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Fei's book

Farewell Switzerland

Hi there, Fei! It's been a while. Blogging has kind of slowed down to minimum these days as work is taking much of my time and you and Yuer do everything you can to keep me busy. Our life is actually quite crazy now and I want to share a little story with you. This is real, it just happened, but eve... Read more

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Summer holiday and the change of plans

We had quite a summer - after countless of different ideas on where to go for a vacation, we ended up spending some time in Ticino and then the rest of the summer in Finland. The early summer in Switzerland was very cold and rainy, and at some point it seemed like the only sunny spot was Lugano. We ... Read more

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Montessori school and the day of fun

It's become pretty obvious lately that you need to go to daycare. You are getting really bored at home and you want attention, but you just can't get enough of it. I need to work, which pretty much means that I am not available to you during the daytime. Sometimes I'm busy nights too, and sometim... Read more

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iPad and Fei

You now have your very own computer! Or, I guess Steve Jobs doesn't like to call it a computer. It's your very own iPad. ;) We woke up early Friday morning and took a train to Zürich. You and Yuer slept in strollers as we got going so for you it must have been quite an interesting moment to wake ... Read more

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New life

To say that your life turned upside down when your little sister Yuer was born would be an understatement. In fact, it is hard to think of anything that would not be at least somewhat affected. You absolutely love Yuer. You totally adore her. When you see Yuer you run to hug her and say "loves ... Read more

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You are a big brother now!

As I'm writing this, you've been a big brother to your little sister Yuer for two and half days now! You don't really understand it yet as Yuer has been in the hospital with mom until now. Tomorrow it's all going to change though, as they're coming home! We've had a few false alarms over the past... Read more

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Learning numbers, letters, colors... and animals!

You really started a learning phase after you turned two years old. Today is your two year and two months -birthday and especially during the past month you've spent all your waking hours wanting to study new things! Our earlier worry that you might not see all the colors turned out to be false -... Read more

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Happy New Year! 3 birthday videos

Happy New Year Fei! Your barely two years old but it's already your third time celebrating new year. Today I was really busy wrapping up some stuff that had to be done before the year's end, and your mom was preoccupied with something as well, so we completely forgot your nap! It's 4pm now, a... Read more

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Learning to draw, count and spell

Hey Fei, As I've written before, you've taken a big leap in learning new stuff at around two years old. For long time you've been counting to three, but just recently you've started to count longer, up to 10. It's still a little random (1, 2, 3, 6... etc.) but from what I've read kids at your age... Read more

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Non-traditional Christmas

Merry Christmas, Fei! We didn't have much of traditional Christmas this time, but we'll try to do better next year. I guess you are still too young to actually undertand anyway, your life circles pretty tightly around your own belly and you're happy as long as your little needs are taken care of. ... Read more

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Fei - two year old boy!

Dear Fei, I'm writing this sitting on the bed next to you and mom. You guys are eating some delicious mandarines, ready to sleep soon. Last night we returned from a five day trip to Italy to celebrate your second birthday and today has been kind of a lazy day, just recovering from the trip. ... Read more

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Fei 1.5 years!

Fei, today you're one and half years old! That's a major achievement, you're really becoming a toddler now and leaving the baby days behind. Today the weather was far from perfect which destroyed most of the plans we had for the day. We thought of taking a ferry from Rapperswil to Zürich, eating ... Read more

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Walking and talking!

An important day to remember - March 11, 2009 was the day when you started walking on your own! You're about 14 and half months old now which I guess means you're a little later than average but still within perfectly "normal" boundaries. I guess the timing has to do with your personality. You're... Read more

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Hainan escape

It's been six or seven weeks since my last update to Fei's book. As I'm writing this we're all in Sanya, in the island of Hainan in China. This is kind of like "Hawaii of China", a tropical island where the weather is always warm. We're here basically to escape the winter of Zürich, or at least y... Read more

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New year on Champs-Elysées

Happy New Year 2009 Fei! After spending the Christmas in Disneyland we were finally ready to hit the Paris big time. We rented an apartment for one week at the very center of the city, halfway Champs-Elysées. There you, mom and I spent the last week of 2008 all the way until the first of January, 20... Read more

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