Shower of blessings

Our dear friends, the Showerheads, hosted our baby shower at their beautiful home. The extra effort they put into making our baby shower a memorable one makes Mushi and I forever grateful to them.


The baby shower started with many fun games: first was the matching game. I thought having a teacher on my team would make us a sure winner. Unfortunately, we were quite lousy.

Did anyone know that a baby tiger is called a "whelp", a baby monkey is called an "infant", a baby swan is called a "Cygnet", and a baby goat is called a "kid"? Mushi and I will make sure Sushi reads lots of books so she can be better than her mommy and daddy. Our smart guests did quite well as you can see from their happy "intellectual smirks".

















The second game required physical strength, dexterity and creativity. Who would have thought that hanging clothes would be such a challenging job... well, the Showerheads decided to make it realistic by providing the contestants with a baby, a phone, and a big load of laundry. The goal was to secure the most pieces of clothing with clothespins on the clothesline in one minute.

The contestants were competitive and numerous creative moves were observed. The notable ones were the following: Our dear friend KB decided to secure the baby bear between his knees. Pro: free hands, good upper body mobility. Con: child services may phone. Our dear friend MF decided to utilize the underrated neck muscles by putting the laundry bag around her neck while holding the phone with it, and she put the baby bear inside her shirt (good one). Pro: free hands, closeness with the baby. Con: possible sore neck the next day.




















The third game required patience and technique. Contestants got to re-experience bottlefeeding. As you can see, our sucking muscles have been long gone since our baby days. I gave up because I found that my tongue kinda got in the way. Mushi took over and she tried to use gravity to help with the flow...







Another game required us to identify various baby foods. Boy oh boy, I must say, one of the few nicest things about being grown up is to be able to eat and taste foods in their natural, non-mushed form. However, I quite enjoyed the pasta one...








Sadly, all good parties must end. Perhaps, Mushi will consider having more kids so we can have more parties like this... kidding. We don't want to overwork the Showerheads...



















A special thanks to JAM who stayed a few extra hours to attend the party before heading back to Seattle. We thank them for letting us "practice" our diaper changing and baby feeding skills on their beautiful Cashew for the past few weeks.

We were also thankful to have special guest soon-to-be uncle Jushi from Toronto join us. Thanks for all his help and for all the fun we had together.





After we got home, we set up the playpen and piled all the gifts into the crib. Thank you to all our generous, kind and thoughtful friends! We are much more prepared now for the arrival of baby Sushi!
















Many thanks,
Pushi

The Crib is Here

Yippeee... A very BIG thanks to one of my student's parents for their incredible generosity. Sushi has a bed now : )

Pushi was very excited about putting the crib together, especially when the crib came without any instructions. He finds challenges invigorating. After a few minor setbacks, the beautiful crib was assembled and placed in its new home. Now the next task will be finding the matress cover and bed sheets. How fun!

Mushi

Fun PNE Day

Mushie loves the PNE, and she looks for any excuse to go. The soon-to-be uncle Jushi's visit gave Mushi a perfect reason to visit the 2005 PNE. We arrived at 2pm, and were immediately solicited by "home parkers", people who rent their home parking spaces out at a reduced parking rate. I used my Taiwanese negotiation skills to get a big two dollars off.


We headed to the Motor Cross show at 2:30 first, and having been to Whistler and having seen some pro-level Extreme X Games on TV, these guys seemed a little amature, but still, being a live event with a great announcer, it was worth the visit.

Then we decided to get rid of some of our change by playing some fair games. Yes, we all know these games are far from being "fair", but to get into the "fun PNE" spirit, a minor rip off was required.

The first game we tried was to knock three stacked bottles off. I thought it was easy and knocked all three down only to realize that I did not finish reading the instructions which specified that prizes were only given out when the bottles were knocked down AND "OFF" the platform. I was not happy. Jushi knocked two off the platform, and Mushi missed the bottles COMPLETELY on her first try... Jushi and I almost laughed our pants off because the bottles were only like 3 feet from us. Mushi did get a second chance, but lost as well. That's how you waste five bucks.

Then, we thought a water game might bring us better results. Mushi couldn't take the pressure anymore. She did not want to spray the poor bystanders with her misses so she decided not to play. Jushi and I picked a spot. I'm the third from the left and Jushi is the fourth. AND, I know I should've been a fire fighter. My ballon popped first although Jushi complained that his balloon was bigger than mine.




Nevertheless, I won a prize, a real SMALL one. Yeap, another six bucks well spent.









Jushi, however, did not end the day without winning something. Jushi and Mushi had a washroom contest to see who had a weaker bladder. After a large Orange Julius and 2 water bottles later, Jushi needed to go to the washroom every half hour. Hmm... how does that work? Going to the washroom more often than a pregnant woman? Quite an accomplishment.



After seeing flipping bikers, super dogs, giant Pete (a giant bull), pigs, sheep, cows, horses, dancers, street performers, and the annoying lottery salespeople..., we were pooped by 6pm, and came home. Another fun filled day with the sushi family.

Pushi.

Getting Ready for Sushi

Today, with the help of MK and DK, Mushi and I (Pushi) finally joined the blog community.
What prompted us to explore this on-line journal option?
Sushi, Sushi is why.

It has been a long 8 months and finally Mushi is in her final stage of pregnancy...

Like everything else, to bring home a new "thing" whether it is an electronic or household item, a lot of preparation needs to be done. I thought the research to buy a camera was hard, man, it's nothing compare to all the prenatal materials out there. The books on pregnancy and first year infant alone fill a couple isles in any library!! For someone who has a short attention span like me, I can barely finish one chapter.
Fortunately, there is Mushi, who excels in reading, writing, and no-nonsense-grammar teaching...(to me). She is responsible for doing the readings and preparing me, and in return, I will make sure all the electronics and household items are ready for the arrival of Sushi.

The baby room is coming along. No crib yet. Mushi wants to find the best deal possible, and Grannyshi is busy making some comfy blankets for Sushi.










Even though Mushi and I are extremely excited about Sushi. We do know that our lives will never be the same. So Mushi and I took a few mini vacations during a few weekends here and there just trying to enjoy the life with just the two of us... The next time the life of two comes again, Mushi and Pushi will be Rinkli and Saggi...









We will continue to provide our family and friends updates as Mushi and I head into this very exciting transition...

Bye for now...
Pushi