting out a couple of blasts and telling them to come over and smell me...but it didn't work.

Post Op Day 2

Today is much better...I am not as swollen. I couldn't pee so I was getting puffy and they put in a Foley cathater and I felt much better. Plus you have to feel good when you have a picture of Ernie on your diaper.

Last night I was listening to Daddy being very stern with the nurses when they missed my morphine dose. The nurses were giving it to me every two hours when required but Daddy was insisting that I get it every two hours scheduled versus as required so I wouldn't have to experience breakthrough pain. The nurses was waiting until I cried, so they missed a dose at 10:30pm and when the morphine started to wear off around midnight I was crying loud enough to wake Daddy up. When Daddy found out they skipped a morphine dose and then didn't give me any Tylenol as a baseline but left it PRN (when required) he had a very calm but assertive conversation asking if there was any clinical reason to delay my pain management....if it was Mommy...there would have been a fireworks show like the 4th of July. They actually had to keep Mommy out of the room when they were putting in the Foley cathater...if you haven't had one let's just say its not to comfortable and you feel it even if you are on morphine.


Here are a couple more pictures of me pre-op in the holding room before going into the operating room.









Oh no...I think it's time!

Recovery Room

I made it through surgery. It took about 2 hours. I am now in lala land in the PICU.

Pre-Op

I am about to go in for my surgery. Last night they tried to put in an IV line...they poked me nine times and failed...what am I a voodoo doll? Good thing it was Auntie Marilyn and not Mommy who was with me...or those nurses would have gotten a tongue lashing and they would felt like voodoo dolls getting stuck with needles.

Hospital Gowns

I checked into the hospital today on Vetern's Day (Rememberance Day in Canada). I am having my ileostomy reversed tomorrow, where they will reattach my small intestine to my large intestine. I haven't had a bowl movement since June 13 and I really look forward to squeezing one out! Mommy and Daddy have had it pretty easy and haven't had to change a stinky diaper yet.

It's kinda of scary being back in the hospital...I've been connected back to all these monitors and this time I have to wear this ugly hosptial gown with my butt flapping in the breeze. But luckily Auntie Marilyn is here helping. She fly in from Toronto on Tuesday last minute after Godmother Cindy got sick and wasn't able to come up and help. We didn't want to take a chance of me getting sick days before my surgery. So it was Auntie Marilyn to the rescue! Thank you Auntie Marilyn for flying cross country to help out Mommy and Daddy this week and staying in the hospital with me tonight before my surgery with Mommy.

Bye Bye Sweetie

Mommy's oldest doggie passed away on November 10 at 4am. Sweetie was over 19 years old. I'll miss you Sweetie...Daddy says you were a very fiesty and tough little bitch!

You are now reunited with Mei Mei...(I got to meet Mei Mei when I was still in Mommy's tummy...Daddy sneaked her into the hospital when Mommy was on bed rest. Mei Mei passed away at the hospital...she was 18 year old)...



Sweetie and Mei Mei have been reunited and can share a bed together again....Rest in Peace!

Meeting Grandpa

My Grandpa came to visit and meet me for my welcome home party back in October. He's really funny cause he acts just like a kid when he sees me. I'll post pictures from the party soon.



Grandma and Grandpa came for my party and then went to LA. The day they were going to fly back to Toronto, Daddy called them to come back up because things got a bit mixed up with my Nanny taking vacation. So they flew back up to the Bay Area to help out.

(Grandma with Great Auntie Grace holding me)