Family journals from 2022 onwards

Click here to go to the last post of the Familylane that rolled over to this Familylane2 journal.

The New year kicks off a fresh start of Birthdays for everyone, my children and grandchildren. A video from last year came to my attention only at the start of the year and I like to share it here:

The video is appropriate as the theme is "A Child's Prayer" where Su sang it in a duet. Su with her husband and children are living in US just as Fei and her husband are too so the stock of photos above received only in 2022 shares times when both were able to get together!

Leah's birthday is round the corner on Jan 18 so I am planning to kick off this year in this journal covering her birthday too. With the birth of Fei's baby anticipated in March, I will continue a whole new series of family posts as the year moves on!

18 Jan 2022 in USA but 19 Jan in M'sia




Her mom sent this pic the next day and my response was, "Hope all the toys I buy aren't too advanced for her haha!"

 
From 2022, my mind reminisces on how it all began in 1982 and earlier! :
Due to this single blogpost named 'FamilyLane' that started in 2005 has reached a limit in 2020 where it would be more expedient to continue in another blogpost, click here to transfer to FamilyLane2.

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24 Jan 2022

Today is Monday and I was still up past 2am when I couldn't sleep. In the past week, I was communicating with my 2 daughters living in US first with Su, my 2nd daughter shared above. Days later Fei sent me this message, "Hey Dad, what can you tell me mom's birth and delivery experience with me? Also how much did I weigh and did she breastfeed me? And for how long?"

My response was, "Okie I have bad memory of details but do keep lots of documents as well as journals which I will have to find them with greater challenge today since I reorganized everything for office and home during the yearend."

By the end of the week I could respond as follows:



I did find some old files I had kept and book journals as well. I scanned the relevant part of my journal that answered the basic questions she asked and thought I would type to her for clarity and added some more details: 

"Ok from my journal, we went to see Dr Chew on Wed June 13 to know if it was time to go to the hospital as she started having pains intermittently since Tuesday. Dr Chew examined Mom to say the cervix wasn't opened yet and that she could wait so we went home. The pain persisted and got more intense until 2am the next morning. I was awaken by mom to drive her to the hospital. We made it in about 20 mins and she was immediately wheeled to the labor room.  I quickly registered her at the counter & went up to the 3rd flr where the labor rooms were located. The pain was so intense that Mom yelled & cried. I can't remember if she had an epidural. Time went by and yet there was no doctor in sight. All the while the nurse was checking Mom until the final hour, at about 8am, Dr Chew came in and asked me to go out for awhile. I sat outside and fatigue caused me to doze off! When I woke up, I panicked thinking that I had overslept & rushed to the labor room! It was just on time to assist Mom to push you out! The doc had to use forceps and I was told to stand beside her. It all happened pretty fast, about 20mins I think and soon you were out, all wet and looked purplish in color! Holding you with legs together upside down, all eyes were focused to see your sex organs! Your legs were parted and Dr Chew confirmed that you're a girl!

They took you out for a bath and we were left alone in the labor room. It was a relief for both of us. Recalling how you looked, my first impression was seeing your large eyes which opened the moment you came into the world as if you were looking around! This was the amazing thing about you, written in my journal!!! 

After spending 2 nights at the Chinese Maternity Hospital, Mom could go home on Sat morning. You slept quite well the first night, waking up every 3 hours to be fed. I would bottle feed you while Mom breast fed you so she would have a chance to rest."





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Happy Chinese New Year of the Tiger on 1 Feb 2022










21 Apr 2022
Anya 2nd Birthday






Here is a live recording of Anya's birthday, courtesy of Chuck Liu, her other grandpa from her father's side!
 


Here is an old recording of how it all started before Anya or Leah were born:




Prairie Haifeng Wyatt & Family

I was up at about 7am on my Monday in Malaysia, 21 Mar 2022. I had been thinking about Fei the night before as it's about 10 days after I chatted online with her where I was informed.. "Due date is 3/21/22 but who knows what that means! Will expect her anywhere from mid-March to early April." 

I wanted to message her before I went to bed the night before but it would be too early in her morning in LA to respond so I waited till morning and messaged Christopher first as he should be more available if she was in labor! Then I checked her messenger and saw her message below:



Well I interpreted 'Social Media' as Facebook and not my blog journal unless I share it there so I started this post to give a link to my senior family members who are not in Social Media or active like I am!


