I got this idea from my uncle Decio. He took 12 photos from the first twelve months of my cousin Jacopo and put them together in a frame. Every time I walked past that frame on their wall I would stop and look at it with fascination.

Here is the digital version of Logan’s first 12 months.

One day I will also print this out and hang it in our apartment.

A few weeks ago Logan started to stand by himself, and now he is almost ready to walk. Two days ago I saw him take his first 3 steps, and last night I managed to record his further steps. I am a proud father.

We’ve been back for a week now and I feel we’re back to our normal daily routine. The flight back was the worst in my life. First of all we were all sick with flu. We kept sneezing and blowing our noses.

But the landing was the worst for me. Usually the pressure makes your ears uncomfortable.  This time it was painful. I was in constant pain for 15-20 mins for each landing (we had to transfer in Hong Kong). And once there was another pain in my forehead, as if I was being electrocuted. Luckily that one only lasted 15 secs, otherwise I think I would have died.

Logan was actually pretty good on the plane. In fact, on the plane from HK to SH there was another couple with twin sisters. They were a little older than Logan, maybe 18-24 months. One of them slept the entire flight (about 3 hours), the other cried the entire flight! She was just so uncomfortable. I felt so bad for them, and also glad that Logan wasn’t that bad.

When we finally entered our apartment we felt a little bit disoriented. We knew it was our home, but it also felt foreign, almost unrecognizable, even though nothing changed. But we quickly got used to it.

On Mon I went to work very sick, luckily I wasn’t very busy. Then I had to take two days of sick leave and stay home to recover.

I must admit I did not want to come back, but now that we’re back in the rhythm I like my life. It’s a little hard to leave in the morning, especially when Logan smiles at me and wants me to hold him!

I can hardly believe it, but it’s already been 5 weeks, and tomorrow (in a few hours) we’ll be taking the plane back to Shanghai.

It’ s been both relaxing and busy, but it was all good. I got to bond with my son everyday 24/7, which was both tiring and  fulfilling. I am glad I had this opportunity to spend so much time with Logan and Becky.

These last two weeks have been busy and we are now sick, all three of us. First Logan had fever and cough, we even took him to the doctor. He seems to be better now, but he’s still coughing pretty hard. We tried to avoid crowded places, but he still had his ups and downs:

And now Becky and I both have the flu and cough. Becky in particular has a splitting headache, which is not very good for tomorrow’s travel.

Even though Logan was sick, he still improved a lot and can now stand up on his own, without leaning on anything:

Next week I’ll be back at work, and it’s gonna be hard, after 5 weeks of vacations. Wish me luck!

Last week we were in Taipei and it was the busiest time we’ve had yet. First of all we were living in Becky’s relative place, which is very far from the center, so everyday we spent about 2-3 hours on transportation.

We also got to see a lot of people, mostly Becky’s old classmates. Can you believe that she’s still in touch with her primary classmates? Even after she left the country for so many years, she’s still in touch with them.

And then Logan finally got to meet with my mother. It was a short but nice visit, which hopefully will prompt my mom to follow this blog closely, or at least my photos!

And here they are:

More here.