Family outing to Dallas Arboretum

Today we made the first trip as a family to Arboretum. It took us nearly an hour to get ready to leave the house. I was happy that I got to check out the pumpkin display before it's gone.

When my mom, Norah and I are sitting at a bench waiting for the drizzle to stop, Jackson and Will went to explore. Five minutes later, Will took a soaking wet Jackson by and rushed to the bathroom. Jackson jumped into the fountain! Will was mad and Jackson was happily telling everybody: I jumped in a dirty fountain!

I traced his wet steps to the fountain that he jumped in. It's the edge-less fountain in the courtyard.  Because of the recent rain, the water was black with some reddish hue. He was stinking even after we changed his clothes. The trip was cut short since we have to give him a bath.

During this whole commotion, Norah was peacefully sleeping. I hope that she won't be as crazy as her big brother when she is 2.

Making excuses

Today on the car, Grandma asked Jackson in Chinese: could you sing me a song? He thought a second and answered: I only sing songs on the bed before going to sleep. And the it's gone now. 

Norah visited her big brother at school today

Norah went to White Rock North and visited Jackson today. Jackson was happy to see us both!

Sleeping through the night

Last night Norah slept from 9:30 to 6am. She is beating her brother's sleeping record! 

Scoop

We had the long awaited newborn photo shoot for Norah today.

Here are some action shots I took. Cathy said Norah is the best behaving baby she ever photographed. She was in such a happy mood shooting her. Norah was asleep the scenes we wanted her to and was alert during a wake up scene. 

Jackson posted lots of challenges during the sibling session. But that's expected. ;-)

Jackson style

Jackson's school had Western day last Friday and one parent volunteer posted some photoes online. Here is one I found Jackson in it. It brought smile to our faces. He wandered around just as he always did at Little Gym.

Norah two-week visit

Today we took Norah for her two-week well visit. She is slowly gaining her weight. Today she measured 7lbs 11oz, which is still below her birth weight. She also dropped to 30% on weight and still is 72% on height. She is following her brother's BMI path. Her pediatrician told us that's completely normal. However, she doesn't like that Norah is still below her birth weight and would like us to come back to check her weight again on the following Monday.

Norah is growing happily and healthy. We are much more confident as newborn's parents this time around. :-)