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10月16日 中欧9日流水帐-布拉格布拉格 从维也纳到布拉格有很多选择，火车，汽车都有好些班次。我们研究了很久最后发现其实直接跟捷克铁路买票最便宜（折合差不多接近20欧一人，奥铁要29欧一人），网上可以订票还可以订位，很方便。
我们一阵狂奔到了南火车站，上车过了1分钟车就开了。。。 再次感叹，要是带了娃，火车又赶不上了。。。 火车很舒适，有捷克语，德语和英语的广播。
我们在布拉格住的是Crowne Plaza Prague Castle，其实就是在城堡区顶，旁边就是修道院，离城堡区走路不到10分钟。从中央火车站出来坐地铁A线到Malostranska站然后转有轨电车上山。住在这里还有个好处就是早上可以走出去散散步，往下一看，满眼的红屋顶，感觉就在画里一样。
在布拉格因为要参加婚礼，其实我们一共是逛了2天，感觉时间还是够用的了。 布拉格城不大，所以可以完全靠走。
在宾馆把东西放下我们直奔城堡区。城堡区是可以随便进去的，但是要参观内部还是要买票。。。 我们第一天看好了景点第二天直接就去买了Short Tour的票。 城堡区内最壮观的建筑是St. Vitus Church，教堂内收集了很多艺术品，这个是不要票的。 但是因为里面没有任何文字讲解，所以如果感兴趣的同学可以去租一个Audio Guide。
Short Tour包括了St. George’s Basilica， Golden Lane（卡夫卡故居在巷内22号）， Daliborka Tower（著名监狱）和Old Royal Palace. 买票的时候旁边租Audio Guide的女孩跟我们说里面什么文字讲解都没有，因为有了St. Vitus Church 的经验我们于是租了Audio Guide，后来进去了才发现其实里面到处都摆放着文字讲解，什么语言的都有。。。
从Daliborka Tower出来顺着往山下走，往山下望去，满眼都是红色的屋顶。下山的路边种了很多葡萄，边上很有几家餐馆。在此强烈推荐Villa Richter的Piano Terra，这个是从山上下来的第二家餐馆，其实跟第一家同属一家餐馆，不过价格大众很多。
下山以后跟着标志来到了Charles Bridge。桥上人很多，小贩，表演的人，游客，应该是布拉格人口最密集的地方了。 桥上有30尊圣徒的雕像，值得慢慢细看。
过了桥很快就到了小城区，这里可以参观St.Nicholas Church, Church of St. Thomas 等。 小城区跟旧城区和新城区靠得很近，新城区有一个广场（Welceslas Square），1989年9月反抗残暴警察的机会在这里举行，由此引发了天鹅绒革命并最终导致了共产主义在捷克的终结。 广场里面可以买到各种小吃，强烈建议大家中饭时间的时候去那里，各种小吃都试试。。。
广场的另外一侧有就市政厅，听外的墙上有著名的天文（Astronomical Clock）。天文钟前面一到整点敲钟的时候就人山人海，因为钟内有玄机，有什么玄机我卖个关子，大家自己到时候去看就知道了。。。 不过一定要记得整点之前在钟的面前等着哦。。。 越过广场继续走回走到犹太区。犹太区有名的建筑是Old-New Synagogue，据说内部金碧辉煌。在犹太区参观需要买套票，一路走来我们对教堂类的建筑也有点审美疲劳，所以就在外面逛了逛然后就去跟伏婷于淼见面到Villa Richter饱餐一顿。 火车      晚饭的地方...          St. Vitus Church        Old Royal Palace    St. George's Brasilica    Golden Lane      给娃儿买到玩具了   Daliborka Tower外面很奇怪的塑像     桥上     新旧小城区         Villa Richter          中欧9日流水帐 - 维也纳维也纳 维也纳基本上算我们过路的一个地方。主要也是为了晚上能在金色大厅听上一场演奏会。 维也纳在我们去的时候正在开会（EASD的年会还是什么），所以所有酒店告急，我们只好在Hostelworld上面订了个Guest House。 因为我们订的4人间，所以还挺大的，自己一个Apartment，有卫生间，有厨房，就在地铁边上，离西火车站也很近（可惜我们去布拉格的车是从南火车站走）。 因为从萨尔斯堡到维也纳的火车票不便宜，我们最后是租的车，早上租，到了维也纳就还。 早上LG于淼一起在萨尔斯堡取了车，我们订的VW结果取到手惊喜地发现是个奔驰，后来还车前加油更惊喜地发现，这个居然是烧柴油的。。。 顿时对柴油车的草噌噌地长。。。初到维也纳发现维也纳跟我心中想的差距很远，后来到了布拉格才发现我心中的维也纳其实跟布拉格更接近。。。 维也纳城里的路很难找，要不是租了GPS早就走掉了。 维也纳四处可见茜茜公主的招牌，看来传奇美女是男女老少通杀的。 所以到的人当然要参观美泉宫（Schloss Schonbrunn）。 乘坐U4到Schonbrunn站下车跟着路标走就走到了。宫内有几种票可以买，不过我们时间不多，而且一路看下来对宫殿城堡也有点审美疲劳了，所以就买了最便宜的Imperial Tour （9欧一人）。 宫殿不管外部还是内部都让我想起凡尔赛宫。内部开放的房间并不是很多，不过当时王族的生活也可见一斑。参观宫内Audio Guide里面的八卦故事比宫殿本身更让人感兴趣。 美丽不管在哪个朝代看来都是要付出代价的，作为当时欧洲第一美女，Sissi人家从来不参加家庭晚餐，因为要保持身材。。。 当年Franz Josef早上4点就起床处理公务，还在工作的地方弄了张床，累了就睡那儿，人家还说了，人活着就是为了不断地工作（难怪Sissi当年那么郁闷，当工作狂的LP不容易啊）。。。 不过Franz Josef还是很爱Sissi的，在她被刺杀身亡的时候Franz Josef沉痛地告诉身边的警卫，你不知道我多么爱这个女人。。。 印象很深的还包括了Maria Theresa女皇的十几个子女。他们都早早地被安排好了政治婚姻，唯一例外的就是Maria Christina，因为她是Maria Theresa最喜欢的孩子。孩子里还有个著名的人物就是Marie Antoinette，也是早早地被嫁出去。。。 子女里面意外死亡的居多，我跟Rob感叹说，当王族是个风险很高的职业。。。 参观完美泉宫我们时间剩得不多，于是回去收拾了下就往金色大厅方向去了。 到金色大厅很容易，坐U1,U2或U4到Karlplatz，出地铁站走5分钟就到了。我们本来是想试试维也纳当地的炸猪排什么的，结果出了地铁站没找到什么好的就直接在地铁边上的中餐馆解决问题。 酒足饭饱以后出来，离进场时间已经不多了，我们就去换票。换票的MM说，eh，你们好像来错地方了，我们是Opera House，你们要找的是金色大厅。。。 巨汗啊。。。 顺着那个MM指的方向到了金色大厅，我们看得是莫扎特管弦乐团的演出，感觉这边的游客更多。大厅内部金碧辉煌，音效很好，很值得去听一次演奏会。 演出完了我们回到Guest House，大家喝了啤酒香槟，然后倒床就睡。。。 租的车   走掉了  美泉宫       多激动地照了半天相，结果发现这个不是金色大厅   金色大厅       10月9日 中欧9日流水帐-萨尔斯堡在萨尔斯堡我们是在Priceline上Bid的NH Salzburg，很便宜，离火车站也不太远。一听到萨尔斯堡大家想到的当然是莫扎特，再就是音乐之声。当地有个电视台不停得播音乐之声，为了第二天的旅行我们特意复习了音乐之声。。。 萨尔斯堡有种24小时的卡，24欧，包括所有景点的门票也包括公共交通。 在前台买卡的时候我们看到墙上的广告，30欧包括卡和自行车。 想想萨尔斯堡不大，骑自行车应该也是别有一番味道，于是当机立断给了30欧拿了卡取了自行车。 