Author: Calvin Peng

My First Mixed Drink!

Everyone knows all I drink is Mommy’s milk with daily supplements of carnitine and Enfamil’s Poly-Vi-Sol with iron, but I had my first “sampling” of something a little edgy.  Well, not exactly. 

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Mommy, Daddy, PoPo, Uncle Jason (Daddy’s cousin from NYC), and I went to Cafe Atlantico in D.C. on Sept 5 to experience my first Restaurant Week.  Mommy and Daddy love this restaurant and I must say, I didn’t ruin it for them or for anyone else in the restaurant.  I was the only baby in the whole restaurant and  I remained on my best behavior throughout the 3 course lunch for $20.09 .  Mommy also ordered a virgin mojito and brought the mint/lime combo to my nose so I could sniff it out for myself.  I definitely like this smell better than the hoisin sauce mommy made me smell at the pho restaurant.  Daddy thought it would be funny to do some camera tricks, so hence my first “sampling” of a mixed drink. 

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My PoPo left to go back home to Paris on Sept 6 and I must say I am rather sad.  PoPo gave me my last bath and fed me my last bottle on the way to the Dulles Airport.  Mommy even had tears in her eyes when we all waved goodbye to PoPo at the airport.  I will visit PoPo in 2 months and by then, hopefully I’ll be able to roll over and maybe even sit up. 

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After PoPo left, we drove to the Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum in Chantilly near the airport.  Since Uncle Jason had never been there, we decided to visit again.   I was asleep during the whole visit, but just to prove I was there, Daddy was ready with his camera.  Mommy and Daddy marveled at just how many strollers there were at the museum and just how many toddlers were running around.  In many ways, it’s the ideal place for us, kids, because we can run around, cry, and scream without being noticed too much.

My Very Own Mary Poppins.

Mommy and Daddy hired a new nanny to take care of me after the first nanny they hired decided to skip ship and take another job as a massage therapist.  Daddy didn’t particularly like her anyway, so it’s not a big loss.  The new nanny (who did the confinement month cooking for Aunt Julie) was referred to Mommy from Aunt Julie.  It was hard to find me a nanny because the #1 requirement is that she loves children and the #2 requirement is that she must be fluent in Mandarin. 

The nanny started working on September 1st and while it’s a bit early to say whether or not this is going to be a long-term relationship, I must say, she talks a lot more than Mommy, Daddy, and PoPo COMBINED!  Mommy thinks it’s a good thing since I like it when people talk to me and hopefully it will help me develop my verbal skills sooner.  Up until now, YiMa was the only one who talked to me the most and now, I’d say she has some stiff competition.