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	<title>Italian Born Chinese</title>
	
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/12/28/merry-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Grazie Zia Elena!</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/10/30/grazie-zia-elena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Potty Training Day 7</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/10/08/potty-training-day-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It hasn&#8217;t been easy training Logan, cleaning his pee all over the apartment, changing and washing his pants (some times we ran out of pants).  
However yesterday something clicked in his mind and he stopped peeing out. I think he&#8217;s learned to keep his pee and wait for potty time (every 20 mins) to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It hasn&#8217;t been easy training Logan, cleaning his pee all over the apartment, changing and washing his pants (some times we ran out of pants).  </p>
<p>However yesterday something clicked in his mind and he stopped peeing out. I think he&#8217;s learned to keep his pee and wait for potty time (every 20 mins) to do it in the potty. Becky and I were amazed at the sudden change, we are so proud of this big achievement. We know it&#8217;s not over yet, but this is a huge step for Logan. And he did all this while he was sick! I am a proud father!</p>
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		<title>Mia Talking</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/10/04/mia-talking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Mia Talking

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It&#8217;s only fair that Mia gets a video upload as well.

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<p>It&#8217;s only fair that Mia gets a video upload as well.<br />
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		<title>Logan singing “Sunday Shoes”</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/10/04/logan-singing-sunday-shoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Logan singing &#34;Sunday Shoes&#34;

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Logan is singing &#8220;Crowded Streets in an Empty Town&#8221; by our friend Tim Kao, which is obviously too long for him, so he just calls it &#8220;Sunday Shoes&#8221;.

