巧喜給乾媽乾爹的第一封信

Dear Tina乾媽 & Charles乾爹、

我是Chelsea! 大家常喊我不同的名字、外婆叫我巧巧... 媽媽叫我小動物，又常喊我美眉、真的很怪、難道她以為她是我姊姊？媽媽說Charles乾爹寫信問我好不好、所以我來報告一下自己的近況。:)

我每天過著吃吐拉撒睡的神仙生活、心情不痛快尿布不乾爽時就用哭聲來指揮媽媽幫我做事。聽說她生我前看了很多育兒書一付自信滿滿、雄心壯志要訓練我、殊不知自己現在也變成我大哭尖叫的手下敗將。我快滿月時常常愛哭到爽、誰知道我媽媽心智脆弱、有次居然跟著我一起大哭、所以我現在有收斂一點... :p

我第一個月時很愛皺眉頭、外婆一邊罵媽媽皺眉頭很醜、一邊誇我皺眉頭是智慧的象徵！她說我有對世界的好奇和對宇宙無止盡的探索！哈哈！看外婆的反應就知道我在家裡地位比媽媽略高一籌！

我現在兩個月了、在家裡過磅我好像已經有5500公克！路人看到我、都會喊: Look at her cheeks! 大家好像都很愛我豐滿的松鼠頰！還好Tina乾媽建議媽媽買三到六個月的家居服、我有個可愛的圓肚子、已經快把衣服塞滿了。但是新聞報導都說喝母奶的小孩長大後不容易過胖、所以我還是放心的大喝特喝。爸爸雖然常叫我小胖、或取笑我像洪金寶和郝劭文、我想他只是忌妒我現在可以獨霸媽媽的ㄋㄟㄋㄟ。

醒著的時候、我有時喜歡坐在bouncing chair上欣賞我的兩朵小花、拍拍她們、或是跟她們聊聊天。媽媽最近買了play gym給我、但是我還沒搞清楚要怎麼玩、只覺得音樂挺好聽的。有次她很累、自己躺在play gym看那些旋轉的動物和閃亮亮的燈、大嘆：要是抽了大麻躺這邊一定很舒壓夢幻。什麼是大麻呀？爸爸沒回答我、只說媽媽美國影集看太多了～

喔！還有、媽媽很愛幫我"清潔"！她超愛清我的鼻孔！好像有強迫症一樣！每天在等我的鼻屎靠近洞口、她才可以把他們用棉花棒清出來。還有我的耳朵！清了我的耳屎還收集在自己手背上去給爸爸炫耀！要是我頭皮乾乾有脫皮、她也是一直抓一直抓、根本就是猴子嘛！聽說她大學時最愛幫Tina乾媽剪分岔、隨身備有剪刀！我想她狗改不了吃屎、十年過了、怪癖還是一樣！

我的生活小事大概就是如此、天氣好媽媽會帶我出門散步、下雨天我們就在家閒晃。媽媽常會想、要是我們住台灣、她就可以經常帶我去找小E姊姊玩、請小E姊姊當保姆、她就可以翹腳和乾媽喝下午茶。希望快點有機會和小E姊姊見面！

Chelsea :)

參拜福神！

懷孕的時候，小動物是我們的lucky star，小至找停車位，大至她爹得到新工作的聘書，所以我們得以從西岸搬到東岸開始新生活。

怎麼這樣幸運呢？看到這對照圖，我想一切的謎底都解開了！

我家也有福神呀！

My sweet, spicy love

我必須要說，這種寧靜美好的時光不是每天都有 -- 通常她想睡時會開始捶胸頓足哭哭鬧鬧。但是當巧喜安靜的倚著我沈入夢鄉，擁著她小小的身軀，感受她呼吸時身體規律的伏動，幸福就在我上揚的嘴角，愛是暖流，一波一波拍打我的心房。Oh my sweet, spicy love.

小記事-1M20D

開始很會用哭聲來指揮爸媽。

順暢的喝完奶照理說應該是看起來很滿足，但是忽然一瞬間大哭，打嗝也打了，抱著也一直掙扎，難不成肚子痛嗎？我手有點酸就放她平躺一下，小娃就馬上停止哭泣，並且認真努力的開始用力便便... 原來妳大哭是要我放妳平躺便便呀！

話說小娃便便有時候時間拖很長，甚至10分鐘，所以我會在一旁欣賞她便便的逗趣表情等她上完。但是今天才2分鐘又開始瞬間大哭，真的是肚子痛嗎？(新手媽媽不知道小娃為什麼哭時，只會猜肚子痛...) 抱著哄也沒用，只好打開尿布先帶她洗屁股，洗屁股時小娃居然滿足的笑了... 原來妳大哭是要我幫妳洗屁股呀！

曾經我想用這個網誌紀錄我的小動物馴獸心得，但此刻看來是她在訓練我。

摸下巴的對話

在Facebook上遇到好久不見的好朋友，以下是喜好探索心靈的單身美女與前任單身美女現任新手媽媽的對話：

好友: dear how are you and the baby?

我: we are fine. she is doing her job - crying and I'm doing my job - trying to figure out why she cries.

好友: right now?

我: since she was born...

好友: it is not easy for a baby to be born in the world. She knows she will have a lot of challenges in front of her in the future, so she cries a lots.

我心裡發噱偷笑... Nooo... she cries because she wants to eat! because her diaper is soiled or because she just wants me to hold her!

但是我只是淡淡的回：yeah

好友: I'll pray for you and her

我: thank you my dear

最後她給我開示：be centered, be grounded, and nothing to blame on.

啊！我親愛的好友，妳的談話還是一樣充滿哲理又不落俗套，讓我這俗媽上了一課，Namaste!

One month - the letter from Chelsea's daddy

Dear Chelsea,

Today marks your one month arrival into this world. This has been a month full of your cries, and our joys. Your mom and I have striven our every effort to beg for a smile on your face, even just a smirk. Yet you often just gave us a look, the look that you have not properly trained us enough, and we ought to strive harder. We concur.

This has been the longest month, where your mom has spent almost all waking minutes attending your each and every need (i.e. milk, milK, MILK, MILKKKKKK!!!). This has been the shortest month, where your eyes just haven't opened long enough for everyone to adore at. This has been a month with no shortage of doubts, worries, breakdowns, and eye-bags. Yet this has indeed the most wonderful month, where your mom and I would not have spent it any other way; we genuinely cannot say the same for many previous months in the past, but look forward to saying this for each and all coming ones in the future.

Your always humble servant & occasional father

p.s. photo is Chelsea posting for Yoshitomo Nara, or more commonly referred to as "the look."