Got this later sent by Papa with the note, "Getting everyone tucked in for their first night together" and my reply was "Sweet!" 



Two more pics came later and that's when my tears of joy started flowing uncontrollably! 
My response to Christopher...

My journal today is a sample of how I've been able to explain 'Human Consciousness', at least of my own, through my journals started at age 21, to record forward as well as backwards shared at a starting point here.

Here is Christopher's photo with Prairie shared on Facebook to be informed by Fei I can now publicly share this journal today dated 22 Mar 2022 in Malaysia! 

I had to be slowed down to share my journal link to Facebook as MrOPT.Me  just works too fast in the social media world as one who started blogging in 2005 due to the mother of this baby noted here.




Click the blue Facebook icon above for more pics like the one below:



Gadget and I in our younger days when I could visit LA as the first stop in the US during my business trips there such as this one.

Week 1 photos



Week 2 photos




With all the excitement of welcoming Prairie, only by end of the day, after posting all of the above, I get a spiritual prompting that I must not forget that Grandma had a spiritual part to play in this whole event! Check here for details.

Thanks Mom for reminding me, "Mr.Forgetful" always ya? haha We're all so happy for Fei indeed, family and friends!

3 Apr 2022
Ray the youngest in our family will be one of the first, as Su & Han, are also heading to Los Angeles to meet Prairie!



At the Singapore Changi airport: Farewell and all the best to Ray heading to BYU Idaho for his university program, from Family & Friends! 





Arrived safely at Los Angeles Airport to be with Su in the pic!


He was one of the early ones to get to carry Prarie in the family, the first being Su Min flying in from Boston!



Ray was next



Han flew in from Toronto Canada on his way back to Singapore




Happy 60th Birthday to Mom & Grandma today
4 Apr 2022 in Kuala Lumpur




7 April 2022 USA time of 4pm for family Zoom meeting scheduled at 7am Malaysia time on 8 April!



9 April 2022 Malaysia time
Being Saturday, my named 'Adventure day' to sort & organize my collection of photographs that support my journals covering a period since I was born and even before, to be shared soon as I organize my photo collections.




Prairie is growing up Super fast!


This journal of her birth has a link found at the bottom of a journal of her oldest cousin Leah here.


Happy Birthday Mama Fei
14 June 2022 USA time


I picked this pic shared on 13 June on Fei's Facebook to be shared today of 14 June 2022 USA date to wish her "Happy Birthday Mama Fei!"

That sounds so good to me and I'm sure to her too. Prairie is indeed a special baby recorded in my journal here. Note that it was Fei who got me to start journaling over 40 years ago!

I've benefited so much from writing journals that have a different effect or purpose from making Facebook posts in our modern time. I get to dive deep into my feelings and with the use of links like this one, I could get closer to solving the mystery of Human Consciousness as I used links all over my journals to connect to my research data collected in the past 10 years.

I didn't realize journaling could bring me this far in the development of my own consciousness to strive for optimal or best I can do always. Fei has certainly outdone herself and this birthday is a real milestone for her and myself too personally in my Human Consciousness research! I am ever grateful to Fei who is really the big sister/mother to the rest of her siblings when their talented and capable Mom passed away.

A belated picture-perfect birthday celebration!



Happy Birthday Ern
16 June 2022 Malaysia time

Picture story back in time:










5 October 2022
Happy Birthday wishes to Grandpa from Su, Leah & Anya





Happy belated Birthday wishes to Grandpa online (on a bus)
8 Oct 2022 Malaysia time




With the boys later in a restaurant



Prairie Wyatt is already 7 months old and growing fast to enjoy her first Halloween!


Seeing them in the park with Gadget made me wonder if it was the same dog park near their home when I visited LA in the year 2013 recorded in this journal. Answer I received is no.


2 Nov 2022
Happy 25th Birthday Ray

Saw the boys in KL in January just before the Pandemic started in March 2020. See how Ray became the tallest in the family?

He arrived in Los Angeles on April 3rd of early 2022 to be met by his 2nd sister because...

... 1st sister had just given birth to Prairie who is already 9 months old on his birthday today seen in a very recent pic on the US Halloween day below.



Just before the Pandemic too in Dec 2019, Fei did come to KL with Christopher before the boys came from Singapore in January to be our last physical contact before we all got locked-down!

8 Nov 2022
Happy 30th Birthday Shuan