I felt guilty not recording these blissful days fearing that I will soon forgot the smell of my sweet little V, and seeing Jack-Jack growing up so fast to this delightful little boy that we are really enjoying. I never thought I would enjoy kids so much, but now I just can't seem to get enough of their extreme cuteness and on some crazy afternoons pondering the possibility of a third child (Am I CRAZY!?)
Veronique is two months. Compared to Jack-Jack, she's really a big baby reaching 5.7kg at 8 weeks (Jack only reached this weight at around 20 weeks). She's generally pretty chilled out, sleeping and eating most of the time, although she does have a rather loud cry when she needs something. I guess being the second child you need to have a louder voice in order to be heard. I am still the only person second to the confinement lady that spends the most time with her while Jack-Jack keeps mic quite occupied. I thought Jack-Jack was a better looking baby but I should be fair and give it a bit more time. She just started to smile at us and getting more cute. Mic still has problems connecting with her -- Mic just frowns and finds her annoying whenever she cries and have no desire to comfort her. The novelty factor of a newborn is gone for the second time parent and its just work. I, on the other hand had developed an enormous amount of patience and kept on thinking thank god for the role of mothers otherwise the new babies have no chance of survival!
Jack-Jack is now 2 years and 4 months old. When people tell me it just gets better with age I can totally see what they mean now. He's a communicative little being with his own desires and opinions. Of course that also leads to the terrible two tantrums and the endless/countless times we have the explain the rules to him, but I still love it so much to be able to talk to him, and hear him respond back. He's mainly speaking in Mandarin but also can translate words he know into English, and his vocabulary is particularly impressive when it comes to transportation vehicles (I don't even know what a backhoe loader is until he told me). He is able to speak in full sentences now (the classic being "三姑婆看你洗屁股“ when my aunt came to visit and he wanted her to do everything with him. He can't tell the difference between 你 我 yet so hence the hilarious ask). I also just taught him his first 唐詩（床前明月光）which he can now recite fully. He continues to be a great eater that makes his parents proud.
We will be going for a little family holiday to Vietnam next week just the four of us, which will be a nice change to the last two months of the busy household with two helpers (my maid + confinement lady) and lots of visitors. I feel like we are almost ready for NZ now that we are slowly regaining the confidence and rhythm of life.
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