A day in the life of...

Whenever we pick up Eliana, we use the Chinese words bao-bao, which means to carry. She has caught on to that and will use it too. At the end of the video, you'll also see some of her tongue-flicking. Ever since her top teeth came in, she does this snake-like action.

Eliana loves to say "bye!" She doesn't say it to people at the socially appropriate times, but only when Mommy is on the phone. It's her way of saying, "Now that you're done with the phone, I want it!"

Eliana loooooves her soccer ball. She'll hug it and do a face plant in it (I'm sure taking the opportunity to lick it at the same time.) If you're interested, here's a two minute video of her hugging her soccer ball over and over.

And of course, now everything shaped like a ball is a "ball" to her now--such as the watermelon. (As you saw in the previous post, she says "woof" now. But not just to dogs, but also to cats, horses, and squirrels too.)

Eliana inherited some toy refrigerator magnets from her older cousins. It used to be that she would take them out of the container and soon they'd be scattered all over the kitchen floor. Our darling daughter is now capable of gathering them all up as you'll seen. We did not teach her this, it was a self-taught skill.

And our garden has finally produced its first crop of the season. We are now awash with snow peas and we'l be eating them for dinner every night for the next fortnight.