Yeah, Snow !!

Jan 24-29 2008, Little bear's first snow encounter and mommy's first ski trip in 2 years.

• Jan 24 3pm. last minute shopping with poor little bear falling asleep in my arm. got a little truck toy for Ethan and sunblock for mom and dad. 3:30 pm, Alex couldn't fit both of our gears with the car seat in the middle, so maggie offered to stop by and help.4:00 pm Lian's house , heading to airport.4:20pm Lian dropped us off at the terminal. a hour before the flight time. Little bear is sleeping again. 5pm, finally through the security, the airplane was packed with skiiers ;-) 20 mins later we were on our way to Jackson WY !!!7:30ish local time, we were welcomed by cold wind and snow flakes. no connecting tunnles between airplane and the terminal building at the jacksonhole airport. Xiaoxiong was greeted by everybody. Nina, xiaoxiong's new favorite girl, they couldn't keep their eyes off each other ;-)checked into snowking resort. nice room, ordered pizza for dinner cause all resteraunts were closed.
• Jan 25, we didn't sleep well because of the supper dry air in the hotel room. I ended up sleeping with a damp towel over my head on the pillow. OK breakfast in the hotel. free shuttle ($3 w/o package) to tetone villege. Daycare is a 10 min uphill walk from the bus stop. 2nd floor of the kids ranch building. pretty good size for the 6-8 children were there (6mon-2 years) 3-4 teachers. lots of toys, naps in crib (I didn't see the nap room) cubbies at the entrance for everykids, report card at the end of the day. LB was not shy, he got up and crawled to the toys after 2 mins abserving. great snow, fresh powder all day. but I was totally not as fit as i used to be. went to look for LB at lunch break but he was at nap. finished up around 3:45pm, daycare closed at 4pm. longwalk to the bar which we were rejected because LB was under 21 (of course) got a table in the resteraunt had a few drinks, got back to the hotel and then moved into the condo (which we were supposed to the stay the first night) it was a long day.
• Jan 26, LB slept a little better, still woke up every 1-2 hours. went to get breakfast and hop on bus, daycare, skiied a little better, group dinner, I stayed in condo with LB
• Jan 27, good night sleep, sunny in the morning, beatiful moutains. skiied with Peter and Kathy to the tip top. finished early to get LB for a gandola ride. storm came in later in the day.

sleeping regression

XiaoXiong is going through a sleeping regression. it has been terrible last couple of nights. it started last week, he would up between 1-3am and screaming unless I picked him up, sometime I could pat him back to sleep, but mostly we would end up co-sleep on my bed till the morning. I thought maybe he is over tired and according to askMoxie.com "between 7-8pm is the sweet spot for baby to go to bed" and "the early they go the later they wake up" so we tried to put him down at 7:30 on Sat. he woke up every hour but we were albe to put him back but then it came to the midnight strike, he was up and wet and mad, we changed him but he wouldn't stop crying, we hold him, cuddling, walking, singing, rocking .... nothing worked, he just screamed his lung out. after 30 min, we were both frustrated, so we put him in his crib and we sat in the dark and waited, he stood there screaming for 10 min then he sat down screaming, then lying there screaming .. he'd stop for a few min then started again (even harder and louder). it was unbelievable. you won't ever think a little person could have that much energy and endurance. I gave up and picked him up again and Alex made a 4oz bottle for him. we were not sure why he was upset at the first place, but he gotta be hungry now. he drunk the whole bottle with one breath and cried in my arm for 5-10 mins before felt asleep. he was tired the next day. took two 1-2 hours naps on Sunday. we put him down at 8pm then he woke up 1:30 and cried for 10 min b4 I picked him up and he continued for about 20 min until alex came upstairs and took over, he cried on and off for another 20 mins. Alex managed to put him down and patted him to sleep. then he screamed every 20-30 min (but I only had to got up and pat him twice) that last for about 45-60 min before he finally settled down. he got up 6:30 this morning, I nursed him and he gone back to sleep in my arm till 7:45. he moans every 20 mins though ... I don't know what is his problem but the last a couple of nights had been terrible. he was tired this morning and ZhangJing told me that he was grumpy and weepy all day. ;-( btw, we gave him 9 oz. last night and I changed his diaper before I went to bed at 11:00. and I rubbed his gum while he was crying at night, didn't help ...

11 month old

Xiaoxiong has been an early waker for a couple of weeks, ever since Christmas, he had been waking up crying a lot - as a result of being sick or teething, ooh, btw, he just cut his first tooth!!!(yeah, finally) these week, he slept much better except that he wakes up at 6:30 instead of 7:15 this is definitely not in my favor. I hope it has something to do with starting the new babysitter or his development. I hope it is just a phase and I can't wait for him to grow out of it.
Little bear has surprised me this morning, he woke up at 6:30 and I nursed him back to sleep ( after some protest and struggle) then I set the monitor and went downstair to get ready. while we were eating breakfast I thought I had heard some noise but thought it'd be a loud yell if xx is up... then by 8 I went up to check on him, guess what!! he is playing the music box on the floor, I was like OMG, how did he get down from the bed? then I smell poop so I put him back on my bed to change him, he twisted and turned, before I could catch him, he was half way off the bed, but he crab the sheet to slow him down and made a very nice gentle landing. then he lowered himself to the floor and off he he went.
he has also mastered turning around before going down the stairs
he likes to walk while pushing his highchair or our dinning chairs.
I am getting him a ride-on dumpster truck ... so far he likes play with the "cookie jar" which daddy got him