骑上自行车，我们的第一站是莫扎特博物馆。博物馆本身不大，但是配的讲解很详细，所以我们在里面跟着莫扎特的旅程停留了很久。。。 以致于这一天后面参观其他地方都有点赶。 莫扎特博物馆出来我们走路来到Mirabell-garten，这里在音乐之声“Do Re Mi“ 歌中出现过（后来才发现这里其实离我们酒店很近，我们绕了一圈）然后就直接骑车过桥来到了Getreidegasse（粮食胡同）。 这里有莫扎特出生地（我们没来得及进去），也是老城的商业街。街上的商家的招牌跟老城的感觉很契合。 在Getreidegasse吃了饭我们骑车回到河边。 萨尔斯堡不大，旅游的人很多，但却是一个让人感觉很舒服的地方，这条河的功劳很大。清澈见底的河水，河边专门给骑自行车人的小道，迎着风骑着车，向着Hellbrunn宫出发。 Hellbrunn宫里最有名的当然是玻璃房子。还记得电影里上校的大女儿跟送电报的男孩唱的“I am sixteen going on seventeen“吗？就是这里了。在Hellbrunn宫里我们没敢停留太久，因为已经接近下午4点，我们还没来得及去Hohensalzburg Fortress。 Hohensalzburg Fortress据说是整个欧洲最大保存最完好的城堡。城堡一共修了600年，直到1681年都还没有结束。去城堡可以坐缆车（Salzburg Card含缆车票），也可以爬山。我们几个人匆匆忙忙赶到问路结果指路的人把我们带到爬山那边。好不容易爬山看到了缆车结果被告知那里不可以上人。没办法，只能继续往上爬。 在这里可以参加一个Tour参观城堡一部分并且上了望塔。了望塔是看萨尔斯堡城市全貌最好的地方了。 在了望塔上我们还发现在城堡的一角居然还住着人，院子里还摆着小朋友的玩具，也算一大发现了。 取了自行车  走到哪儿拍到哪儿  在Mirabell Garten里面装天真    接到天真       耍都不忘工作，这个是啥子精神  赶路  玻璃房子，再装一把   上山的路  城堡          
 下山了  完全走得来不起了  中欧9日流水帐-鹰巢与国王湖一大早5点钟起床拖着行李我们来到Fuessen火车站. 从Fuessen到Berchersgaden没有直达的车,需要转车两次, 大概需要5个半小时到. 继续买州票,Fuessen上车就我们几个人,也没人查票. 到了转车的地方很多上班的人上车了, 列车员也开始查票. 这个时候出现了一个严重的问题, 因为是周一,州票只能9点以后用. 列车员说我们要么补票,要么下车等到9点以后再坐车. 等到9点以后当然不现实, 只能补票, 如果补到Berchersgaden一人要30欧. 不过列车员MM还是很好的, 在伏婷同学的恳求下主动说我们4个人就补2张票到慕尼黑就行了, 到慕尼黑以后我们尽量坐9点以后的车.
到了慕尼黑, 看到时刻表,我们等了1小时坐上了去萨尔斯堡的车 (萨尔斯堡是终点站, 要在Freilassing 转车到Berchersgaden)。 车是双层的，人很少，一路风景也很漂亮。 到了Freilassing，下了车，我们一看时刻表才发现原来萨尔斯堡离这里只要8分钟。 于是我们决定直接坐下一班去萨尔斯堡的火车，直奔酒店然后从萨尔斯堡再坐火车去Berchersgaden。
从萨尔斯堡出来继续用巴伐利亚州票坐回Freilassing然后同一列火车继续前往Berchersgaden。 从Berchersgaden车站出来正好843路车也到了，于是我们上车直奔鹰巢。
843路车到的地方正好是鹰巢售票处，鹰巢票是15欧，包括上去的汽车（849路）以及电梯。前往鹰巢的路蜿蜒崎岖，恐高的同学需要注意下。车越往上开雾气越大，温度也逐渐降低。 到了鹰巢下面我们直接坐电梯到了鹰巢。鹰巢现在是个餐馆，顺便说一句，这次去到的地方好像都把参观的地方修成了餐馆。。。 山上雾很大，鹰巢在浓雾中基本上不见踪影。 往下望山下的景色也基本上看不见。 在山上转了一圈等了好一阵雾也不见散的意思，于是我们决定下山。 下山可以走也可以坐电梯，路不远，于是我们走着下山。
坐公共汽车回到火车站转乘去国王湖的公共汽车。 到了国王湖然后走到Königsee Seelände去买票。 湖面波光粼粼，清澈见底，让我们对行船很期待。 我们坐的是短距离的那种，从码头开到能见到红顶教堂（St.Bartholomä码头）的地方半小时左右。
去之前我们就打算在小岛上吃湖里产的Trout，可是天色已经有点晚了，我们到小岛的时候离最后一班回Königsee的船只有45分钟。。。 我们当时有点担心，一下船就直奔餐馆，抓住一个人就问，我们要坐船回去，能赶上吃鱼吗？ 等到肯定的答复以后，我们要了德国的Riesling等着美味。。。
鱼很不错，裹着薄薄的面粉炸的。 里面的调料有点稍微辣辣的，挤点柠檬上去相当美味。虽说没有时间细品，配着Riesling也是让人相当满足。 吃完了刚好赶上最后一班船，然后赶上最后一班公共汽车回到Berchersgaden车站。。。 去萨尔斯堡的火车已经没有了，从火车站跑出来发现有个公共汽车到萨尔斯堡（州票继续用），上了车才发现这个也是最后一班了。。。 顿时感叹，要是带着娃儿，今天估计就赶不上去萨尔斯堡的车了  
 
     
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10月8日 中欧9日流水帐-新旧天鹅堡天鹅堡 这次去德国之前看了很多攻略，对天鹅堡的印象最深的莫过于新天鹅堡就是迪斯尼的城堡的原型。
周日早上醒来，带着略微的头疼（喝酒喝多了的后果）我们直奔慕尼黑火车站。从慕尼黑到Fuessen需要转车一次，到Fuessen车站差不多需要2个半小时。 很多人在Fuessen下车就直接坐78路车去天鹅堡，我们因为计划在Fuessen住一晚所以下了火车直奔旅馆。
Fuessen我们住的是青年旅馆，直接在Hostelworld上面订的4人间。 条件很一般，需要跟人合用卫生间，不过离火车站近而且站在阳台上就能看到新天鹅堡。 这里补充一句，其实我们后来发现我们这条线路更合理的走法是当天从天鹅堡下山直奔萨尔斯堡，然后第二天早上从萨尔斯堡去Berchersgaden看鹰巢和国王湖。
从青年旅馆走回火车站我们坐上78路直接去天鹅堡。 天鹅堡我们买的新旧堡的套票，上面有预订的时间，看了旧天鹅堡(Hohenschwangau) 然后再去看新堡(Neuschwanstein)。 上旧堡的路很好走，很多带着小孩的推车都能上去。我们在旧堡的导游说话很无趣，本来相当有八卦空间的Mad King Ludwig 也被讲得平平淡淡，跟我同组的一个女孩大喊，“This is the worst castle ever”。 对我们这些俗人来说，旧堡的外观比内部可看性要强很多。 当然，从旧堡往下看的View还是很好的。。。
从旧堡下来我们去新堡。 新堡的最佳观景点是玛丽安桥，要走到新堡以后继续走差不多10多分钟。 我们在的时候新堡面对玛丽安桥的那边正在修，虽然这样，也还是能看出新堡的梦幻本色。
从玛丽安桥下来回到新堡刚刚好是给我们安排进堡的时间。 新堡的导游明显相对更热爱自己本职工作，大家都听得兴致勃勃。 新天鹅堡中的皇冠吊灯上面有各种漂亮的石头，更可贵的是，那个还是原版。堡内的壁画和家具都很有巴伐利亚特色。在城堡里我们一致认为，咱们还是得该玩就玩，该享受就享受，Ludwig II花了那么多时间精力建堡到最后也没能享受到。 当然，也可能人家享受的是过程，我们理解不到。。。
Fuessen是一个很小的镇。我们本来打算下山以后继续出去找猪肘子吃（伏婷，我要吃肉。。。），结果很多地方餐馆居然关门，超市也关门。后来才想到是星期天，超市不开门。。。 在外面找了1个多小时觅食未果回到Hostel，那里的女孩说有个中餐馆是开门的。结果我们买回来了史无前例难吃的中餐，简直就是惊天地泣鬼神。。。 咖啡配月饼
