Wami made a monkey cake and Mirei dug in.
It's been a fun first year. The kids have grown so much. In the last post, Mirei got her first tooth. Within the next two weeks, she got 3 more for a total of 2 on top and 2 on the bottom. Since then, nothing. But the ones she has are getting amusingly big.
In addition to the growth of her teeth, there's been lots of physical and mental growth as well. She started standing when Ye-ye and Na-na visited back in early October. Then a few weeks later, she stopped until just a few days ago. No walking yet. She's just more interested in crawling still, I guess. She still loves food. Anything we're eating, she wants to know what it tastes like.
Here are random other things about Mirei's first year that I don't want to forget.
With Mirei, I found that I, papa(!!), have the ability to get her to sleep. She does this endearing thing where she hugs me as tight as she can with all four limbs and puts her head down on my shoulder. When she's tired, she'll just stay in the position until she falls asleep and I can just put her in the crib. Often, it's usually not that simple, but I feel like this little thing has been a little father and daughter bonding thing that I didn't have with Taisei, since he always needed a human pacifier - Mama.
Mirei's also not shy with strangers the way Taisei was. At about 8 months, he wouldn't let anyone hold him but Mama, Papa, and a few select family members. Ever since, Taisei's been slow to warm up to most people. Mirei, although she recognizes and probably prefers her mama and papa, she doesn't object to very many people holding her. She's friendly and smiles for people unless she missed a nap or something.
Right now she's a handful and it's hard to eat out and things like that, especially since she's so interested in food, but it's such a cute age that I wish we could freeze time and just enjoy her at this age for a few more years before she grows up and starts asking us to how to drive (like Taisei has on several occasions)!
3 comments:
OH, I loved reading this blog! It's so fun to hear about Mirei's personality. I remember asking Wami if I could hold her when we were there last summer, because she'd just woken up and I thought she would scream at me (like Taisei would have at that age, or Adele). But she was even friendlier than Samuel! (Which is our common 2nd child thing - both are less shy).
And it's amusing how our girls seemed to develop mentally much quicker than the boys. I still think of Samuel as kind of a big baby, because of the way he talks and understands things, yet I remember how much more Adele could understand and say at least a half a year earlier.
I am so excited to see her this Christmas, and I am glad she will let me hold her! Ezra will let you hold him too (not cry at you like Adele did). I see aspects of BOTH of my first two kids in Ezra! It's pretty neat to think there are so many unique things about a baby.
Oh, and Happy Birthday Mirei! We remembered to call AFTER the kids were in bed, so we will call today. Great job on the cake Wami. It looks awesome.
Great post. It's so nice to hear all about the special little things that you've experienced with Mirei.
That is so cute that Mirei likes to apply lotion on Taisei. I was looking at the picture of the two of them sitting at their little table thinking, "Wow, Mirei already sits at the table," and then I read your comment about it. Haha. Amazing.
That's pretty funny that Taisei is already asking about driving, too. I had no interest until it was time to get a license.
Mirei is so much fun to hold. I can't wait to play with her (and Taisei, of course!) again.
I was thinking that she likes food so much that the cake must have been especially fun. She must have been thinking, "What's this? They're going to let me eat the WHOLE THING? All right!"
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