18 Month Check-up & China pics

This was the view from our hotel in Nanchang. We have told since we are home that the owner of the building died during it construction and no one has taken over and it is full of squatters. I did see a lady walking on the decking in a dress and thought it was pretty strange to see a dress blowing in the breeze on a construction site - lol.

This is the last minute panic to purchase formula and rice cereal just before we received the babies in Nanchang.

The soil of Lily's province is red - isn't that interesting - just like here at home.

Travelling to Nanchang from Beijing. Please note I am lugging all of CAM's luggage - ha. A photographer has to have her hands free to take these great shots.

The above is from the evening we arrived in Beijing. Exhaustion and excitement all wrapped into a not so pretty package - lol.
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Today was Lily's 18 month check-up with our family doctor. She is now 17 pounds and 8 ounces and 29 inches long, grow Lily grow!

She also received a regular seasonal flu shot, she was a brave little trooper again, of course there were some tears but they dried up quickly and she received two stickers from the kind nurse to compensate for her pain. Dr. H is great as long as she does not actually try to touch Lily, then Lily gets quite scared and clings to Dale.

Lily's crib is a Storkcraft and there was a major recall announced yesterday. I have been trying for a day and half to get a hold of someone to order the replacement kit and no luck, very frustrating. I have been calling the 1-866 number and trying to reach them on-line. How can I let her sleep in that crib now that we know about the recall, even if it does seem very sturdy? Lily flops about during her sleep so obviously we cannot let her use the crib till it is fixed, this is definitely not going to help the afternoon nap issues.

CAM sent us a couple of disks of pics from our trip to China, I thought I would post a few(tried to make them appear at the bottom of my post but I did not succeed). Thanks again C, they are amazing shots and you are too talented. N

Two fisted eating...

She loved the yellow and green beans we had at dinner. To date we have mostly used bottle veggies because she only has six teeth. This photo cracks me up. Maybe Auntie S is right, her new nickname might have to be "Pork Chop".

Remembrance Day

Hope everyone takes a moment or two to remember past and present sacrifices that have been made for us to enjoy living in such a peaceful country.

Above is Lily in a Jolly Jumper, yes a Jolly Jumper. There maybe some folks who do not approve of them, she uses it twice a week for ten minutes at a time and I can assure you she is fully supervised. She usually tries to pick up her socks or one of Chipper's toys with her feet and does any amazingly good job, the girl is flexible. She enjoys her Jolly Jumper and will ask to be put in it by standing inside the metal frame and doing a funny little jumping action, and always tries to help Dale fasten the harness.

Oh and I wanted to share this random act of kindness. Earlier this week Lily and I were out for a walk, she of course was in her stroller. We crossed a somewhat busy intersection, said Hello to two guys who were packing up surveying equipment. Lily was chatting/babbling away in her stroller and I was just taking in the sunshine. I hear this "Excuse Me, Excuse Me". I push over to the far right thinking it was someone on a bike and we were in the way. It was one of the guys from the corner, he was waving Lily's pink mitten. Isn't that something? He chased us a good half block to return her fallen mitten. I love living in a place where that would happen!

Hope everyone has a thoughtful Remembrance Day.

Another embarrassment of riches

One of Dale's co-worker's J. opened to her house to host a baby shower for Lily. She has an amazing home on the south shore with a million dollar view. As usual people are so generous and kind and share in our excitement of having Lily in our life. She had a great time with T.'s daughter and friend playing hot potato with some balloons. She received some amazing outfits, PJs, books, toys and a diaper genie. One of Dale's co-worker's K. was not able to make it Saturday morning so he dropped off a gift, a Team Canada jersey with her name on the back - very neat.

I was a little nervous about how she would get along, she has been a bit clingy lately (which is really a good thing, she is attaching to us more and more) but after a little while she was having so much fun playing with the balloons she was not so clingy.

Friday afternoon she has a little visit/playdate with the twins, A&T. Oh it was just adorable to see them together. When we were leaving and they each gave her a hug, my heart absolutely melted.

Last night she had a family birthday get-together, she loved playing with Cousin M.'s toys and the ice cream. She is one lucky little girl to have such amazing people in her life, of course we consider ourselves lucky to have her in our lives.