 从旅馆去火车站  旧天鹅堡  路边的花  我多喜欢这个门的  接到装  两个帅哥哈   有人偷水遭我逮到了   吃，接到吃  从新天鹅堡看得旧天鹅堡  新天鹅堡，在修   中欧9日流水帐-慕尼黑 Rob的姐姐一早就订下在布拉格结婚。于是我跟Rob趁这个机会跑去德国奥地利和捷克玩了一圈。 宸宸放家里了，感觉俩人单独出去机会难得，虽说还是挺想娃的。。。 慕尼黑 去之前我跟7年没见的伏婷做了很多功课（当然更多是她在做，嘻嘻），慕尼黑我们本来打算去宁芬堡和BMW博物馆的。 去之前没多久我们才发现我们去的时候正好是一年一度的啤酒节。 这种难逢的机会我们当然不愿意错过，想想这一路上要看的宫殿城堡什么的都不少，于是伏婷问我的时候我果断地说，还是吃肉喝酒重要，宁芬堡就算了
到慕尼黑的时候是周六早上10点多，到了直接就坐汉莎班车进城 （每人10.5欧）。 其实坐火车也能进城，很方便，特别如果人多可以买巴伐利亚州票，28欧，可以最多给5个人用，当天随便坐 （周末不限时，平时早上9点以后可以用）。
在慕尼黑我们住的是Courtyard By Marriot，平时应该很便宜就能在Priceline上Bid到，谁让我们碰上啤酒节呢。 这个地方一般，但是离火车站和玛丽安广场（Marien Platz）都挺近的。
从宾馆走到玛丽安广场10来分钟，其实也可以从火车站坐地铁到Marien Platz，两站。玛丽安广场不大，这里有新市政厅， 旧市政厅，两个教堂和一个钟楼。 市政厅门口有个小鱼喷泉，就在地铁站出口，很多人都在那里等人什么的。。。 我在喷泉望眼欲穿了半天结果伏婷和于淼他们从另外一边跑出来了
跟伏婷于淼碰了面我们直奔BMW博物馆。 从玛丽安广场坐U3到Olympia-zentrum下， 从地铁出来就能看到奥林匹亚公园，马路对面就是BMW的大楼，很显眼。 因为我们去的时候在维修，很多老车都没摆出来，我们就只去了不收钱的那边。。。 里面可以看可以玩的东西很多，门口摆的摩托车大家都跑上去骑拍照，也给自己留点幻想（于淼那儿有张巨搞笑的，到时候等他贴）
从博物馆出来我们都饿了，于是觉得不去奥林匹亚公园，直奔啤酒节。。。
忘记地铁坐到哪一站了，反正出来就看到一大堆人穿着民族服装往同一个地方走。 我们跟着他们走了没几分钟就到了啤酒节的地方。 里面人山人海，感觉半个德国都在这里了。 离入口近的地方很多那些Rides，上面的人估计早就半醉了，看得人也差不多，于是上面的人High，下面的人跟着High。。。 中间有很多卖小吃的摊位，东西也都不错。 一直往里走，人越来越多，里面是各品牌啤酒自己做的巨大的帐篷，每个里面都爆满。 很多挤不进去的人就在外面叫啤酒喝。 我们到的时候有点晚了，所以连外面叫啤酒的地方都挤不进去了。。。 不过看着那么多人一起喝酒，一起唱歌，也是件让人兴奋的事。
啤酒节吃上东西是没戏了，于是我们返回玛丽安广场，来到传说中的HB啤酒馆，Hofbrauhaus。 此啤酒馆历史很久远，比较有名的就是希特勒发动啤酒馆政变的地方。 幸亏伏婷朋友去过那里，所以我们很容易就找到了。 这里虽说离啤酒节有一段距离了，里面还是人山人海，基本上没有座位。 我们在别人桌子旁边等了半天，终于有桌好心人让我们一起坐。。。 我们4个人，最后点了两个猪肘子，4杯大的啤酒，一杯白啤酒（这种小些，回味也甜些，我很喜欢，男生不一定喜欢）。边吃边喝，中间还间断着跟同桌的人干杯跟餐馆里的陌生人一起唱歌。。。 感觉好像又回到了年轻的日子。
 
 我在等伏婷   有个人之装  我使劲吃  开喝  之喝得  之吃得  7月22日 宸宸一岁了！宸宸上周四满1岁了。 周四晚上Rob的弟弟和妈妈都从费城赶过来给地主娃儿庆祝生日。 周六我们又去Darien烤肉继续庆祝。 庆祝两次了结果我还是忘记了抓周。。。看来有希望再在农历生日的时候再过一次生日
 时间过得太快了，去年宸宸出生那天早上我还跟娃儿他爸说肯定不会生，结果当天居然娃儿就出来了。。。 一转眼，娃儿都1岁，会笑会闹会自己耍会撒娇会耍横了。。。 不多说，上照片了
跟奶奶在一起
跟叔叔
跟外婆，蛋糕弄了外婆一身
在海边过生日
 
1月22日 SuperChen的Oahu与Maui之行 - Maui１／１７－１／１９ Ｍａｕｉ 下面重点讲几个Ｍａｕｉ我们喜欢的地方： Ｎａｐｉｌｉ Ｂｅａｃｈ Ｋａａｎａｐａｌｉ Ｂｅａｃｈ Rｏａｄ ｔｏ Ｈａｎａ 在Ｈａｎａ Ｈｉｇｈｗａｙ的终点有个Ｒｅｄ Ｓａｎｄ Ｂｅａｃｈ，在这里强烈推荐。 地方很偏僻，过去的路在蓝宝书 （Ｍａｕｉ Ｒｅｖｅａｌｅｄ）上面有写。要过去最好穿登山鞋，因为路不太好走，特别是带上小盆友就更不好走了。 但是看到这个Ｂｅａｃｈ绝对值得我们爬上爬下。如果我下次再去Ｍａｕｉ的话一定去这里晒上半天。 在Ｈａｎａ还有个Ｂｌａｃｋ Ｓａｎｄ Ｂｅａｃｈ，也是很不错。 就跟蓝宝书上写的，Hana没有很多的海滩，但有的两个绝对是精品中的精品。 阳台外面的景色
Napali Beach上的SuperChen <
在Napali 跟爸爸玩
去红沙滩的Trail上
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SuperChen的Oahu与Maui之行- 1/16１／１６ Ｄｉａｍｏｎｄ Ｈｅａｄ（未遂）＋Ｗａｉｋｉｋｉ Ｂｅａｃｈ ＋ 雨中的ＰＣＣ １５日晚上睡觉前看新闻，说夏威夷几个岛的学校１６日都关门，因为风太大了。 不过我跟Rob抱着死马当活马医的精神按计划在１６日一大早就起床去Ｄｉａｍｏｎｄ Ｈｅａｄ。 到Ｄｉａｍｏｎｄ Ｈｅａｄ山下的时候刚刚６点，隧道刚刚打开，好几辆车鱼贯而入。于是我们就跟着前面的车一起开进去到了一个Ｐａｒｋｉｎｇ Ｌｏｔ． 宸爸正兴奋地把宸宸往Ｂａｂｙ Ｂｊｏｒｎ里装呢，我发现了一个问题，为什么其他车里的人都不急着下车呢？正想着呢，旁边车上下来个人问我们，你们是来旅游的吗？我说是啊。 然后人家说，这里是给工作人员停车的，你们得开出去。。。
于是我跟宸爸只得回到酒店。 没有看到日出我心里很不舒服，于是就决定去ＭＡＣ ２４／７吃那个巨大的Ｐａｎｃａｋｅ。吃完Ｐａｎｃａｋｅ我看外面还没开始下雨，于是嘀咕着去ＰＣＣ。 我们打电话订了带Ｌｕａｕ的那种票，然后看时间还早就去Ｗａｉｋｉｋｉ Ｂｅａｃｈ逛了一圈。
Ｗａｉｋｉｋｉ Ｂｅａｃｈ里我们住的地方就两条街，海滩上真是人山人海啊。因为水温还是有点低，ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ也不愿意下水，于是我们就到处走走。 走了没一会儿两个警察阿姨走过来跟我和宸爸说，这个Ｂａｂｙ真可爱啊，不过这马上要下大雨了你们还不带孩子回宾馆，孩子的脚也凉凉的，赶紧回去吧！ 我和宸爸被警察阿姨教育了以后赶紧带着宸宸回宾馆，收拾好了直奔ＰＣＣ。 说起ＰＣＣ，其实我本人对这种人造的东西不是很感兴趣，不过既然大家都推荐，我们还是去看看吧。 到了ＰＣＣ，看到大家都推荐麦当劳，我跟宸爸也去买午饭吃。。。。 我对麦当劳还是持保留意见，如果ＰＣＣ里人不是很多还是就在院子里吃吧。。。夏威夷的麦当劳跟Ｍａｉｎｌａｎｄ的没啥两样。。 写ＰＣＣ的游记很多了，我就不多说了。 总的来说还是不错的，可惜我们遇上下雨，而且雨还越下越大，天晴的时候带小盆友去ＰＣＣ应该很不错。
晚上Ｌｕａｕ完以后我们去看了Ｈｏｒｉｚｏｎ Ｓｈｏｗ。 ＳｕｐｅｒＣＨｅｎ这会儿早已经睡着了。 Ｓｈｏｗ很好看，外面刮着很大的风，下着很大的雨，但是演员们还是演的相当卖力。 眼看着外面的温度越来越低，我跟宸爸决定开车回去，第二天一大早还得飞去Ｍａｕｉ呢。。。
SuperChen的Oahu与Maui之行- 1/151/15 Hanauma Bay + 韩国烤肉 + Ｏａｈｕ东线
