Dear Khoa & Maian,

Today Daddy got really sick so he came home after lunch and slept with Big Brother for your nap, which is probably why you had a nice long nap (2.5 hrs til now).  So far, the day is turning out to be much better than yesterday. Little Sister only slept 1.5 hours in the morning, but is still taking her afternoon nap now (almost two hours). Since Daddy was sick, he couldn't feed big brother like usual, so Mommy attempted to feed you but you are not much of an eater lately. You had one string cheese, half a yogurt, lots of grapes, some clementine and that's about it. Mommy couldn't even give you milk. You refusing to eat is one of the most stressful thing ever, and Mommy lost her patience with you today too. I promise myself to be more and more patient with you, but it's so hard when your Little Sister is screaming nearby. For our morning, we spent most of our time in the park where you did a lot of climbing/sliding/running and were very excited. I notice that you are still quite shy with other friends - hopefully you will become more sociable. We also stopped by the post office and look at the cards section like yesterday.  Mommy is so proud of your vocabulary; you can tell me almost everything that you see on the cards and you seem so elated to pointing those things out to me too, like balloons, dogs, cats, umbrella, girl, boy, flower, squirrels, plants/leaf... You also told me when you needed to go to the bathroom rather be prompted like usual, almost back to your usual self before the baby came. Despite all our setbacks lately, did you know that mommy loves you more and more each day? You are such a super cute trooper who is so smart. My favorite moment with you today was when you heard the train coming, you called out "tau lua oi" which is super sweet. I love it when you get scared/fearful, you would grab your tiny fingers next to mine and say "me voi em be o day ma - khong Sao het". As I am writing this, you are still napping with daddy. We are hitting the three hours mark so I can tell it's gonna be a good night.

As for Little Sister, it seems like your three hour nap days are gone or it could just be that you are much more sensitive to noises and get awoken so easily but hard to fall back to sleep again. You were very good last night. Mommy even woke up a few times to find that you are still sleeping peacefully. The only problem is how to get you to sleep on your own during daytime. Mommy tried putting you in the swing or bed for a while without holding you, but you would scream/become fussy after about 15' wanting to be picked up again. I am not sure how next week will go with Grandma. One thing for sure it will be tough on her.  This afternoon, you fell asleep while nursing and I thought for one moment all three of us would taking an afternoon nap together, but you had a cough, which woke your brother up. Then, mommy had to put brother back to sleep and you are back in the moby again. Mommy feels incredibly guilty that I don't spend enough time interacting with you, but we don't have a choice. Hopefully, things will get better as the days come. As for tonight, we will all try to go to sleep earlier to preserve energy for the coming days.

Much Love to my prince and princess.