Little bear's new nanny

today is Ms Zhuang's first day. I think xiaoxiong likes her so far. he is all happy and talkative. bumama is his new favorite. ;-) I acturally fed him banana sauce at dinner time, maybe he is trying to tell me that he likes banana ;-)

Xiaoxiong can sit without support for 1-2 mins. he seems very happy with this new perspective.
Yanghee came to see xiaoxiong last Sat. she brought a spoungbob!! we all love it.

we have started regular gym going. it seems helping with my energy level but also makes me hungry all the time. ;-(

we watched the CNN/Youtube host Democratic presidential debate on Monday night. it was a fun format, very entertaining. I wa not impressed by Obama's performance. I think Hilary did a much better job. I started to like her ...

Guidelines for implementing a baby-led approach to the introduction of solid food

http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/vast_voedsel/rapley_guidelines.html

Little bear is getting better with spoons. when it comes to food, he has no patient at all, he tries to shove the cereal bowl to his mouth if the spoon does not come to him fast enough. LOL

I think he knows how to make me laugh. he has that "knowing" look. I swear I see happiness, understanding, recognation in his eyes and he loves me! I found myself thrilled again, he is so much a little person now.

what has happened last week

I know I have been lazy, but part of the reason was DH broke the computer at home. so ... there was no all my laziness.
OK, so much have happened last week. let's see

Sat. July 6. Everyone got up really early and headed to our 2nd nanny-search trip at 7:30. and we got lucky this time, Ms. Zhuang is a God-sent for our little bear. ;-) as for my advice in looking for nanny? trust your instinct!! you are a mom, you know what is right, you just know!!
Baby party at Tutou's. thanks for Tutou's mm/dd. it was so much fun!! http://picasaweb.google.com/evette.yu/BabyPartyJuly807

Mon. July 8. Ethan has started practicing "mom" ;-)
Wed. July 10 Ethan says "mama mamama ..."
Friday July 13 We took Ethan went to Thad's new house. Sarah loves baby Ethan. we had lots of fun. I nursed him to sleep at their guestroom. he woke up crying while we were at dinner. I didn't hear him until Gretchen said " hi, Ee, your son is laughing in his sleep" !!!!! my poor baby, you need to work on yr cry skill more ;-)
Sat. July 14 we got a new mattress. it is hard as rock, but we love it. you can put a glass of water on top while sitting right next to it. ;-) Ethan can sit without support for a minute.
He says dada, baba, nana... he talked alot ...so cute
He went a whole night sleep without waking up even once.
Sun. July 15 Ethan is a big pooping machine, we changed his clothes 4 times!!! :-*
He does so much better with his hands now and he started to recognize people. I took him to babyrus and Xuxhe was holding him the whole time while I was shopping with GuoYi. Ethan kept turning his head to look for me.

starting solid

Ethan eats alot now, he gets upset everytime we put him on the bouncer to watch us eating. So we got a highchair and invited him to join us for dinner. his first meal was rice cereal, according to the book, I made it really watery. He didn't like it at all! next day, I mixed it with some apple sauce. he seemed interested, sticking out his tongue like half inch long ;-) it is frustrating for him, he only gets 1/2 of every spoon. it is a messy job. I am not sure it helped with his sleeping. I gave him a 2 ounce bottle at 11-11:30pm, he has slept through night ever since. ;-) should have done that earlier!!!
He practices "Ma moo ma moo" all day yesterday.
he is trying to crawl, pushes his bottom up and slide a couple of inches.
show first interests to our cat, Heitou, He tried to touch him and talked to him until annoied him away ... really cute.