Park!

Before we get to the park I need advice (especially from all the AP's). We are having food issues. At first she was a pretty good eater, picky (she wouldn't eat much other then her fav's) but would eat a lot of the foods she liked. Banana's and cheerios being her fav's. A few weeks ago she decided she no longer liked banana's or cheerios or anything else for that matter and went on a hunger strike for a few days. And just as fast as she decided she didn't like banana's she started eating them again. A few days ago she went on another hunger strike. I always try to feed her a few new foods a week to see what she likes. 2 days ago she decided she loves yogurt. Now she will only eat yogurt. Breakfast, lunch and dinner all she wants is yogurt. She still has 3 bottles a day and always drinks the whole bottle. She is getting little to no protein. She occasionally will eat a peanut butter sandwich but still wont eat any meat (not even chicken nuggets). She wont even eat pasta! Who doesn't like pasta! I feel like she picks a food and eats it until she is sick of it and then moves on to another food. Usually getting her to put something in her mouth isn't the problem. She will put everything in her mouth it's just keeping it in there that's the problem. If she doesn't like it or isn't in the mood for it she will spit it back out. I have tried shoving it back in and occasionally that works. I need help so any advice is greatly appreciated.

Ok now on to the park. I took Maizie to the park for the first time the other day and she had a great time but i forgot my camera. So Sunday we went back to the park with Daddy.

Having a good time on the swings.

Going down the slide was just ok.

I think she would much rather play with the leaves.

Maybe going up the slide is more fun.


Going to get Daddy!

Just because I am so cute!

Taking a break.

M loves to hang upside down. She's too funny.

Fun at the Pool!!

A week after we got home from China Tracy had to take a work trip to Washington DC and since I wasn't ready to be home alone with Maizie for 5 days we went with him. I don't know if i have mentioned before how much Maizie loves the water. Our hotel had a pool so Maizie was in heaven.

She loves being thrown up in the air.

Look at the smile on her face! She loves "flying" in the water.

Cold baby!!

Here's some from this morning. Do you like the big bruise in the middle of her forehead? She hit her head the other day on the door frame while trying to get in the bathroom.

Yelling at the kitty.

Trying to pet the kitty.

Chasing the kitty.

5 weeks

Tomorrow will be 5 weeks with Maizie! It seems so much longer then that. I know I have been mia lately but hopefully that will all change soon. I think we finally have a schedule worked out. Bedtime has been a little rough but I know I shouldn't complain. The only hard part is when we put her down the only way to get her to sleep is to let her cry for a little while (and by a little while I mean 10 minutes max) but once she is asleep she sleeps through the night. She usually sleeps 8pm-8am with a 1-2 hour nap during the day. However we are having issues with food. Maizie was refusing to eat anything but Cheerios for about a week. Even things that she loved she stopped eating. Just yesterday she started eating her beloved banana's again but that's about it. Banana's, Cheerios and Puffs. Oh and she also eats cider doughnuts. We went to pick pumpkins today and bought some cider doughnuts while we were there and Maizie loved them.

This is what I see when I look down. This is her "Mommy I'm so cute can you pick me up please" look.

China

China was great!!! Aside from getting Maizie I don't know what my favorite part was. The Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Xi'an, Terracotta Warriors, Wild Goose Pagoda, Guangzhou. The worst part was getting sick while we were in Guangzhou. I mean really sick. We all had the flu and were out for a few days. Tracy still has a bad cough and Maizie has an ear infection and some congestion but other then that she is doing so well. We really are so lucky. She is such an easy girl. On the way home she slept most of the 13 hour plane ride. The plane from Newark to Boston was another story. She was wide awake and wanted to hit the guy in front of us on the head. We arrived in Boston at about 10:30pm. I thought there is no way she is going to sleep tonight but she went to bed at around 1am and slept until i had to wake her up (we had a doctor appointment) at 10 the next morning! Her favorite place to sit is in my lap. When she sees me sitting on the floor she will come over and scoot her little butt into my lap. She isn't walking unassisted yet but she will pull herself up and walk holding on to something. She really is just so so cute. She is still a little peanut and weights in at a whopping 18 pounds. Ok so I know you only came here to see the pictures so here you go. I will post pictures of China this weekend.

This is one of the first smiles we saw.

Playing with Daddy on the bed.

Bath time! Maizie LOVES the water. Bath time is one of her favorite times. She loves splashing.

At Starbucks in Guangzhou. Such a little lady.

Hanging out with Daddy.

At home with her new favorite toy. Thanks Grandma!

Red couch photo at the White Swan.

Maizie really is such an easy child. She rarely gets fussy. The most I have heard her cry was when she had blood drawn and that was only for about 5 minutes while they were getting blood. As soon as it was over she stopped crying. She loves to just sit and play with us. We really are so lucky.

Home Sweet Home!!!

WE'RE HOME!!!!!! We have been home since late Tuesday night. Boy it feels good to be home. I want to do a very long post with pictures but i am at the office right now and baby + office are not mixing very well so it will have to wait until either nap time or bed time. Pictures are coming soon....I promise!

9/2

Our consulate appointment is confirmed! We are leaving 9/2!!! As in next Wednesday!!!!!! Our flights are booked!!! Our hotels are booked!!! We are almost on our way!! And as if that wasn't good enough we received new pictures of Maizie!!!!

The next one is my favorite picture of her. Tracy is in trouble. She is going to look at him with her big brown eyes she is going to get what ever she wants.
They shaved her head but thats ok. She is still the cutest little girl ever and i have lots of bows!!!

TA!! TA!! TA!!

Guess who is going to China???!!!! WE ARE!!!!!! We have our Travel Approval! Our agency is still trying to confirm our travel dates. We have to wait for them to schedule our consulate appointment. But we might be able to leave on 9/2! That's right I said 9/2 as in next Wednesday!! If not 9/2 we will leave on 9/9. I am just so so so excited!!! It's so crazy to think we could could have our little girl in our arms 2 weeks from now!