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<p>Logan is singing &#8220;Crowded Streets in an Empty Town&#8221; by our friend Tim Kao, which is obviously too long for him, so he just calls it &#8220;Sunday Shoes&#8221;.<br />
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		<title>Potty Training Day 3</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/10/03/potty-training-day-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a much better day for in terms of potty training. In the morning we had 3 strikes in a row, including one N.2. The final tally was 4 strikes and 3 balls. 
Of course other things went wrong, like a toy stuck in the toilet, Logan skipping lunch and napping late after a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was a much better day for in terms of potty training. In the morning we had 3 strikes in a row, including one N.2. The final tally was 4 strikes and 3 balls. </p>
<p>Of course other things went wrong, like a toy stuck in the toilet, Logan skipping lunch and napping late after a long crying session. Also he&#8217;s only now (23:46) falling asleep after playing in his bed for almost 3 hours!!</p>
<p>But we can&#8217;t have it all, can we?</p>
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		<title>On the potty</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/10/03/on-the-potty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s Logan sitting like good boy on his potty. Stickers are his reward. 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s Logan sitting like good boy on his potty. Stickers are his reward. </p>
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		<title>Potty Training Day 2</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/10/03/potty-training-day-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Second day wasn&#8217;t much better, it felt like he was actually worse, but I think it&#8217;s only because he pees much more often, I actually lost count. He did pee twice in the potty, but his biggest breakthru is that he told us he had to pee, even though we didn&#8217;t make it in time. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Second day wasn&#8217;t much better, it felt like he was actually worse, but I think it&#8217;s only because he pees much more often, I actually lost count. He did pee twice in the potty, but his biggest breakthru is that he told us he had to pee, even though we didn&#8217;t make it in time. </p>
<p>Also he finally did N 2, in his pants&#8230; So stinky</p>
<p>I forgot to mention that Logan is also sick, poor him. </p>
<p>BTW, I am twittering this often so you can follow it in the sidebar. </p>
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		<title>Potty training day 1</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/10/02/potty-training-day-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just started potty training Logan and it&#8217;s not easy!! First day he peed in the potty two times, and five times in his pants. He hasn&#8217;t pooped yet, I think he doesn&#8217;t want to do it in the potty. 
So far he never tells us if he wants to go, he just pees in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We just started potty training Logan and it&#8217;s not easy!! First day he peed in the potty two times, and five times in his pants. He hasn&#8217;t pooped yet, I think he doesn&#8217;t want to do it in the potty. </p>
<p>So far he never tells us if he wants to go, he just pees in his pants. That&#8217;s the frustrating part. Hopefully he&#8217;ll learn soon.  </p>
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		<title>BJ 2008</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/08/09/bj-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually don&#8217;t care about Olympics at all. In the past I never watched it on TV, and didn&#8217;t even follow the results. And I was dreading the start of this year&#8217;s Olympics, for the chaos that it would bring to China.
Then last night we all watched the opening ceremony. I wasn&#8217;t too impressed with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I usually don&#8217;t care about Olympics at all. In the past I never watched it on TV, and didn&#8217;t even follow the results. And I was dreading the start of this year&#8217;s Olympics, for the chaos that it would bring to China.</p>
<p>Then last night we all watched the opening ceremony. I wasn&#8217;t too impressed with the opening shows, just the usual fireworks (which I&#8217;ve come to hate after I moved here) and other performances that were certainly well done, I just didn&#8217;t care for them.</p>
<p>But then the representative of each country started to walk in and I really wanted to watch their clothes and attitudes, as well as learn about countries I&#8217;ve never heard before. That lasted 2 hours!!! I felt exhausted just watching that, I can&#8217;t imagine what the cheering girls by the side must have felt. Some notes:</p>
<p>- The only people I recognized were Roger Federer and Yao Ming. Nobody else!! I suck, I know.</p>
<p>- The Italians HAD to slow down and disturb the country walking after them!!</p>
<p>- Lots of pretty girls.</p>
<p>- The guy holding Denmark&#8217;s flag was huge, and he used one hand on a 90 degree angle. Impressive.</p>
<p>This morning I turn on the TV and start watching women&#8217;s weightlifting. I usually couldn&#8217;t care less, but I was somehow engaged. Up until my TV went dark a few minutes ago. Don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on, hope it&#8217;ll come back soon. Can&#8217;t believe I am feeling the Olympics spirit this year&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Mia is 1 month old</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/07/15/mia-is-1-month-old/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I almost can&#8217;t believe, but Mia is already one month old. In China it&#8217;s a big deal, they shave their heads, give out eggs to colleagues and friends, and it&#8217;s also the end of the mother&#8217;s confinement. We didn&#8217;t do anything to Mia, though Becky is happy to end her confinement. She can now go [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I almost can&#8217;t believe, but Mia is already one month old. In China it&#8217;s a big deal, they shave their heads, give out eggs to colleagues and friends, and it&#8217;s also the end of the mother&#8217;s confinement. We didn&#8217;t do anything to Mia, though Becky is happy to end her confinement. She can now go out, eat normal food and many other things she wasn&#8217;t supposed to do (though she did make many exceptions during the course of the month).</p>
<p>But we did put a dress on Mia, and here are some photos.</p>
<p><a class="flickr-image" title="One month old!" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30555062@N00/2670521991/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2670521991_b26218c8c5.jpg" alt="One month old!" /></a></p>
<p><a class="flickr-image" title="Happy 1st Month, Mia!" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30555062@N00/2670518205/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/2670518205_3b0f792410.jpg" alt="Happy 1st Month, Mia!" /></a></p>
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		<title>Twitter Updates for 2008-07-10</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/07/10/twitter-updates-for-2008-07-10-2/</link>
		<comments>http://thetais.net/2008/07/10/twitter-updates-for-2008-07-10-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Just found out that Moon River has closed!! That&#8217;s very sad, we really liked that place, good food and kid-friendly. #

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		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/07/07/twitter-updates-for-2008-07-07/</link>
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Logan is getting better now. Less whining and crying. #

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<li>Logan is getting better now. Less whining and crying. <a href="http://twitter.com/johntai/statuses/851860710">#</a></li>
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		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/07/03/twitter-updates-for-2008-07-03/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Logan is impossible these days. Doesn&#8217;t want to do anything he&#8217;s told. #

