Snapshot of Angela's life at Houston 休士頓生活剪影

Little Angela has been at the U.S. more than a month and she seems adapted easily to new environment. Angela is curious and eager to explore new things no matter where she is. Here are some pictures and videos taken during her stay at Houston, which give a snapshot of her life abroad.

First time to play on a slide at park.

First time to help mop the floor in the kitchen area.

First time to use a computer.

First time to crawling up stairs by herself

Meeting with aunties and uncles at grand grand pa's place

Angela went to grand grand pa's house to meet up with Mommy's cousins and cousin-in-laws, who came from the US to celebrate grand grand pa's 100-year-old birthday last week. Although it was Angela's first time to see Susan, Chris, Thomas, Carol, Nancy and Brian, she did not hesitate to mingle with them.



Angela showed her excitement to see new people, especially, when Brian and Susan lifted her up, she giggled, laughing out loud. During the time, everybody had fun to see Angela performing clapping hands, slithering tummy and crwaling around.


Angela was so active and walking around the table.

Angela received lots of new clothing and snacks from Susan, Thomas and Nancy. What a lucky, beloved baby girl!

Toddling 自由行

Angela has been practicing walking since few weeks ago. Like most children, little Anglea took those early strides on tiptoe with her feet turned outward. Recently, she has made a lot of progress and been able to take more and more steps alone! As you can see, she is really happy to toddle around.

First time cold 第一次感冒

Some statistic report indicates that children under two generally get 10-12 colds a year, especially if they are in daycare. Older children and young adults get about 6 colds per year. After the age of 30 the number starts to decrease to about two per year.

Angela caught a cold the other day. She had a slight fever around 37.5°C (99.5°F) and all symptoms-coughs, sneezing, running nose, and low appetite. Although Angela showed a bit tiredness and sleepiness in last two days, she still was very active and played most of the time when she was awake.

Because it is a mild cold, instead of taking Angela to see a pediatrician, Grandma and Mommy applied physical treatments, such as giving plenty of fluids, warm water bathing, and taking Chinese herbal medicine, to help reduce symptoms . During the cold, Angela stayed at home to take rest and did not went to daycare house. Grandma was busy looking after Angela and hopefully, Angela get well soon.

Gifts from aunts and ChangHua grandma 奶奶與姑姑的禮物

Angela is so blessed and beloved of all near relatives, especially both Taipei and Changhua grandmas.
This mid-autumn festival, Angela received new clothing from Changhua grandma again. Mommy can image that Angela become a charming little lady after dressing up.


Aunt Vicky also has given Angela many gifts since she was born. On mid-autumn festival, Vicky brought a lovely red infant clothing for Angela.



Currnely, Angela is during the period of learning standing and walking. This lovely pair of shoes, given by Aunt Vicky, is just the right dressing for little Angela. It is also the first pair of shoes for Angela.
Angela received gift from Aunt Kuomay on Oct. 9. Of course, the first thing Angela did when she saw the toy was to taste it.

Cousin reunion 中秋團圓

Angela went back to ChangHua visiting Grandparents and relatives on mid-autumn moon festival. It was almost fourth months since Angela met up with her little cousin, Kuan. Kuan is younger than Angela by 4 mos, but now his weight is more than Angela. Mommy is very envy Kuan's bright chubby face, looks so cute.

Naughty! Naughty! 頑皮小恩恩

Since Angela discovered the stereo player on Mommy's desk, crawling onto the dest and playing the CD player has became her favorite pastime.

Walking around! 開始學步走耶！

小恩恩開始學步走了，現在小恩恩最新的運動就是推著家裡的沙發和娃娃車在客廳裡到處走，看到新奇的事物就停下來摸摸看、嚐嚐看。有時還會跑到廚房裡玩烤箱，微波爐，真得是標準的好奇寶寶。

Bookstart! 開始閱讀

Angela took part in a story reading event held by Taipei City Library last weekend. This event was designed for babies aged between 6 month and 18 month with an aim to introduce babies to books as well as to develop their language abilities. At the beginning of the activity, the speaker played some games and introduced the little kids to say the name of their wearing such as clothing, skirt, hat, shoes, etc. Later, she read some traditional Chinese idioms from a book and asked kids to repeat.

Near the end, the speaker came to say hello to Angela and pretended to interview her. As the picture showed, Angela was more than happy to grab the microphone and tried to say something. The speaker encouraged Angela to be able to read stories to others someday when she grows up.

Mommy hoped, by attending such activity, Angela had a good start for cultivating reading habit.

Angela's Helmet 安全帽

In order to prevent Angela's head from everyday thuds and bumps when she explores on the floor, Daddy bought a Thudguard helmet for Angela a week ago. When Angela tried on the hat, she looks really cute but a bit funny because her head is too small to fit the big hat, which is one size for age between 7-month and two-year old infants. To Mommy's surprise, Angela is very interested in her new gift and instead of wearing it, she plays with it everyday. Hopefully, Angela's head grows bigger in few months and will suit the hat better.

Angela's high chair 小恩恩的餐桌椅

Since Angela started to eat soild food, Mommy has been thinking of buying a high chair for her. However, because little Angela was unable to sit up by herself before her eight month old, for the sake of her safety, it would be better to let her sit on a high chair sometime later. Recently, Angela has been improving her sitting, and Grandma feeds Angela soild food more frequently. Mommy think it is about time to get a high chair for Angela. The high chair is a combination of a low chair and a table which can be used as a meal table or a playing tabe. Hopefully, Angela would like the chair and feel comfortable during her feeding.

Bite, bite, bite 咬咬咬

Angela is about nine month old and starts teething. At this stage, Angela not only enjoys sucking on her fingers but also loves to taste new things. Whatever she finds or grabs in her hands, she'd put it into her month. Mommy see Angela licks and bites all the time. Here are some interesting pictures taken last week.

Sprouting teeth 長牙了

After Angela has been able to stand, she achieved another baby developmental milestone--spouting teeth. Her first and second teeth sprouted from bottom together a week ago.

I am standing and climbing up! 站起來，向上爬

Angela has been practicing standing and climbing up after her crawling. She is so into everything and wants to grab it as well.

Visit auntie Vicky 到Vicky姑姑拜訪

這個週末彰化的爺爺和奶奶到台北來，住在Vicky姑姑家，Mommy讓小恩恩在姑姑家玩一天，順便過夜。Vicky姑姑特地把荷雅表姐的玩具城堡搬出來，讓小恩恩練習爬爬，雖然小恩恩一開始還不太敢爬進城堡裡，但看到荷雅姐姐爬進爬出的動作，也忍不住想動起來。瞧！小恩恩爬到城堡裡玩得不亦樂乎呢！