3 weeks old

Wow, Katie is 3 weeks old already! I don't know where the time went... it is probably because she keeps mommy and daddy very busy...

I tried to do that Trixie Tracker thing for a day, where you record every little detail what your baby does. Sleeping, nursing, diaper changes... But it just got to be too much of a hassle. It was hard enough to take care of a newborn, I didn't want to have to record everything too. Plus I found it very depressing when you review the night before and realize how little sleep you got...

Thao's mom stayed with us for a week after Katie was born, and she was a great help. Actually she wanted to stay longer, like one or two months! But we thought we should follow the Western way and try to do everything ourselves. And the house is really too small for too many people. She was planning to come again this week with Thao's sister, and prepared a lot of food to bring, like whole chicken and fish. But suddenly the weather changed and got cold again, and she got sick, so she couldn't come. Thao's sister said that one night at midnight, her mom was was walking around the playground and crying, saying that she misses Katie and worrying if we could take care of Katie by ourselves. :( She still wanted to come, but we had to say that she should stay home and take care of her health...

So now we are doing daily baths by ourselves. Well, Thao is doing it, I basically just fill the bath tub with water... But Thao is really good and Katie loves to be in the water. I read some Western books that say you should only do a sponge bath and maybe only once a week until the baby gets older. But Thao says that's because it is very clean there, here in Vietnam the air is dirty...

Katie's umbilical cord stump finally fell off after about 2 1/2 weeks. Thao saved it and put it in a plastic bag with some cotton, and tied it to the lamp in the bedroom. I'm sure she had a good reason....... heheh




Here is Katie just hanging out... During the day she usually sleeps a lot, and not matter what we try to do to wake her up, she sleeps like crazy. Of course, during the night she wakes up if we make the slightest noise. She likes to stay awake from 12 to 4 am :(




Here is the basinet I bought for Katie. It is hand-made from bamboo but only cost $12... You have to imagine me riding home on the motorbike with this tied to the back heheh





Here is the cute outfit I bought her for Woman's Day (mommy got 30 long stem roses!)

And now for some more of Katie's modeling...