Zoe

Here's Katie and Zoe in their matching dresses. Katie loves for them to look like "twins."




Zoe woke up fussy today, and she only wanted Mama. She wanted to be held by me and she didn't want me to leave her sight. It is a good sign, I know, but a little stressful. She had a lot of fun playing with Jerry, Doug, Katie, and her cousins, but only if I was right there with her. I got to relive those days of holding a baby while brushing my teeth, putting on makeup, eating dinner. I was thrilled when during breakfast, she looked right at me and said, "Mama"! (The word means the same in Chinese and English). Afterward she got all shy and hid her face. It was so sweet!



I finally got on the scale with her. She weighs 10 kgs, which translates to 22 lbs. She is a good eater, and had 3 8-oz bottles today, fish congee and eggs for breakfast, chicken, rice and veggies for lunch, and nibbles of everything we had at dinner. She's also a great sleeper, and has been sleeping about 12 hours each night, with a 2-hour nap during the day.

We are seeing a lot of her personality. Here are some of her likes and dislikes:

Likes: Peek-a-boo, blowing kisses, giving hugs and high fives (she is high-fiving Grandpa below), tipping over backwards, dropping things for someone else to pick up, looking at herself in the mirror, eating, and playing with water bottle caps.

Dislikes: Cameras (she cries whenever we point one at her), watermelon, diaper and clothing changes, loud noises, crowds, and people in her face.




The adults and babies in our family went "out" to dinner at our hotel tonight, while Jason watched the kids in one of our rooms. We went to an authentic Hong Kong restaurant. Joe made the reservations, and they set us up in a private room with two waitresses dedicated to us. We got to try a bunch of different dishes, from fried duck wings to cashew beef to chicken with peaches and broccoli, but we stayed away from the deep fried chicken feet, pickled pig ears, and ox intestines. For the seven of us, the meal cost about $100 U.S. -- including beer!



Below is a picture from the Forbidden City that Susan, a grandma from our group, took. Don't the kids look happy? You would never guess they had walked the equivalent of about 25 football fields.