Thursday, December 18, 2008
Rob posting again. We discovered that if you feed Lexi before
nap or bedtime, she is much more agreeable to sleep. She is
warming up to me and let me carry her down to breakfast. As long
as she can see mommy, I think we’re OK. What a peanut! She
weighs less than we thought, only 14.5 pounds. Zoe wants to
carry her mei mei everywhere and asks to do it about a hundred
times a day! She’s a sweet, conscientious big sister. She feeds
Lexi a bottle now, which is adorable to watch.
Also, Lexi’s ticklish! She smiles a bit and giggles when we
tickle her.
Yesterday, Zoe and I bought swimsuits to go swimming. My suit
was size XXXL, labeled “For Fatso” (seriously) and is a friggin’
speedo! Zoe says, “Daddy, you have to put your fatso suit on so
we can go swimming.” Thanks, pumpkin.
We went to a wonderful park that had a huge Chinese pavilion (Teng
Wang Pavilion) like you see in books and the movies.
Unbelievably beautiful, really! I took lots of pictures. Zoe had
to go potty after we had climbed hundreds of stairs and taken an
elevator to the top, and the guide suggested that Susan hold her
over the giant ashtray container to pee! There was already pee
in it from some other little pumpkin, but we opted to go back
outside to the outdoor potties. (I had to pee too, and
considered the giant ashtray; but, I was a little shy because
there were so many people around.)
Then, we decided to go to McDonald’s, which never tasted so
good! We are sick and tired of noodles, noodles, and more
noodles… and lots of junk food. Sweet Jesus, I can’t wait to
taste a salad.
We walked through an indoor Chinese market, stepping over the
live soon-to-be-dead geese and chickens (and their poop, too!).
Something that looked like a skinned half-snake/half-chicken
thing was drying with a dozen other skinned things like drapes
in the window. What a National Geographic experience.
We smelled the smell of something smelly on more than one
occasion.
Then it was off to a local department store where they are doing
renovations right out in the open, sawing, hammering, etc.
without any signage like you would see in the States. There are
people every, every, every, everywhere. Did I mention that there
are people everywhere?
Once again, we had phenomenal Chinese food at a Chinese
restaurant for dinner. Lexi enjoyed her bath tonight, so that’s
progress. Now, we’re sitting around just being a family. Neato. |
The Peanut and daddy.
The old and the new.
A cool perspective. |