一大早就醒了，然后去Food Pantry那边买了泡芙当早餐。 因为听说Ｈａｎａｕｍａ Ｂａｙ去晚了就进不去了所以８点半就离开酒店。 开到Ｈａｎａｕｍａ Ｂａｙ的时候不到１０点，已经有些人在那里了。 买了门票，看了短片，我们就一路狂奔到沙滩上了。 因为风有点大，浪好像也比我想象得大些。 给ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ换好了衣服以后，Rob带着ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ就下海了。 可能是因为水温有点低的关系，宸宸在被他爹折腾了１０分钟以后居然不干了！ 哭死也不要下水了。。。 于是我们抱他上岸，人家躺在那里开始悠闲地晒太阳了。既然ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ不愿意下水了我就让宸爸看着ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ，我带着Ｓｎｏｒｋｅｌｉｎｇ的器具跳进水里。 水温是有点低，不过太阳出来后温度也升高了。 我看到了好多条鱼以后上岸换Rob下水。。。 从Ｈａｎａｕｍａ Ｂａｙ出来我们先去Ｃｏｓｔｃｏ再去吃过韩国烤肉以后开始向东线开。 东线风景很美，但是天公不作美，开始下起小雨，风也逐渐开始大了起来。 ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ在车上坐久了也开始不乐意了，后来好不容易睡着了我也不想弄醒他，所以我们基本上到一个地方就我跟Rob轮流下车看风景。 经过Ｗａｉｍｅａ Ｂａｙ的时候我看到旁边有家冰淇凌店，于是走进去买了个刨冰。真是太美味了！在这里要特别推荐Ｄａｖｉｄ＇ｓ Ｉｃｅ Ｃｒｅａｍ，那里的冰淇凌口味很多，刨冰很细很细，我一个人就干掉了一个大号刨冰。
从东线回到酒店，我们三人都快累趴下了。于是从下午６点开始睡觉，晚上９点多醒过来才开始吃Ｓａｓｈｉｍｉ喝啤酒。
SuperChen的Oahu与Maui之行- １／１４ 飞往Ｏａｈｕ飞机是早上７点离开EWR的，因为带着宸宸又得泊车我们3点45就离开家。 到机场停车场将近5点，坐Shuttle去到Terminal。 ＥＷＲ过安检有专门给带小孩用的通道，人很少，所以我们一下就过去了。 在机场里ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ对着陌生人又说又笑，让大家都挺开心的。 到ＯＲＤ的飞机挺满的，不过好在不远，ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ也睡着了。 到ＯＲＤ转机一切都很顺利，我们还跑去Ｆａｍｉｌｙ Ｒｅｓｔｒｏｏｍ去Ｐｕｍｐ换尿布什么的 （Ｆａｍｉｌｙ Ｒｅｓｔｒｏｏｍ在Ｃ１９旁边）。到了登机口，Ｕｎｉｔｅｄ的人说他们还差几个乘务员，正在大家都得等。。。 登机以后我们发现飞机还挺空的，于是我让Rob坐在我过道对面的位子上把ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ放在我旁边靠窗的座位上。ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ被我放平以后居然又睡着了。。。 由于芝加哥下雪，所有飞机都要除冰，我们飞机当然也不例外。。。 这时候突然一声巨响，飞机还晃了两下。。。 过了几分钟， 机长沉痛地通知大家，飞机可能被啥东西撞了！ 我往窗外一看，这不是有一辆除冰车就在我这边机翼的旁边吗，难道，除冰车撞上机翼了？！又过了几分钟，一台升降机开到机翼旁边，好几个人在那里查看。。。 这时候机长又发话了：“告诉大家一个不幸的消息，除冰车撞上机翼了。 以我４５年的经验，我们基本上肯定要换飞机了。 不过他们现在还在派人来检查” 在飞机上坐了２个小时以后，机长发话说，我们确定换飞机了。 大家拿好东西去另外一个登机门吧。 于是航班在晚点３小时以后终于出发了。 由于晚点３小时，本来没赶上飞机的人全都上来了，所以飞机一下就满了，我们占的空位子也没了。一路上宸宸基本上挺乖的，除了弄脏了４件衣服。 幸亏我有先见之明带了一大堆换洗衣服给他啊。 旁边没有了空位宸宸睡得很不舒服，我跟宸爸也是动都不敢动。。。 终于在８个多小时以后我们到了HNL。 外面已经是黑漆漆一片了。 本来我们是应该3：30到的，我还打算到了以后去逛逛Waikiki的商店，这下啥指望都没有了。 到酒店checkin以后我们带着宸宸出去逛了一大圈，在Food Pantry买了两盒Teriyaki盒饭，ABC买了水还有Snorkeling的装备，然后给宸宸洗了澡以后大家就睡了。 在这里我要重点推荐Munchkin的小鸭充气澡盆， Target有卖，11刀一个，一捏鸭嘴还会嘎嘎地叫。 出去玩带这个又不占地方，给小盆友洗澡也方便。 这次出去就全靠这个了  1月20日 SuperChen的Oahu与Maui之行（一）刚刚结束了6天的Oahu和Maui，SuperChen 也在旅途中度过了6个月生日。 现在想起一路上的点点滴滴，仿佛我们还在夏威夷，但是往窗外一看到处白雪皑皑，这才反应过来夏威夷已经是过去的事了。。。
Rob说，小朋友其实挺可怜的，每次被我们装上Carseat也不知道到底是出去10分钟还是10天。其实生命对于作为成年人的我们又何尝不是如此呢。。。 这次去夏威夷一共6天， 1月14日从Newark经Chicago到Honolulu，17日一大早从Honolulu飞到Maui，19日中午从Maui飞回Honolulu然后再途经Chicago回到Newark。 行
EWR - HNL 这次旅行是在5月的时候看到huaren上喊的Deal就订下的。 往返290刀一人。 当时看到这个Deal觉得一定得跳，也没多想就买了机票。 现在想想当时胆子也挺大的，当时怎么就那么自信可以跟宸爸俩人 带上6个月大的SuperChen去旅行，而且还跑去两个岛。 当初订的时候没有多想，本来UA可以从OGG返回的，结果当时在几个岛之间犹豫就干脆都订到ＨＮＬ了 HNL - OGG 我们是用NW的里程买的。 20，000 Miles一张往返票 住 Oahu 在Oahu我们住的是Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio。 用的Amex Points订的。 酒店地理位置很不错，离海滩就2条街。 不过停车只有Valet的，每天25刀。 我跟Rob本来还想在旁边找地方停的，结果后来一想我们带着娃出来玩，还是怎么简单怎么弄，就停在酒店了。 酒店每个房间都有阳台和42寸的LCD。 我们的房间是两张Full Size的床。本来跟他们要了Crib，结果SuperChen倒在一张Full Size的床上一睡就不起来了。。。 于是那张床就正式被他霸占了。。。 不过我们在他两侧放了好多枕头挡住他不让他滚下来，一下看过去SuperChen就跟睡在枕头山中间似的 Maui 我们住在Maui的西边。 ResortQuest At Papakea。 总体感觉还是不错的，就跟住在别人家里似的。 One Bedroom的自带洗衣机，烘干机还有厨房什么的。 从阳台看出去就是海。 我们面对的院子里还有个游泳池，池边上有好几个Grills，晚上看到很多人在那里烤肉。 吃
