Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Surprise update from China and a local one too...



Surprise! Today in our e-mail was a fantastic update on Little Brother complete with this picture!

Here is what the update says:

10/17/2006 Update

Medical/Development:
He is being potty trained.
His current health is good.
But he likes to suck his fingers and when sucking the fingers, he will slobber.
He has a bath very day and is training to brush his teeth.
He can say baba, mama.
He sleeps well, but sometimes when sleeping, he will cry. It seems that he is dreaming.

Personality:
He is closest to his "grandmother" Zhou Xiao Rong.
His favorite toys are toy cars and some small toys.
He likes to go outside.
Playing outside will make him happy.
When he can not get the food, he will upset.
He is affectionate.
When he is fussy, they will hold up him, give him some foods or play with him.

General:
The orphanage said that his daily schedule was also the same with that was mentioned in his development report and had no change.
He eats soft rice and mashed meat or noodle and mashed meat, drinks formula mixed with rice cereal, juice and boiled water and his favorites are candy, biscuits, apple and some snack.
He has been around rabbit, cat and chicken.

So, wow was that cool or what? It sure was a nice little spirit lifter for DAY 99 of our wait!!!!

They also said he weighs 22 lbs which will work for our size 18 month clothes perfectly. Dad thinks it is funny that they said he likes candy - seems he will fit right in! We are also curious if we will have a second finger sucker - same fingers maybe? Well, this just made our day. Even the older siblings enjoyed getting a peek at him.

So originally, I was going to post some recent pictures tonight. Here they are taking a back seat to the exciting update...

Big Brother's birthday at the Giants game (Barry Bonds up at bat) and a little ice cream cake...

A little mischief with Big Sister...

Who knew fish could use a ladder? We went to the salmon festival down by the river and saw the salmon jumping up the ladder to spawn. Pretty cool!

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