A Good Friday

This morning, I found 3 mistakes in my thesis and thought I was going to lose it =( I accidently classified 3 companies incorrectly which means that I have to re-create over 25 spreadsheets, each taking about 20 minutes each. Needless to say, I'm frustrated. To keep my spirits up and to make sure this is still a "Good Friday", I went out to have a late lunch with mom at Mother Dumplings (delicious!) and then went to see Cassidy again. I don't think I've seen her with her eyes open yet (apparently, she sleeps during the day and is wide awake at night) but she is still cute and loves stretching while sleeping! Ann will hopefully be discharged from the hospital tomorrow!

Cassidy at three days old

After visiting the baby, I buckled down in front of my computer and began fixing my problems. Do you know how hard it is to do this when it is 23C outside on a holiday? *sigh* Oh well. My reward for the errors I've corrected is to blog followed by a 30 minute workout - which leads to an update on my knee.

Since coming back from San Jose in the beginning of March, I began seeing a chiropractor and acupuncturist as my knee is often quite stiff. Acupuncture is surprisingly effective in releasing the tension but the relief doesn't last longer than a few days. Yesterday, I met my new physiotherapist, Nitrel. Neena is now gone because she was only temporarily working at the clinic while someone was on maternity leave. Anyway, Nitrel told me that my range of motion is lacking because I have a knee joint capsule problem. He gave me a strict exercise running program to combat it. On a side note, my quads are strong but my hamstrings are weak so I have to work on that too. This injury/recovery never ends...

-ange xx

An Evening with Miss Chloe

I'm so glad that Denise shared Chloe tonight because Chloe is simply awesome. "Babysitting" should always be this easy. Chloe entertained me, my mom and Chris all evening. We made chocolate cupcakes with pink icing with my mom - Chloe helped by neatly laying out all the cupcake papers. Before getting into her "Little Miss Trouble" pajamas, she played basketball with Chris and wreaked havoc in my room haha

Teddy bear aftermath
Pooh bear is naked and Goofy is wearing 3 layers including Pooh's sweater

We tried watching Cinderella but it's actually quite a "scary" Disney movie that we had to stop. Come to think of it, I don't believe that old Disney movies like Cinderella, Snow White or Sleeping Beauty really cater to kids, compared to new movies like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, etc. In fact, when I was a kid, I was terrified by the witch in Sleeping Beauty. I thought she lived in the third floor of our old house (n.b. years later, I shared this information with Chris who slept on the third floor and he was not too pleased that I left him up there with a witch haha).

Anyway, time to clean up so that I can sleep in a bit tomorrow! Looking forward to going glasses shopping with Denise and Chloe (and Andrea) next Thursday.

-ange xx

C.P. Tran - Day 2

Honestly... such cuteness is just too much =)

Mr. Sun shining his rays on one day old Cassidy

Dave fed Cassidy this morning and baby girl can eat - 15mL in one sitting! From this picture, you can see how she feels with a satisfied tummy, taking a peaceful nap after breakfast!

-ange xx