Oahu 韩国烤肉去了Huaren上大家推荐的Camelia Buffet。 价钱很公道，午饭才12.99。 不过环境很不好，感觉很旧而且比较脏。。。 如果不介意的话那这里也不错。 味道不是我吃过最好的不过也还不错 Food Pantry 旁边的奶油泡芙 忘记名字了，不过离酒店几条街的地方有个Food Pantry，旁边有个卖奶油泡芙的店。这个月的Special是草莓，我早上跟Rob去那里买的3个泡芙当早餐，很不错，强烈推荐！ ＭＡＣ ２４／７ 这个就在我们酒店里。我不知道怎么回事，突然想去吃Ｐａｎｃａｋｅ，就去了那里。结果那个Ｐａｎｃａｋｅ才真是巨大啊！我觉得一家５口都够了。。。 刚刚好那天是ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ的６个月生日，Ｐａｎｃａｋｅ也是Ｃａｋｅ，就当他的生日蛋糕了 Costco 我们在Costco买了Sashimi，很新鲜。 我跟Rob晚上在坐在阳台上边喝啤酒边吃Sashimi，真是美啊 Maui Resort旁边的一个三明治小店 名字不记得了， 不过就在同一条街上。 那里的Fish Taco和Ahi Melt还行 Ｅｒｉｃ＇ｓ Ｈｕｌｉ ＢＢＱ 去 Hana的路上在Nahiku Ｍａｒｋｅｔ Ｐｌａｃｅ里。 我们到的时候他们的Ｈｕｌｉ Ｃｈｉｃｋｅｎ刚刚开始烤所以就没有买。 不过我们买的Ｂｕｒｇｅｒ，Ｔｅｒｉｙａｋｉ和Ｇａｒｌｉｃ Ｂｅｅｆ Ｓｔｉｃｋｓ都很好吃。 价钱也很便宜，整只Ｈｕｌｉ Ｃｈｉｃｋｅｎ才８刀，Ｂｕｒｇｅｒ ４刀，Ｂｅｅｆ Ｓｔｉｃｋｓ ２串 ５刀 机场旁边的Ｃｏｓｔｃｏ 跟Ｏａｈｕ一样，Ｓａｓｈｉｍｉ很新鲜 其他还有Ｓａｆｅｗａｙ什么的。 其实要是在Ｍａｕｉ呆的时间久点，我跟Rob就去买肉来烤了 衣
我给ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ带了好多衣服，特别是在飞机上穿的Ｓｌｅｅｐ N Play可以把脚包起来，很方便。 在夏威夷基本上都给他穿的短袖短裤(带了好几件），另外带了件ＲＬ的Ｆｌｅｅｃｅ，一件金家的薄Ｈｏｏｄｉｅ，两顶帽子，两条游泳裤，一条背带牛仔裤 我跟宸爸基本上也是短袖短裤，然后泳衣要带好 其他 我们在Ｏａｈｕ的时候遇到下雨。我们Ｓｔｒｏｌlｅｒ带的Ｔｒｉｕｍｐｈ，但是没买Ｒａｉｎ Ｃｏｖｅｒ。 结果我们那天在ＰＣＣ很狼狈，用买来的雨衣罩Ｓｔｒｏｌｌｅｒ，ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ这个不情愿啊。。。 防虫的水，我是在ｄｒｕｇｓｔｏｒｅ．ｃｏｍ买的，可以给Ｂａｂｙ用的那种 防晒霜： 搽脸的我买的Ｓｈｉｓｅｉｄｏ，搽身上的用的Ｋｉｅｈｌ，给ＳｕｐｅｒＣｈｅｎ用的Ｃａｌｉｆｏｒｎｉａ Ｂａｂｙ 唇膏： Ｋｉｅｈｌ Ｂａｂｙ 酒店房间阳台
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12月21日 Fall Catch UpToday being the first day of winter I figured it was about time I recapped fall. As mentioned in my last update, after our philly trip, my Mom came up to CT with us to take care of Chen Chen since my paternity leave was just about over. The following is a brief overview of the highlights of Roman's first fall.
11.3 Exersaucer!
Back in the summer before Roman was born, some of Leona's former coworkers got together and gave us an "Excersaucer" for Roman. However, since it was for "3 months and up" it had been in the basement for a while. Realizing that Roman was well past 3 months, and since my paternity leave was drawing to a close, we thought it would be a good time for me to put it together and get Roman started on it. He seemed to really enjoy it.
 11.11, 11.16 Mom's bday
On Nov. 11, Mom's bday, we took Mom out for dinner, but the real treat was that Mary Beth and Sven came all the way out to Connecticut that Sunday to take Mom out for a nice brunch at River House Tavern. It's kind of an upscale restaurant, so I was a little worried Roman might get fussy, but during the entire brunch he was either sleeping or giggling.
 11.18 Vimco reunion
Some of Leona's former coworkers from VIMCO had been wanting to get together and meeting Roman for a while, and we finally scheduled to meet up at Post Corner Pizza in Darien on Nov. 18th. We lean a little more towards casual restaurants now with Roman, so a Pizza joint on a slow Tuesday night actually worked out quite well. He was a bit fussy at first (and not just because I didn't have the right sized diapers in my diaper dude bag - thank god there was a CVS a block away), but was good for most of the rest of the dinner. It was nice catching up with those who could make it.
11.19 First solids
At Roman's 4 month checkup, Roman's pediatrician gave us the go-ahead to start Roman on solid food, so the Wednesday night after the VIMCO reunion, per doctor's orders, we mixed some "rice cereal" with milk and fed him with a spoon for the first time. It was a bit difficult to manage at first, a) because Roman didn't seem too interested in changing what had been working for his entire life, b) I was afraid to put the spoon too far into his mouth for fear of choking him, and c) when he got the food into his mouth, he didn't necessarily feel the need to swallow, so lots of it would eventually drip out onto his lips and down to his bib. He eventually got used to it and Leona did a better job of putting the spoon in far enough.
