The Zhan Crew

Mar 16, 2019

Happy Working Mom!

March 16, 2019 0
Happy Working Mom!
I went back to work after 6 weeks and lucky enough for us, there was a spot for Kieran at the daycare right next to my work. I get to see him during lunchtime! Oh, he loves the daycare! He gets to meet new faces and socialize with other babies. He is always smiling, dancing, and singing! He is such a happy baby! He also did some painting at the daycare, and he is talented! All the teachers there adore him very much. He is definitely enjoying the second month of his life. 

He is also sleeping longer throughout the night, so I can actually wake up on time to go to work! His basic rules of life right now are drink, sleep, poop/pee, play, and repeat! As a working mom, life has been busy, but happily busy! What can I say! He is such a sweetheart.

Have I mentioned that he is a really tall baby? He is taller than 95% of the babies his age! Now 3-6 months clothes don't even fit well on him! I have to buy 9-12 months clothes for him. He is growing really fast! 

I am a superman! Watch out!
Here is my masterpiece!
I love talking to myself in the mirror!
I love grocery shopping with mama!
I slept through my first time out at the daycare!
One happy gator!!

Feb 10, 2019

Travel to the Midwest

February 10, 2019 0
Travel to the Midwest
Jimmy took a week off to travel with us across the Midwest, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. On the way, we visited several big cities including Cleveland, Detriot, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Omaha, and Bentonville. We also experienced Polar Vortex 2019. At one point, we experienced -27F in Iowa! Some cars wouldn't even start! Our F150 survived the arctic weather!

We are big fans of Ford, so we visited our truck's birthplace in Kansas City. It is gigantic! I wish I could get another F150! 😉 Do you know that Sam Walton also drove an F150? We also visited Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for Jimmy's checkup.

Our less than one-month-old son also traveled with us. He was very cooperative. He enjoyed the white noise generated by our truck and the wind. He slept most of the way and occasionally cried for his milk. We couldn't sleep in our truck like the old days because of the baby, so we booked several hotels on the way. 

When we reached Arkansas, the weather was already in the 60s! We had a nice drive back from the northwest of Arkansas to the northeast of Arkansas. To be home on time, Jimmy drove 27 hours nonstop back to Upstate New York.

This was captured in Ohio. Baby Kieran feels safe in daddy's arm!
In the same hotel! After drinking and puking, he is finally happy!
Captured in Rochester, MN when daddy went to Mayo Clinic.
Captured in Arkansas. Daddy is showing baby Kieran a YouTube Video.
Caught my son opening up a pub in Minneapolis! 😜
Sundogs captured somewhere in Iowa!
So cold.........
Driving through Omaha, NE. What L Street?
Heading into Kansas City! Good weather!
Here is the Walmart Museum in Bentonville, AR.
Diaper, feed, and travel! Life is too good!
After this trip, I am one-month-old!!!

Jan 20, 2019

New Mom Experience

January 20, 2019 0
New Mom Experience
My baby used to be 100% nocturnal! That meant no sleep for me at all during night time. I had to try to open up my eyes without falling asleep to feed him and change his diaper. His digestive system was rapid at digesting. One bit of milk immediately turned into pee and poop. I am officially a diaper expert and knows exactly when to change his diaper without being sprayed.

Nowadays, in the morning when he is fully awake, I put on some classical lullabies for him to listen. Surprisingly, he loves music a lot! He becomes calmer and more relaxed. I also do activities with him such as the baby tummy exercise. He is already on his way to crawl! We have a super awesome monkey seat for him. He loves to dance through the songs from the monkey seat. I am so proud to be his mom. All these activities eventually tire him out. Now, he wakes up twice in the night. It is so awesome that baby Kieran cooperates with us. He is such a sweetheart.

Today was his first time to go offroading in the blizzard and dining out with us. He was surprisingly behaving! He loved riding in our F150 like he used to in my belly. After we came home, he gave me a big smile! He was such a happy and adventurous baby!

Yes! Kieran was dining with us in the restaurant!
New York State had gone mad with the snow!
Our adventure vehicle was covered with snow!