Happy Chinese New Year

Hey, happy chinese new year. Wife woke me up early this morning. and dressed Siyuan and herself all in red :) We had given Siyuan the traditional hong bao the night before, and left it under his pillow. I still remember my parents giving me that when I was a kid :) CNY was a quiet period for us since we were just happy to rest, and turned down friends invitation for a party. As it turned out, Siyuan had a very bad wind period for a day. Crying 10 minutes and sleeping 10 minutes in that cycle for 10 hours. Absolutely exhausting. :)

Long-time

almost a month since I last posted! a lot has happened since - my mother-in-law came and went, my dad and brother came and went, i left for a conference, we had some minor scares with the baby. Too much to detail at one shot!
Probably the most pertinent details are that my mother-in-law was a boon, helping to take care of the baby, cooking and allowing my wife to catch up with her sleep. Of course, having a senior in the house also meant putting up with their approvals or disapproval of our parenting, but she was still most helpful, as compared with my dad!
My dad, 75, is simply too old to help out and require much care, as a result it has exhausted my wife trying to juggle both end. Badly handled was that - should have been much more insistent on telling my family to come late, since dad was clearly no longer at his best.
sigh. sigh.