Team Training, House Warming, and so on

Last week I worked from home to protect Emily against the stomach flu. Luckily she was fine. While I was at home, we tried to let her sit on the potty chair. She peed in it as soon as she sat down. It was so much fun to catch her peepees. But we only tried it occasionally - when it's convenient for all of us. Hopefully with occasional experiences, she will figure out where she should go in the future. Amy, Kendall and the kids came in Friday night. Emily sensed that something exciting was coming so she wouldn't go to sleep until after she saw everybody, which was one and half hours after her normal bed time. Saturday morning we all went to Diane's house warming party. Emily made a new friend there - Ron Green. She stayed with Ron smiling and clapping through most of the party. We came home after noon for the LST training. Johnny and Leslie came to our house. We had some pizza and cake during the four-hour training. Johnny and Leslie even practiced using chopsticks. After the training, we went to David's good friend Larkin's daughter's wedding at Prestonwood Baptist church. It was a very nice and simple wedding.


We went to the first service on Sunday. David and I drove separate cars because he went to SMU to pick up Terry to go to church with us. It was the first time for Terry to go to church. He liked the sermon and enjoyed the singing very much. David took him to the Searcher's class before they came home. We ordered some Chinese dishes for lunch. Then David and Terry rented a truck to pick up the dining furnature that Terry bought. David came home to take a shower. It was time for FriendSpeak and church again. While David was reading with Victor, I took Emily to look at the VBS decoration at church. Emily enjoyed touching the bubbles, inflated tire, butterflies, ropes, etc. They really did a wonderful job decorating. I can't wait for Emily to go to VBS in the future! Amy and Kendall headed back to Austin after they visited Kendall's parents' church.


Emily is 9 months old now! She got A+ again from her doctor at 9-month checkup. Her height is 29.8 in. (off the chart again) and her weight is 19.9 lb (75%). David said he was going to buy a basketball for Emily's 1st Birthday since he thought Emily was going to be a basketball player.

Here are some pictures of the week:

Emily's third tooth just came out. It's on the top. Now when she is a little fussy, we have to guess: is it toothpain, is she bored, or is she hungry/thirsty, ... so many variables!


Emily had a new toy - Chicco walker. She liked pulling the ladybug to hear the music and holding on the toy to walk. Emily loves standing and walking. Her face can turn from cloudy to sunny instantly when she stands up with our support. We suspect she might walk before she crawls.
And she still loves being held

Here is a picture of David's produce from the backyard. The squash was so big that it was almost as long as Emily. The cucumbers are big too. David made several batches of picos with them already:



David made the thinnest-crust pizza last week using tortilla bread, brussle sprouts, spinach, tomatoes and cheese - Hmmm, yummy!

Here are Leslie and Johnny learning to use chopsticks - they are pros now!

4 Months Old

Emily is four months old!! At four months old, she attempts to stand up against the sofa. She also flips pages and drools a lot. She likes licking/sucking her fingers when she is hungry or sleepy. She is quiet, gentle, contented and happy. We just moved the coffee table out so that she can have a big play area in the living room. The next thing is to baby-proof the whole house.

Emily had four-month check up today. She is still an A+ girl!!! Her weight is 14.5 lb (75%). Her height is 25.8 in (97%). Our pediatrician suggested us to begin adding iron-fortified rice cereal.

Amy, Kendall and Chloe were here for the weekend. Amy had her baby shower in Kyri's house. I made a diaper cake as practice. It was a lot of fun. On Emily's four months old birthday, the weather was beautiful. Both Chloe and Emily had their pretty spring dresses (I can't believe that I didn’t take a picture of them together …) We attended the second service. During the prayer time, Gordon came down from the pulpit to pray for Todd Miller’s family. Then he saw us. So he walked over to pray for Emily. That was the sweetest thing. He prayed for Emily’s development and for our parenting. On the way to lunch, David said “Parenting does require patience!” “Why do you say that?” I asked. “Gordon prayed for us for patience.” We are really impressed by our preacher’s personal touches on the church members. We had lunch at SpringCreek BBQ. Before Emily could take a nap, we had to go back for Friendspeak. It got hot in the car. So I took Emily into the Friendspeak room. So many people wanted to talk to her and touch her. She was exhausted in the end. We barely had time to have a feeding and diaper change before the “Made in the Street” missionary report. But we didn’t stay to the end. Emily had another long and busy Sunday!

Here are a few recent pictures:

Emergency diaper change at the roadside:

Smile to Gayla after Sunday service:

Practice stand-up (or Kong-Fu??)

Why can't doggie talk??!!

See what I can do in the swing

Thank you Daddy for feeding me!

Changing diaper at church - lady's restroom (Thank you Robin for the changing pad! We use it everywhere):

Getting ready to have shots at doctor's office :-(

Hurry Bath time!!

Fascinated about the blocks and rings:

Flipping through pages:

Hands and feet workout: