Moments in My Life

I don’t believe this.  Vien had earlier warned me not to talk much about the progress of potty training but I wanted not to believe her.  And as I uploaded this previous post earlier today, I gave a second thought about it and was planning to put a *hope I won’t jinx this* at the end of the post but ended up taking it out. 

And guess what happened?  Brandon pooped in his underwear this afternoon.  He pooped then only he told us that he needed to go Oh See. Hubby was actually sitting in front of him but I guess it was too late for him to notice. We took him into the bedroom to change. I told him try not to move much but he was kicking his legs. And while pulling down his underwear, his right leg accidentally stepped on it. Oops. I had to clean the mess in his undewear then gave him a shower to clean his mess. Man … I shouldn’t be blogging about this topic anymore until I am really sure that he 100% done with it. BTW, we were out of underwear and I had to put him in a diaper. *roll eyes*

So which brand and model of digital camera do you have?  I have a few digital cameras.  The very first digital camera we have ever owned was an Olympus D-220L.   Can you guess how many pictures it can store?  It can only take up to 20 pictures with the highest resolution (640 x 480). 

Currently, we have a Canon XTi Rebel DSLR, a Canon P&S SD450, and another Canon P&S SD630. Previously I have owned a Casio P&S Exilim model but that one was sold as used to a friend in Malaysia in 2005. Later when I returned to US, I bought a Canon P&S SD110. I find the colors are more vivid on Canon digital cameras. I haven’t own any Nikon P&S or DSLR but have heard many good reviews on them. May be I will get a Nikon P&S in near future to test out the picture quality.

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Brandon is officially not wearing anymore diapers.  Whenever we are home, he wears the boy’s underwear/brief, even for night time.  Only when we go out, I let him put on a pull-up, just in case. 

He has learnt to let us know when he needs to go to the bathroom when we are outside our home.  But when we are at home, he only let us knows that he needs shee shee when he is on his bed preparing for his sleep at night.  That, he can asks to go for 3 times and 2 out of 3 are false alarm.  During the daytime, I am the one whom initiate for him to go potty. 

He will remain dry if I bring him to potty once around 12:30 to 1am at night.  So far he had only once wet his underwear for his night time.  I only found out when I was bringing him for potty in the morning that his pants and underwear were slightly wet but I couldn’t find any wet spot on the bed.  Also another time when we were at a Chinese grocery store in Monterey Park and was leaving the parking area, he asked to go for potty.  Daddy told him to hold in or if really had to go, just pee into the pull-up.  Brandon fell asleep about 10 minutes later and when we got home, his pull-up was still dry.  We quickly took him to potty and he fill almost half the bowl.  It is exciting and proud for me to see this milestone of him as I had started training him for this since a long long time ago.  Well, Brandon … you are almost there … soon you will only wear underwear/brief, even when we are going out and around. 

With him not wearing anymore diapers, I have leftovers.  I have a big box of Especially for Baby size 5 and a Jumbo pack of Huggies Supreme Size 5 too.  I have to find the receipts if I can and to bring them to the store to exchange for pull-ups.  If not then I will probably need to give them away.  

My brother has planned to visit and work in Europe after his graduation. He had wanted to apply for any accounting position that was offered online through, AIESEC, the world’s largest student organization, as a student transfer to UK. However, there was a technical problem with his online application and his information and resume were available online for the prospective employers to view. Therefore, his plan was in a halt for a few months. And in early April, he decided to come here for a visit while waiting for any response from AEISEC regarding the technical problem that they have been working to fix.

Although his plan didn’t work out as he wanted, I think one day, he still can visit UK as a vacation by himself or with his friends. I am guessing he may want to stop by the city of Manchester, since he is a big soccer fan. Since it will be the first time he is visiting, I think I will recommend him the Manchester Directory where he will be able to find information and reviews on restaurants, shops, car rentals, entertainments and more. With this directory, he can make his own itinerary prior to his trip.  He can make reservations or buy tickets to any event earlier even before he gets there.  I think there is one place that he as a soccer fan must visit while in Manchester - the soccer stadium.