After the requisite 3-day waiting period before starting the next type of food, we started him on pears. He still allowed lots to drip, but seemed to enjoy the pears more, as he would open his mouth wide in anticipation whenever the spoon got close. In fact sometimes he gets so excited to eat the food, he snaps his mouth closed on the spoon before it's even fully in his mouth, leading to lots of drippage. Oh well.
At the time of this writing (1month after first starting solids), he is eating pears, apples, carrots, sweet potatoes, peas (grudgingly), and bananas. For some reason, whenever I feed him bananas, I feel the need to paraphrase Gwen Stephanie and chant: "This baby likes bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S! This baby likes bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S!" over and over and over during the whole feeding and for about half an hour afterwards coz I can't get it out of my head. I like to think that he enjoys it, but it's probably more for my own entertainment than for his.
Here he is trying carrots for the first time:
 11.22 xmas tree
Leona has always admired my Mom's Xmas tree- how classy and consistent it looks year after year - especially in comparison to our tree festooned with its mishmash of disparate ornaments and lights every year. So, taking full advantage of having Mom stay with us, Leona requested that Mom help revamp our decorations this year. Mom already got us started with her gift of a bunch of "christmas village" paraphanalia xmas gift to Leona last year. After a long day of shopping for a lot of new ornaments and tossing the ornaments that we didn't need, and getting a fresh tree from Stew Leonards, we spent the evening trimming the tree to our Louis Armstrong xmas CD.
.jpg) Mom didn't like the idea of trashing ornaments that we weren't going to use again, suggesting that I should keep it because someone somewhere might be able to make use of it. I felt that it would be more trouble than it was worth to do so, and we should just trash things. Specifically there was a box of about 12 blue balls from Walmart that she thought were worth keeping. I said, "no, we should throw it away- we only paid like 5 bucks for it, so it's not worth the trouble to keep it" then mom flipped over the box to reveal a "1.99" printed on it, and responded, "well if you paid 5 bucks for it, you got RIPPED OFF!" We had a good laugh over that one.
.jpg) 11.23 Stamford Parade
The Sunday before Thanksgiving was the last year of the UBS-sponsored Stamford Parade. It's not Macy's but pretty impressive for a "small town" parade. Cartoon character floats and everthing. Parking was a problem, and trying to change Roman's diaper in a public restroom while I was weighed down with bags, and winter closthes was quite a challenge. We enjoyed the part of the parade we saw, but it was FREEZING, so we couldn't stick around long (maybe 40 minutes) before having to head out. Roman didn't seem to mind the cold that much, perhaps because he was bunded up so welll, but we didn't want to take any chances and it wasn't pleasant for us either. One of the highlights of the parade were the "Zooperstars" which my mom tells me were featured on "america's got talent," and the floats.
