Off Probation

Time sure flies when you’re having ‘fun’ with a newborn. Katie turns 1 month old today and she's growing fast. Every time I take a picture of her, she looks different on the very next picture. Ah, we already miss her days old but we're excited to see what she does next...sleeping longer, eating more, a new stretch, a new koo, etc....there's lots to look forward to and enough technology to help us look back when we miss it.

This 1 month milestone means that we’ve been freed from house arrest! It shatters all kinds of Chinese newborn customs for Mommy and baby to stay home (except for doc appts) to avoid germs and recover. Of course, we had to find out the hard way how seriously our parents believed in these customs. We were reprimanded for going to Dos Coyotes for lunch one day so we attended a lot more doctor’s appointment (wink wink).

Our first stop today was Grandma’s house to have dinner and pay our respects to Grandpa at the altar. Yogi burnt and offered incents while Yogi’s Mom held Katie and took a few bows praying for Yogi’s dad to bless Katie in every good way. For whatever reason, I was not allowed to go near the altar (yet anyway).

Afterwards we ran a few errands quickly as Katie suddenly seem to have grown to not like her car seat. It could the jumpsuit she wore was too warm and made her sweat more than usual. She was probably uncomfortable. We’ll take another shot at it tomorrow when we go out to lunch with a few friends and then to the Rhythm and Ribs festival at Raley field.

Have a great weekend! We intend to.