Kung Hay Fat Choi!

EDITED TO ADD VIDEO!

Happy Chinese New Year, everyone!  It's the Year of the Tiger!  And Happy Valentine's Day!  And Happy Half Birthday, Baby Emma!  February 14th is a special day this year.

We visited husband's family in the Central Valley to celebrate the Chinese New Year.  We met other family members at a Chinese restaurant, ate a ton of Chinese food, and then watched as lion dancers pranced through the restaurant.  Emma loved it so much, and smiled and laughed when the lion's head came right up to her and winked.  She bounced on her feet and wriggled around to the drums in her lucky red dress.  But, alas, due to iPhone video camera malfunction, all this was lost on video.  Apple, there is a reason why you and I are not friends.   If only our Flip camera had been with us, but for some reason we left it at home. 

Here is Emma at six months:
 

She just loves sticking out her little tongue now.

She is even graduating to solid foods.  We are starting with simple organic brown rice cereal. 

Her Chewbacca gurgles make me laugh, and I wonder how much of her cereal is actually making it into her tummy.  That huge orange thing in the video is the Boon spoon.  So far, we really like it.   You pour the food into the spoon, give it a sqeeze, and the food squirts out onto the spoon portion.  Easy, fewer spills and less mess to deal with!