Thank you 2009. Hello 2010!

Wow. What a year to remember.  The best present-- Sofia.

Where to begin... year in review...
I really can't remember that much, except being pregnant, really, which was the majority of the year!


January- Bernd's bday and crazy night... i think actually this might have been the last night M and i went out together. haha.
February- the month sofia was created...
March- 13th- i still remember taking the pee test... telling M while he's playing video games... calling mom... visit to cbus/nj for work anf
April- beijing... lucky with the weather! no pollution and good times.
May- Champions league- Barca vs. Manu... peeing on the floor... no comment.
June- Dinner at Spoon, so full! Phuket... babymoon, revisiting twin palms! Fantasea. haha.
July- M's bday at yorkshire pudding
Aug- LA, Cbus, Vancouver... Barca vs. Galaxy, cleaning house in cbus, sushi for the first time since February... the two weeks went by too quickly. i miss the states! i miss my sisters.
Sep- my bday... 30+1. Dinner at Spoon for mom/dad's anniversary too.
Oct- M's trip home to NJ/NY for his 10 yr
Nov- Waiting for Sofia... Sofia's birthday- finally here to meet mommy & daddy!!
Dec- Sofia's first month. :)

wow. the year really flies by.  but what a wonderful year... i had a good year this year.  i look forward to 2010, where it'll be even better i'm sure. Just because we'll have new adventures as a family, new obstacles to overcome, new things to accomplish, and most importantly-- as a family.

May 2010 bring laughter, happiness and love to all... our family & friends- our loved ones. :)

Sofia, you are such a blessing... we can't wait to see you grow (though not so fast) in the coming years! we love you so much little girl.. .
mommy & daddy

bye bye... for now.

Tomorrow (well today) is 12/30.  That means grandma tsang, grandpa tsang and auntie jen jen and jackie are all leaving hongkong to go back to the states.  i am a bit sad, well more than a bit sad... as i know i'm sure grandma is too.  it makes me sad because i see how quickly sofia, you are growing up, and how time will pass and mommy's family won't be here to see you grow up like daddy's family will.  I suppose it's a bit the same way as mommy's parents (your grandparents) well their parents weren't around to see us three grow up... but i guess it's a bit different this time. Why? not sure. Maybe because i feel so close to my mommy.  I'm even crying while typing this! (ahh the hormones perhaps are still adjuting).  Even when we left dinner tonight- *sigh*, the tears were running down my face for that reason. To think that Sofia, you won't see your grandma tsang for awhile and she's soooo wonderful.  the funny thing is, i think she feels the same.  She wanted to hold you every minute she could- and of course, i let her because i knew that she wanted to hold you... i know that she feels like she too, will be missing out a bit since she is so far away... but i guess that's just part of life.  though it makes me sad. I wish she were closer, or we were closer to her.  She is just so very loving that i would love for her to really be able to spend these early years with you all the time so you know just how much she loves you Sofia.  oh dear.  so many tears right now  i look at your face while you are sleeping and you are so calm, so precious, and i still cannot believe that you're my little daughter and i feel so blessed and grateful.  But oh, i really do wich my mommy were here with me too, to share this blessing. it's going to be tough. it's probably also a good thing we're not going to the airport tomorrow morning, otherwise i'd be a mess sending them off! gosh. horrible mess.

i hope you don't grow up too quickly sofia... so that you can wait fo ryour grandma tsang to watch you grow up and hopefully with video chat/internet, you'll be able to see them and talk to her more often... i really want you to know her and love her as much as you can, even though you won't see her as much as your other grandparents... because even though grandma and grandpa tsang are far away, i can assure you they'll love you soooooooo much, and already do more than you can even imagine.

hormones. must be the hormones as to why i'm so sad.  but i guess i should be happy... happy that mommys' family were able to come for 2 weeks/ 1 week and meet you... though it seemed to pass so quickly, hopefully we will see them soon enough again, at every chance we have.

mommy loves you... mommy's family all love you very very much too.
smile sofia... our little sunshine and happiness. :)

One Month Plus.

The days pass by and everyday Sofia, you're growing and becoming more and more aware of everyone around you and also things around you. It seems like you're able to definitely recognize mommy and daddy now and also grandma.  It's so adorable to watch you sleep, i spend much too much time i think, just staring and just seeing how pure and innocent life can be.... it's precious.  i couldn't ask for more and wish we could stay like this for much longer than probably we can.  But i do look forward to you growing and learning more, and the memories we will share and that i will always remember forever about you as you are right now, my precious little sofia michael.

Last night we had your 1 month celebration birthday party.  It wasn't too fancy, but nice to have relatives meet and see you for the first time!!  It was only at the clubhouse at Manhattan Hill, so close enough and not too much trouble.  I've been learning that it is really difficult now to leave on time... with a baby, and i wasn't really on time to begin with...  hopefully daddy will understand this soon too.

A transition for sure, but one we will get through for sure.

And mommy is happy, we finally took our Christmas pictures as a family. :)

we love you.
daddy & mommy.