Monday evening after shower, Alex was in a great mood. We were putting his pajama on and playing with him in the bed. Dave started to kiss Alex’s belly and made big noise. (We have an indecent name for this-”fart on the belly”:)) Alex laughed and laughed loudly at every kiss and noise. During one kiss break, Dave said to Alex:”when you get older, i will miss this moment.” My eyes became wet immediately. At that night, I stood next to Alex’s bed, recalled what Dave said, thought about my parents, and felt the tears running down on my face…

Time goes by so fast. When we acclaim our children pass one and another milestones in their lives, we all get older before we even realize.The moments we play together when they are babies are short and will never come back. We cannot stop time running through our fingers, but we want to lock those moments in our hearts!

每天洗完澡后，爸爸喜欢在易峰的肚子上“放屁”－就是很响，很夸张地亲。易峰心情好的时候就常常大声地笑个不停，每个人的心情在那时候都被渲染得很高兴。上礼拜一，爸爸在亲易峰的同时，无意间对易峰说“嗨，等你长大了，我就会很想念今天这样的时刻。”一句话说得我的眼泪就噼里啪啦地掉下来。每个做家长的在孩子小的时候都有意无意地希望小孩快快长大，当孩子长大成人，父母们都老了，当年和小屁孩嬉笑玩耍的时候只有在记忆中去追寻。我和姐姐很幸运，我们有很爱我们的爸爸妈妈，我们也非常地爱他们。

Alex had a better day today at daycare then he has been having over the last week. He still cried when I dropped him off, which is a drag, but he drank more milk and was pretty happy when he got home, so there’s progress to report.

We had a great weekend too, but last weekend was even better because we got together at the farm for my birthday. Jeff took some pictures. Here’s Alex showing me how he selected the candle for the cake (or pie, actually–mud pie, very good).

9月2号是dave的生日，易峰穿着姥姥姥爷和大姨给买的衣服，扮成一只小老虎就去爷爷奶奶家去给爸爸庆祝生日去了。小时候非常喜欢一部电影叫“小刺猬奏鸣曲”，那个可爱的小男孩深深地印在我的脑海里。今天的易峰有五分象那个小男孩，就是没那么胖嘟嘟，也不会讲中文。易峰主动帮爸爸挑了生日蜡烛。

Alex had never seen such a weird lens on a camera before.

“No zoom? You’re jacking me. That’s the best you can do, Uncle Jeff?” He about-faced in a huff.

易峰还会玩深沉呢。

There were an astonishing array of animals present. At one point Alex was surrounded by dogs. Auz decided to exploit canine numerical superiority by unleashing a vicious tongue-bath attack.

小老虎还真的是兽中之王，看那些小狗们都抢着给他溜须拍马。

Alex found Grandpa’s new kittens fascinating.

易峰非常喜欢小猫，不管正在做什么，一提到要去看猫，拔腿就走人。　每次他脾气大的时候，只要说去看猫，就心平气顺了。爷爷正好有两只刚刚出生的小猫崽，易峰小心地在抚摸小猫。

All in all, it was a great time, even after I found photographic evidence that the candles that were put into the cake weren’t handled with what most people would consider adequate care.

Every morning after Dave drops Alex at daycare center, I always ask the same question:”how is Alex?” Since Alex started at new calss, Daddy reports that Alex has cried every time he leaves. Alex didn’t cry so much before. One reason I can think of is that he is not used to his new class yet. He is the youngest kid in his new class and hasn’t made friends there yet. I noticed when I went pick him up in the afternoon last week, he didn’t run around and play toys as he did at Starfish, the class he just graduated from. He was mixed with other older kids and watched them playing most of time. My heart aches thinking Alex feels kind of lonely at his new class. A girl who entered Sea Horse with Alex at the same time doesn’t seem having the same problem. She has an elder brother at that daycare. They always play together. — Oh, how much I hope Alex and his brother can play together soon! Every day he says many times of “Di Di” - little brother in Chinese. Alex loves babies.

易峰在新的班级似乎有些孤单，其他小孩子都比他大，他们在一起有一段时间了，也都互相知道对方。每天早上易峰在爸爸走的时候都会哭一鼻子（在以前的班级他不会哭），主要是他还没有适应新的环境。我当然觉得有些难受想着易峰一个人在新班级有些不适应，但这是成长的历程吧，小孩子在父母的羽翼下当然是无忧无虑，但适应社会，适应变化是他们一定要掌握的技能，希望易峰能很快能融入新班级，喜欢其他小朋友。

We haven’t made much progress at drinking milk from sippy cups. Yesterday we purchased other three different types of sippy cups. Alex doesn’t hate them, but doesn’t like enough to drink milk from them either. I don’t know how long this battle will last, but definitely want to end it sooner because Alex was very hungry every day last week at daycare. He drank 12 oz milk and ate 5 dumplings after he got home last Monday. I’ve never seen him eat so much– he missed two feedings during the day!

易峰还是不喜欢用sippy cup喝奶。我们又换了几种杯子，易峰倒不讨厌那些杯子，就是喝得特别慢，喝两三口就不喝了，不像用奶嘴喝，咕咚咕咚一口气就至少喝个6盎司。我们还得慢慢训练他。由于在托儿所不喜欢用杯子，他每天回来后都很饿，我有些时候觉得他又可怜又可恨，给他带午饭，带奶，他就是不吃不喝。以前他每天用奶瓶，奶喝的多，所以有时午饭不好好吃，到也不碍事。现在换成杯子，他如果还挑剔的话，那就是自找麻烦了。当然我还是心软，每天特意早点去接他，让他用奶瓶。但心软不见得是好事。