Mia

This picture was taken when Mia was in China. We did a prefessional photo shoot for her and made a big album. She looked more mature in these pictures than her actual age of 15 months. I am glad we were able to retain these images forever since she would only be 15 months once and now she already looks different. She is growing so fast.

Daddy Went Home

Mike took off today for the State. Mia and I still have 12 days to spend in China. I gave her a bath myself today. Usually this is Mike's job. Afterwards, she called "baba" (daddy in Chinese) twice when I was feeding her and looked for Mike on the bed next to us. She is missing her daddy.
 
Time flies. Soon we will go back home. Mia has been enjoying her time with her extended family here. She plays with her cousin everyday. Yoyo, my six year old niece adores Mia and has been acting like a really good sister.
 
I have been stuffing my face as usual only this time with really authentic Chinese food. I have gained five pounds in two weeks.

Heat

The weather is extremely abnormal for May. Today it was over 33 degrees celcius which is well over 90 degrees F. I forgot how hot Wuhan was. We turned the AC on and stayed in one room for a good part of the day. Mia has developed a heat rash and she even had little bumps on her cheeks. I feel terrible for her. All day now she walks and explores and would not stop so she sweats a lot
 
This coming weekend Mike and I are going to Shanghai for a couple days. My family will babysit Mia.

Jetlag

Mia was such a good sport on the 14 hour flight. She hardly fussed. We were at the bulkhead so there was extra leg room and she was able to play on the floor most of the time. On the transfer flight, the fatigue did her in. We were delayed and she cried for a long time right after taking off.

It's been four days. The first night was awful. She was screaming and wouldn't calm down. The second night she woke up twice and refused to go back to sleep.the third and fourth nights, she woke up only once and the spacing between the next nap got narrower.

Today we had a banquet with family and friends. Mia has been trying all sorts of food and learning to appreciate the Chinese way of life.