We had day of many firsts for us at least. We enjoyed a beautiful morning at a park here in Nanchang. So many people are out and about socializing in the morning at the park. Babies with Grandmas, people taking dancing lessons, tai chi, walking, exercising and practicing calligraphy. It was so amazing to watch how much they enjoy quality time with one another.
The Chinese people love their babies so they wanted to see the babies the Americans were holding. We got lots of big smiles and lots of "thumbs up" from the Ayis (aunties) that's what babies are taught to call adult females.
Mia is a firecracker. I've heard that Jiangxi girls are spicy. Well she's spicy alright. She's demanding and has us wrapped around her pinky. She enjoyed bath time even more today. She actually let her BaBa (Chris) push her chariot (stroller). She enjoyed the stroller a lot too. She likes to eat and she likes spicy food. It's normal in this region for babies to eat spicy food since they are very young. She shoved half a plate of spicy noodles into her mouth at dinner yesterday. She kept looking at me as if she were saying "where have you been hiding these noodles?"
Today she actually let Chris come close and then we graduated to a touch. At dinner today she sat on his lap and let me feed her there. Chris told her a bedtime story at nap time and she was out like a light. My cousin Raul knows this effect all too well. LOL!
Thankfully she took to the stroller right away. Chris determined that her foster mom must have used one with her because otherwise she's have arms like Popeye. This kid weighs a ton. If only I had tried the stroller earlier our day at the park would have been a little easier.
She loves apple juice in her sippy cup and loves her Cheerios. She eats them like candy. Every now and then we'll tell her to share with Mommy or Daddy so she'll stick it in her mouth and then feed it to one of us. Oh a Mother's Love. Yummy!
Thank you for all the comments on the blog and facebook. Our internet connection has been very sketchy so I can't Skype all the time but when I can get online, I read all my emails and comments. Thank you for those, they make us feel closer to home.
As usual here are some pictures from today.
The Diva Sleeps
Yummy - sloppy Cheerios for Baba
I got a big approval from this Ayi at the park
