Today is Chinese New Year in China. Chinese New Year is the most important of Chinese festivals. It celebrates family, ancestors and looks forward to the future. All houses must be cleaned before New Years Day and all cleaning things put away. Sweeping and dusting cannot be done on New Year's Day for fear that good fortune will be swept away. Children are allowed to be a little naughty without getting into trouble because it is believed that an unhappy child will cry all year. Hopefully our little one was a good little one today!
Today I am dreaming of our baby, and hoping that she is having a good day and celebrating it the way that any baby can. I hope that her crib has been cleaned with fresh sheets, and her clothes and diaper have been too! I hope that someone gave her a red envelope with good luck in it and someone brought her oranges and tangerines to make her baby food with. But most of all, I can only wish that she was able to celebrate Chinese New Year in way that I will only read about and try my hardest to replicate. For now Xin-nian Kuai-le Baobei! (Happy New Year Baby!)
As you know China is almost 14 hours ahead of the U.S. I was awoke about 2 a.m. and was thinking of what was happening in China and hoping that all good fortune was under way!
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