Yeah - no appointments today! Double yeah -- Lulu let Neal feed her part of a bottle. She is still a little leary of him, but does flash him big smiles from far away. And, if she is close and he is ignoring her, she will reach out and swat him to get his attention. She doesn't want him to hold her, but she does expect big smiles directed her way. She has been swatting at Perrin since the start, but Neal is more of a new thing.
The bottle feeding was very cute, but we pushed it when I went out during her morning nap. When she woke up and found me gone, she screamed. Nothing Neal or Perrin could do would soothe her. She ended up going back to sleep for another 20 minutes until I returned. Oh well..little steps.
At our new hotel the elevators are covered in mirrors. Lulu starts to squeal and kick everytime we walk towards the elevators -- she knows she is going to see her favorite friend, Elevator Baby. Once in the elevator she laughs and smacks the walls and is in heaven -- she just loves to look at herself! The rest of us feel left out. I need to figure out where to hang some big mirrors in our house so Elevator Baby can visit. Honestly, Lulu like to see anyone Chinese -- she will stare and smile at anyone Chinese and especially likes to look at other Chinese babies. It must be so weird to go from never having seen a white person to ONLY seeing white people. We are very excited to have an excuse to spend lots of time at The Dumpling King once we are back in Seattle. It's for the baby!
When we first met Lulu she was pretty stationary. She would sit on my lap and maybe squeeze my finger. A day later, she would crawl a few steps away and come racing back. One more day and she was getting daring enough to crawl even further away and would fetch little toys I would throw out and bring them back. And today she showed us she can walk. And jump. Not many steps, and not very high, but enough to realize that we have gravely underestimated her abilities. I am already plotting the obstacle course I will put together in the basement to challenge her and the additional safety measures I will need to install. Oh boy. She is definitely a different child than Perrin was at her age!
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Amanda Myerson
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Oh, she is adorable! Congratulations to all of you. My kids can't wait to meet her!
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Great pictures. I am a little confused as to why you are using your training technique from Apple on your second child? Please dont tell me you are saying "fetch" when you throw her toys...at the first mention of crate training we are stealing her from you.
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