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<li>Logan is impossible these days. Doesn&#8217;t want to do anything he&#8217;s told. <a href="http://twitter.com/johntai/statuses/849241896">#</a></li>
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		<title>Twitter Updates for 2008-06-26</title>
		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/06/26/twitter-updates-for-2008-06-26/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Logan is obssessed with &#8220;baby dancing&#8221; DVD. #

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<li>Logan is obssessed with &#8220;baby dancing&#8221; DVD. <a href="http://twitter.com/johntai/statuses/844100503">#</a></li>
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		<link>http://thetais.net/2008/06/23/twitter-updates-for-2008-06-23/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Going baci to work. Not looking forward to it. #

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<li>Going baci to work. Not looking forward to it. <a href="http://twitter.com/johntai/statuses/841238953">#</a></li>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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@papajohn congrats! I just had my daughter on 15th. Twittered/blogged the hell out of it too. #

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<li>@papajohn congrats! I just had my daughter on 15th. Twittered/blogged the hell out of it too. <a href="http://twitter.com/johntai/statuses/839971765">#</a></li>
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		<title>Twitter Updates for 2008-06-17</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Will go home in about 30mins. Will take hospital luxurious van. #
@bbluesman women have all the power&#8230; #

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<li>Will go home in about 30mins. Will take hospital luxurious van. <a href="http://twitter.com/johntai/statuses/836606069">#</a></li>
<li>@bbluesman women have all the power&#8230; <a href="http://twitter.com/johntai/statuses/836606599">#</a></li>
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		<title>Finally Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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We are finally home and we had our first taste of the new family dynamics. Logan seems to like Mia, though he hasn&#8217;t had too much contact with her. When we got home I went to him and started to hold him and he started crying. Then after a while he wanted to be held [...]]]></description>
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<p>We are finally home and we had our first taste of the new family dynamics. Logan seems to like Mia, though he hasn&#8217;t had too much contact with her. When we got home I went to him and started to hold him and he started crying. Then after a while he wanted to be held by Mommy, and he kept crying making Becky cry too. It was all very emotional.</p>
<p>When he saw Becky breastfeeding Mia, he also started to cry and wanted Mommy to hold him. He didn&#8217;t push Mia away or anything like that, but he just wanted his Mommy. Later on I was holding Mia and at the same time playing with Logan. Then the confinement ahyi wanted to take Mia from me since she was fussy, but Logan was very angry and didn&#8217;t want her to hold her. He just said &#8220;Daddy holds Mia&#8221;.</p>
<p>He also seems to resent Becky a little, as if she betrayed him or something. Becky is hurt by that of course, but I am sure he&#8217;ll get better. He obviously still wants her. Despite all this he&#8217;s been a good boy today, and was very happy when Uncle Ivan came to visit. This is the biggest change for him, I will try to be with him and not making him feel left out.</p>
<p>At the same time I want to spend time with Mia also and start bonding and building a relationship with her just like I did with Logan. But it&#8217;s obviously not gonna be the same. And I also need time to spend with Becky, I don&#8217;t want to drift apart from her. I feel like parenting has become so much harder, and it&#8217;s only the first day!!</p>
<p>One other thing we both noticed is that Logan looks so much bigger now. I mean he seems like he&#8217;s grown so much in the last few days, even though that&#8217;s not the case. I think we&#8217;re just used to seeing Mia who is so small, and Logan all of a sudden seems so big.</p>
<p>I have so many feelings, but I have the least problems right now. Becky has even more conflicting feelings, on top of that she has to recover from labor and deal with breastfeeding. I&#8217;ll try my best to help her, I just wish I could take away some of the pain/problems from her.</p>
<p>This is the last update for the moment, I will stop blogging everyday, unless something interesting comes up. But I will keep uploading pictures to Flickr, so keep an eye on that if you&#8217;re interested.</p>
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		<title>Going home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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	We&#8217;re on our way home, in the super duper hospital van. Same one we
used 2 years ago with Logan.
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	We&#8217;re on our way home, in the super duper hospital van. Same one we<br />
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