As Dylan would say “10 Months, baby”
Everything these days is followed up with “baby”…he’s a cool cat.
I had a little mommy / son date with the little man today. Took him to get frozen yogurt on the way to the grocery. His was chocolate with mini m&ms and chocolate sprinkles. He finished every bite without getting even a drop on his shirt. That’s my neat boy.
I’ve gotta share a little conversation we had. Background: Dylan had a green spoon, and I had a pink one.
Dylan: Mommy, why do you have…what’s that?
Me: pink
Dylan: Mommy, why do I have…what’s this?
Me: green
Dylan: Mommy, why do you have…uh…what’s that?
Me: pink
Dylan: Oh, Mommy, why do I have…um…what’s this?
And, on and on, until he finally got the WHOLE sentence out. Remind me next time to get us both the same color spoon. Oh, and to work on his colors.
On the bright side, he can usually count up to 5, knows his name begins with “D”, and can draw a person. The one below, he tells me, is Lainey. I took one picture, and then he stopped me to add in her “really lot” hair.
Dylan is eating more these days, thankfully. I made fried rice with chicken the other night, and he had THREE bowls. Unheard of!
I weighed him today… 28.4 lbs. He’s busting out of his pants! lol…
Dylan (and Lainey) are enjoying talking about China lately, and we’ve borrowed a few videos from the library on Mandarin, Chinese stories, and biographies of children in China. Dylan decides on occasion that he wants to be called Yu Hai. Lainey wants nothing to do with Qing Qin, she doesn’t like it.
We’re getting so close to ONE year!
September 29th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
In some ways it seems Dylan has been here for such a long time and then I can’t believe it’s been almost a year. He just seemed to “fit” from the first time I saw him with you and Randy as he was playing in the hotel room. Little did that little boy know of just how much his life was going to change….. and all for the good.
I sure am glad I can call him my grandson.
October 3rd, 2011 at 6:54 pm
Wow!! Sounds like a “growth spurt” to me!! He’s finally gotten above 26 lbs. :)
Love the Lainey’s “really lot hair”!! So cute!! And his conversation with you is priceless!! Dylan & Lainey are both growing so fast, it makes my head spin!! In fact, ALL of our grands are!! Time moves on, and they’re all doing their own “thing”. Didn’t know that Abbey is interested in archery till we saw it on Facebook. Our neighbors were into that not too long ago.
Happy 10 months, Dylan !! It doesn’t seem that long ago that we met Daddy holding you as he came in the door from China…we couldn’t wait to see you!! We love you, baby!!!! :)