Z was being a bit fussy. Which, for this happy little child, usually means one of two things....he is hungry or tired. Silly me, since it was lunch time...I thought he was hungry and starting cooking some dumplings (Z and I love to share dumplings for lunch). Actually, he will eat almost anything, but I love dumplings for lunch. So I was cooking them and as I was getting them ready I put Z in his high chair. As I made the rice cereal that I usually make with them for him, I returned to the high chair to see this sleepy little man. Completely pooped. I tried to wake him, he even took one bite in his sleep. But the urge for sleep was clearly stronger than the urge for hunger, so I put him in his crib. 30 minutes later, the refreshed little man was ready for lunch. And ate all of it.
We are trying to get Z to drink out of a sippy cup. He is going to day care in October when I go back to work and he needs to be off the bottle. He already knows (and likes) to drink out of a regular cup (with our help). We are also trying to get Z off of formula and onto milk. We thought both of these changes were too much to do at the same time, so we tackled the milk one first. Here is E drinking out of one of Z's new sippy straw cups. And Z drinking out of one of his orphanage bottles. The orphanage director gave us a new bottle when we received Z. It is a no tilt bottle. It has a nipple on the top, but a straw down to the bottle so he can drink it without tilting the bottle up. We gave it to him for the first time. Why we waited this long I do not know. He really enjoys it (and is drinking milk out of it in this picture). And he can handle it on his own.
While Z was taking his 30 minute power nap, E and I finished watching the movie Annie. A girl from our neighborhood was in the play this summer. She was one of the orphans. E and I went to see the play. We left half way through, but E enjoyed the play. We had an old tape of Annie, so E and I have been watching it. It is the late 1970s or early 1980s version with Carol Burnette (one of my favorite comedians!), Tim Curry and Bernandette Peters. A very good version. In this photo, E is dancing to "Easy Street". She enjoys dancing so much we are going to sign her up for ballet lessons this fall.
While Z was taking his 30 minute power nap, E and I finished watching the movie Annie. A girl from our neighborhood was in the play this summer. She was one of the orphans. E and I went to see the play. We left half way through, but E enjoyed the play. We had an old tape of Annie, so E and I have been watching it. It is the late 1970s or early 1980s version with Carol Burnette (one of my favorite comedians!), Tim Curry and Bernandette Peters. A very good version. In this photo, E is dancing to "Easy Street". She enjoys dancing so much we are going to sign her up for ballet lessons this fall.