.jpg) 11.27 Roman the Turkey; Thxgiving w.Ning
We had actually tried to go to the parade with Ning&Jun&Ayi, the family that would be watching Roman during the day after my mom was to go back to Philly, but got separated in traffic on the way there. Still, given that we weren't going down to Philly again (the ride was just too draining during out last trip) for Thanksgiving, and Leona was cooking but none of her other new huaren mom friends were able to make it all the way up to CT, we were hopeful that Ning&family could join us for Thanksgiving, which they did. Roman lit up when he saw A-yi, and she was able to keep him laughing all night. I think that A-yi must remind him of Wai Po (Leona's mom) so he feels comfortable with her.
Leona cooked a Turkey "Asian-style," I don't really know what that means but it involved marinating in something with Soy Sauce and using sticky rice for stuffing. She also cooked sweet potatoes for the first time (and they were delicious!), and some Sichuan dishes on top of that, I think. Ning brought some noodles and a lamb dish I believe. Everything was delicious and we had leftovers for many days afterawards (due to the volume of food, not that ppl didn't eat it at the dinner).
I was really happy that we were able to have some friends over to share the holidays. I was also happy that it forced us to organize and clean the house thoroughly for the first time in a while.
Also, a little while before Thanksgiving, we discovered that Roman was able to sit up on his own (under very close supervision) so Leona thought it would be a great idea to have him sit in the big serving platter we were going to use for the turkey, which made for a great photo op.
 12.7 First Snow
We had been planning to just dress up and take a photo in front of our xmas tree to use as our xmas card this year. However, on the morning of 12/7 we woke up to see that it had snowed! Leona had the fantastic idea that we should do a photo shoot int the snow to use for our xmas cards. So once we got dressed and bunded Roman up, that's exactly what we did. Got some good pics too. Unfortunatley, not having a tripod we had to enlist the services of our neighbor who we just found out had a hand injury (but was still more than willing to help).
12.8-10 AK
On 12.8 Leona had to go to Alaska for business, leaving me to take care of him during non-work hours all by myself for the first time. It wasn't too bad though. The hadest thing was giving him his bath without anyone else to hold him, but I was able to manage somehow. Can't complain- Leona had things a lot tougher given the MANY hours of travel, the super dry air in the hotel, trudging through an Alaska snowstorm to get a cooler for ChenChen's food supply... what a trooper.
12.11 bday
Dec. 11 was my birthday, and even though Leona offered to take me out, but the weather was so dreary I took a raincheck. Then that FRIDAY we went to outback, which was awesome. Also, Leona got me a very nice Ebel watch.
 12.13 xmas cards
We managed to put together on 12.13 and sent them shortly thereafter. Leona found a way to do our xmas cards through Costco online, using the pictures we had taken in the snow just for this reason. I had picked them up when Leona was in Alaska and when I pulled them out of the envelope just to chekck we had the right one, I litterally exclaimed "Oh my god!" when I saw the one with Leona and Roman (that I took) because it is so great. The scanned image below doesn't do it justice
.jpg) 12.19 Big Snow
And of course on Friday we got the first massive stow storm of the season (about 6-8 inches in our area). Therefore, I had to spend a large part of my afternoon shovelling our cars out. I guess winter really is here.
 On the bright side, since today was the shortest day of the year, at least we're going to have progressively more daylight every day from now until late June. 11月29日 感恩节的火鸡宸星期四是感恩节，今年是唯一一年我们没有回费城Rob他们家，又是宸宸的第一个感恩节，所以我很早就决定要大整一番（其实周日的时候我们还去Stamford看了感恩节游行，不过照片在Rob那里，我还是等他更新吧）。
感恩节的传统食物是火鸡，当然我们也得弄一个来做做样子了。选了半天，最小的居然都有13磅。没办法，这为了节日气氛咱也得弄一个呀。我跟着网上的中式火鸡的菜谱，本来打算周二晚上就开始腌，结果居然那时火鸡还冻得跟个冰块似的，只好周三下午才开始腌。 腌其实很简单，拿花椒和盐一起炒热了往火鸡的里里外外使劲抹。
周四一大早，我把腌好的火鸡从冰箱拿出来，把表面的盐冲洗掉，然后用水+糖+酱油+姜和成调料，每10分钟用刷子往上抹。11点，我用锡箔纸把火鸡表面包起来，样子跟个帐篷似的然后扔进烤箱设定华氏450度开始烤。 同时开始做Stuffing。Stuffing也是很有中国传统的。虽说我不是广东人，但是咱喝早茶的时候不也吃过糯米鸡吗。我用糯米+香肠+酱油+姜+葱花+香菜，搅在一起然后往火鸡肚子里使劲地填啊。 放好后再用锡箔纸蒙起来扔进烤箱烤，不过温度变成375度。烤两小时以后再拿出来然后翻一面，刷汁水，然后继续烤。从这里开始每30分钟拿出来翻一次。
因为我太激动了，开始地早了点，火鸡下午3点好了结果客人还没到。我只好把火鸡放回烤箱里保温。晚饭我还做了甜薯，辣子鸡丁，回锅肉，萝卜丸子汤。来的客人又带了羊肉炖胡萝卜以及武汉热干面。
先来张全景图吧
基于上次去费城的Entry后有人留言说应该给宸宸安排女网友来见，我们这次安排了女网友
最后，感恩节里最帅的火鸡-火鸡宸
SuperChen从上次更新到现在宸宸有了个新外号叫SuperChen， 为啥子呢，看下面照片就晓得了。。。 现在每天要在那飞呀飞的当超人，我们还得一起配超人的插曲，我们一唱他就就眉开眼笑的. 照片里的帽子和背心好像都大了，看起来跟个土八路似的
再来张看得清楚些
这张他爸的脸被我削掉了一半。我发现有了娃以后，我跟他爹拍出来的照片大人好多都是不全的
最后这张是专门给JJ干妈看的哈。 有时候其实我们也会沉思的。JJ 干妈，你有没有被SuperChen的眼神电到啊？
11月10日 Halloween Weekend/Roman's First Phily Trip
Last weekend (Halloween Weekend - yes, this update is a bit late) we took Roman Trick-Or-Treating on Friday night, then took him down to Philly on Saturday.
A while back we found a cute "Dinosaur" costume from Babies 'R Us for Halloween. We didn't really have any plans at the time, since it would've been weird for us to take him around our neighborhood by ourselves, since he can't eat candy and there are few, if any, trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood.
Then to Mom's to see what was going on. We stuck around for a while, but were beginning to feel exhausted from the long day. We then headed to Dad's for some take-out (too tired to deal with eating out). Leona napped, while Dad ("Pappi") played with Roman. They got along great- Pappi had Roman laughing hysterically for like 5 minutes straight.
Then back to Mom's to crash.
When we woke up in the morning, Leona realized that we didn't have a cake for the get together brunch that Mom had generously planned for Roman's quasi-100day b-day celebration. So we ran out to Philly Chinatown and picked up some stuff, then stopped at 320 for the food mom ordered.
Then my cousins' families came by for the brunch. It was exciting having all of Mommom's great grandkids together (with the new addition) for the first time. It's been a while since we've all met up, so it was great to see how big the kids were getting. Everyone enjoyed meeting Roman, especially Arianna, who got the chance to hold him.
One cute moment was when I mentioned to the kids that Roman was half Chinese.
"Why??" one of them asked. "Well because Leona is his mommy and she is Chinese." "OH, so you can speak Chinese!!?!?!" another asked of Leona. "Yes," she replied.
"Can you say our names in Chinese?" asked another. So Leona then told them how one would pronounce each of their names in Chinese. "COOL!"
Since my Mom was to start taking care of Roman after my paternity leave ended until Thanksgiving, she came back up to CT with us after the party. Again, it was a long drive, but luckily traffic wasn't too bad. Thought it was an exhausting weekend, it was very much worth it to get the chance to introduce Roman to his Philly relatives who couldn't make it up to CT.
10月20日 Pappi's Visit: Steps & RomanThis past weekend Pappi (what Roman will call my Dad) came up to CT to see Roman and to fix our steps outside. Pappi came up on Saturday morning and we went to Tengda for lunch, then stopped by Home Depot for 400 lbs of concrete and other supplies, then got to work. Well, my dad got to work. I stood around and watched. We worked till it got dark then called it a night.
After grabbing some dinner from Cookhouse, Leona tried to have a short photo shoot using her new Nikon D90. Unfortunatley, the indoor light wasn't great, so it was tough to get great pictures of the 3 generations of gagliardi boys, but I think she did alright.
The next morning before getting back to work, Leona encouraged us to make use of the sunlight for another gagliardi boys photo shoot. This time we got better pics. Afterwards, we mixed and poured the concrete, then went to famous Frank Pepe's for their famous New Haven style pizza. After dinner and Roman's bath, Pappi got to spend a little more time with him. Roman didn't really show off his talking skills the last time we had visitors but he is always much better about it after his bath, so this time Pappi got to see a lot more "talking" from Roman.
10月6日 Rob's Paternity LeaveA few weeks back we took Ma to JFK so she could return to China after taking care of Roman for the past couple months. It was sad parting ways, but we'll be back together in June, which will be here before we know it.
So now I'm taking my Paternity Leave and filling the role of Mr. Mom, and getting to spend all day with the little guy. Every morning, we start the day by walking Mommy to the car and waiving goodbye as she drives away. Then we go back inside and play around. Like Mommy, Roman seems to get bored easily. We're always moving from one activity to another until Roman falls asleep (for brief but frequent naps) . Activities range from walking around the house, to tummy time, to reading "Spot" (the dog) books, to dancing in front of the dresser mirror, to practicing talking. There were a lot of little things that I had thought I'd finally have the time to get done during this leave. However, although Roman is an incredibly good and well-behaved baby, it's pretty incredible how fast the day slips away while we're playing around together. The first day when it was just the two of us, we had pretty nice weather so we went to the beach for a walk. Although Roman was very talkative and happy on our short drive over there, by the time we parked, he was asleep. I still put him in the baby bjorn and started walking on the beach, hoping in vain he would wake up for at least part of the 30 minute walk. I've also dreamed of getting a "jogging" stoller so that I could go running with him, but didn't know of any good paths in our area. I heard that Cranbury park might have something, so another afternoon we went for a walk in Cranbury Park to check it out. while the paths wouldn't be sufficient for a jogging stroller, Roman really enjoyed sitting in the baby bjorn and enjoying nature. Seeing how much he enjoyed sitting in the baby bjorn, I mused to Leona that it would be cool if I could use it while doing chores around the house. Leona said that she's heard of people on her Chinese message board (huaren) doing just that. So I gave it a shot on Thursday when gathering the garbage to take out. while the baby bjorn made it possible to get the job done, it wasn't easy. With a baby strapped to my torso, it was a big deal every time I had to lean over to pick something up. I also gave the baby bjorn a shot the next day when installing some new blinds, but gave it up when I realized it might not be the safest thing in the world to try to screw metal brackets into the wall above my head. He had fallen asleep anyway, so I just put him down to sleep. As much fun as we have spending the days together, it seems that his favorite time of day is when Mommy comes home. He never smiles bigger than when he sees Leona's face after being away all day. Leona only has a few moments with him before she cooks dinner. But he is usually talkative and happy while we are eating dinner, and Leona enjoys playing with him or reading to him after dinner while daddy cleans up or cleans/sterilizes bottles. It's going by pretty fast. I can't believe that I'm almost 30% the way through my 6 weeks of leave. Leona has started looking for a nanny, but we're going to step up the search as we get closer to the end of my leave. And Nai Nai (grandma Gagliardi) has agreed to help out if we can't find a nanny in time. In other news, I'm on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1483601135&ref=name) now, so for anyone reading our blog feel free add me as your friend. 9月13日 Big Day!Today is a very big day for the little guy. Chenchen applied for the first passport in his life today
 Before today, mommy has always wanted to try to take passport photos for daddy and Chenchen, but daddy always thought it would be more trouble than it's worth to do the passport photos ourselves. Last night, mommy finally gave it another try using www.epassportphoto.com and although Chenchen's head was a little too big for the passport requirement, mommy figured out a way to do it and retook the photos today. In 4-6 weeks, Chenchen is going to receive his first passport. Mommy and daddy really hope our little world traveler get lots and lots of stamps on his passport for years to come!
P.S. Chenchen is almost two months old now. He eats every 4 hours during the day and around 6 hrs at night. With quite an appitite, we couldn't use the smaller (3.5oz) Dr. Brown glass bottles a while ago... Chenchen needs close to 6oz for each feeding. Daddy weighed Chenchen 2 nights ago and he was 13.8lbs. We are taking Chenchen to his 2-month checkup next week (and also get 3 vaccine shots), we will get a more accurate number then. Daddy is convinced that Chenchen knows how to say "Hello" and has a video to prove it on his cell phone. Chenchen smiles a lot when we play with him, mommy has set Chenchen's big smile as her background on her work computer so she can look at it all day - it really brightens mommy's day
 Here are some photos we've taken recently
8月16日 宸宸满月了！宸宸满月了。在过去的1个月中，宸宸的体重从出生时的8磅5盎司到出院时的8磅再到现在的11磅。现在每顿可以吃3.5到4盎司， 双下巴也长出来了。昨天晚上宸宸爸从Korea Town买回来一个宸宸最爱吃的蛋糕（其实是爸爸妈妈最爱吃的蛋糕），然后爸爸妈妈还有外婆大吃蛋糕-宸宸在旁边看得直流口水。
满月了当然要bling bling 一把。在此感谢JJ 干妈赞助的长命锁和手镯
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祝大家节日快乐！
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