I typed this post once, so if it starts sounding familar, just skip it. I'm not sure what happened to the first attempt and the blogger buttons are all in chinese. I cannot figure out how to change that or even why.

Yesterday was a much better day. We fed her three times and we found crackers she would eat. There is less fussiness about everything and she even played. She played with a car yesterday morning and then with crayons and stacking cups yesterday afternoon. Up until then, she would just hold the stacking cups, but she actually stacked them!!

She has pretty much decided that the sippy cup is her comfort item. She likes to hold it and will occasionally lift it to her face and check the supply. She had not been drinking it, except for the one morning. Mostly just holding the cup to her tummy and patting it. Yesterday afternoon, she brought it to her face, checked the level, and then drank it down. This was right before we went to the group dinner and we did not have any more. We got to the restaurant and one of the guys at the table ordered beer, sort of a apple juice colored beer, and here comes the "I want that" sound. Fortunately, the waiters bought chips with the drinks and she was content with that.

Julianna is becoming more interested in the world around her. She likes to look at everything and we have not yet figured out the best way to get her in the carrier so she is content. We took a walk yesterday and looked at the fish in the pond. We got a new sound out of her, sort of a "what is that", with lilting on the end. She pointed at the fish as well. She likes being outside and looking at everything.

She still will not go to Phillip, but at least is no longing upset with him being nearby.

Phillip's luggage is physically in China. We hope to have it before today's outing.

We received Julianna's weight and height from her physical. She is 21 pounds and 30 inches. She fits pretty well into 12 month size clothes. We have only tried one of the dresses I made and it was too big. But she wore it like a trooper. Unfortunately, that was serious meltdown day and we do not have any photographs.