P u i t i... !

P u i t i... !

05/23/02

Dear Babua, Bebia and Mamida Inna,

So good to see your letter. We are all doing fine. I will send you those pictures soon, together with a short video of the trip to China. Sorry I have delayed the matter for so long.

Recently, since the weather is getting warmer, we often pick up Lily and go to Central Park after work. One day last week, Lily pointing at a dog, turned around and said to me "Ti-Ti".  She made it sound also like "Chi-Chi" or "Chi-Ki".  I had a hard time figuring out exactly which sound she was making.  Anyway, she was quite excited, and eager to share her findings with me.  I was wondering where she get the idea to call a dog "Chi-Ki".  Two days later, she pointed at a horse on TV and said to me "Chi-Ki" again ... So I believe that anything with four legs would be "Chi-Ki". (Vakho said it sounded more like "Ki-Ki").

This went on for 3 days, then last Friday, She pointed at a car and said the same thing. I was really amused. So now, the word means anything that moves on four... So you can imagine my surprise this morning, while we were walking across the Central Park, she pointed at grass and said "Chi-Ti".  I stopped, went in front of her, trying to see where exactly she was pointing at, and saying... To my REAL surprise, this time she said "P-u-i t-i"   PRETTY! That's what she was trying to say all this time!!!  I am also very happy that this is the first thing she wanted to share with us - her sense of beauty!        

Hope you enjoy my story.


Love,
Yan

1 yr 3.5 m

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Turn, turn, turn...

Turn, turn, turn...                 05/20/02

My dear family,

Here is something new about Lily:

Last night, when I was in the kitchen I called Lily to come over for food. She came to me, took a bite from me and turned around, getting ready to go away. At that moment, I called her again for more food, she turned around, and took another bite from me, and turned away again... This went on for another time or two. Then I notice she had a puzzling look on her face. Then I saw her started turning, around and around, looking on the floor, till she get dizzy, and landed on her butt. :-)

She must had found it funny, because right after she got up on her feet, guess what, she started turning again, and again… until landed on her butt again...

It was so much fun to watch her discover new sensations.  I just kept my eyes on her all the time, making sure that there was nothing she would hit when she fall.

So much for today!


Love,
Yan

1 yr 3.5 m

 

 

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My Children

For My Children

My first landlady in U.S. once told me:
"You think you are very happy now...
Just wait until you get your own kids.
It is the best part of life."
I thought I understood what she meant...
... till now, after I have you ...
    
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Foreword

It all started with ...
Trying to share my pleasure with those whom I love so much ...

Then,
Trying to give something to my children when they grow up...

In the end,
I got the most from all of this effort. . .
I got my life preserved.

Years ago, a question was asked:

"If you were offered a day of heavenly happiness, but then you won't remember anything of it, do you still care to take the offer? How about one week?

Or One year?"

It got me thinking . . . all these years.

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