Guangzhou Trip

Dear Baby Logan,

Happy 6-month old Birthday!! Can you believe you're 6 months old already? If you're healthy, you should be learning how to sit up and might be teething as well. You also have left us for 1 month and 1 day now. We held a mass for you today. Your 2 grand aunts and aunties came as well. It was nice of them to come. Daddy should come see you later today as well.

Want to know about our trip to Guangzhou? It was a busy short 2.5-day trip. We arrived in Guangzhou at around 8:30 p.m. on Friday evening. Had a late dinner, and your grandaunt #4 and granduncle #5 came to the station to pick us up. We then headed over to your great grandparents' house. Everyone was very excited to see your big brother. He's the star of this trip. How about Mommy describe our trip in bullet points? Just whatever pops in my head first.

- Great Grandfather's health was ok but not great. He got very sick at the same time you were very sick, but he was able to come back strong. One side of his body was somewhat paralyzed due to his stroke. He couldn't feed himself, sit or walk. He needs help with everything. This casts a burden on the rest of the family. I think your Ah Po saw this and commented that you don't want Mommy to suffer and be a burden, thus, you left us. Maybe that's true and it's God's will.
- Your Granduncle #6 is the sole caretaker of your great grandfather. He and your great grandmother #6 live with your great grandparents. This makes it really hard for him and your great grandmother to go anywhere because of the intensive support that they are providing.
-Had a huge dinner with everyone on Saturday night. All of your granduncles and aunties, little uncles and aunts, were all present.
-Aside from great grandma and grand aunt #4, the topic about you seems to be a taboo. It's definitely a very sensitive subject, and I think they all didn't want to sadden me.
-Everyone definitely noticed how much weight I have gained since they last saw me over a year ago. My stress-induced eating and post-pregnancy weight didn't seem to register with anybody. You don't even want to know how 'polite' Chinese could be when commenting you on weight, no matter how much they love you.
-Great Grandma said Great Grandpa has asked her about you. She pretended not to hear him in the beginning and then just said you couldn't come back, or some make-up story. I told Ah Po and her, that they could tell him whatever they think is appropriate. Because of his health, they didn't want to tell him the truth.
-As I mentioned earlier, everyone was happy to see your big brother. He has received so many gifts. He didn't really care much about gifts, except for the Nintendo that your little auntie gave him. Now he asked to play the game all the time.
-We also took your brother to a park/playground/theme park on Saturday. He had so much fun riding cars and running around. He didn't take a nap that day. I wasn't very happy about it because I knew he would go crazy at night. Of course, I am right. We took him out that evening and he was running around the shopping center like crazy. He even fell asleep while having dinner. At least, I think being sleep-deprived for a couple days has cured his jetlag. Let's hope he won't wake up at 3 a.m. tonight.

That's all I can think of right now. I'm tired and it's getting late (past midnight in Macau). Mommy will try to upload some pictures the next few days.

Take care honey, don't forget to be our guardian angel.


Love you,
Mommy