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Dear Cyrus' Daddy,

My mom's step sister came to visit last night. She made the special trip here to see Cyrus. She lived about 2 hours away from us. I had to wake Cyrus up for it. He was fine though. The cousin I haven't seen for years came too. Cyrus got his first two red envelopes with money in it. My aunt was pretty generous. She gave him US dollars. It seems like Cyrus' savings account is going to have more money pretty soon.

So far, all the people who know us (or seen your pictures) feel Cyrus looks more like you. This lady who sells jewelry said that Cyrus can be a baby model.

Dear Cyrus' Daddy,

Cyrus got up about the same time today. I offered him some cereal. After that, my mother and I put him in the stroller and walked down to the main street here to find a salon so that I could have my hair shampooed. I wanted to do that before I go to have my photos taken. Taiwanese government just issue a new kind of citizen ID and I need to have mine updated.

Dear Cyrus' Daddy,

Cyrus got up at 7am this morning. He seemed to sleep okay last night. It was so nice to use web camera to see you. Cyrus didn't seem to realize that it was you but that's okay. It's good for him to hear Daddy's voice.

After conversation with you, I used the bottled water to make cereal for him. He ate it all. I then Moby him out. I wanted to find the traditional Taiwanese breakfast I like. Sadly, there are more modern/western style breakfast shops, that sell sandwitches, than traditional kind. I went through two shops before I finally found the one I was looking for. I ordered a cup of rice milk and a "rice sandwitch"-rice shaped like a football with pickles and soy products in it. They were freshly made and tasted really good. Cyrus got to see the pot filled with steaming soy milk.

Dear Cyrus' Daddy,

It's a lot of work bringing a baby going through the airport security. They asked me to take the baby out of the car seat and stroller so they could x-ray them. I forgot you're supposed to take your shoes off. I was holding Cyrus in my arms. I said "I need someone to hold the baby for me." Thanks to another mom behind me. She helped me taking my shoes off. When I got to the gate, it was 5pm but the flight scheduled to depart at 4:50pm was still boarding. I asked them how long was the delay and they told me at least a half hour. I was glad my next flight wasn't leaving until 11:15pm.

祝小賽半歲快樂！希望他還滿意這六個月來的地球生活。

小賽明天滿六個月，今天下午帶他去醫生那裡作六個月定期檢查順便打預防針。本來預定的檢查是下個星期六，由於我們臨時決定回台灣，我們最喜歡的Dr. Schenk明天又不看診，所以才提早一天帶他去。

小賽目前體重16磅又11盎司，身高25 ¾寸，頭圍44公分，醫生說他一切皆按比例成長，除了身高比平均值少一點點（48^th percentile），體重與頭圍都落在平均值。Dr. S對小賽的成長、他的四肢活動能力以及他對環境與他人的互動都非常滿意。

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