What a Change 4 Months Makes...

I meant to blog about this last week, but didn't. Since I waited though, I have more accurate data to report. Tina took Hui-Hui to our doctor today for his "Three Year Check Up". Since his last visit in October he has gained over three pounds and grown two inches. We are very proud of this! It's nice to have him measured by professionals, our scale here doesn't seem to be very accurate. And while we think he's growing it's hard to tell when you see him all the time. So I changed the picture of him at the top of the blog. The old picture is one we took the day we got home from China...

He's had his hair cut a couple times now, trimmed is more like it actually. The first time was a couple months ago, when I was getting mine cut. His China buzz cut had been growing out and was getting shaggy around the edges so we sat him on my lap and had the stylist clean up around the back and over the ears. Then last week we took him downtown to the hip salon, Jake's B.S. (stands for Barber Shop) and tried getting a real cut. He put up a pretty good fuss when it started but he fell for the old "have a drink of water" trick - that always distracts him. We were trying to get the long thing in front to blend in without chopping his bangs too bad. It almost worked. We're going to just let it grow for a while now and see what happens. Forgot to take the camera with us so these pix were snapped with my cell phone...


On Sunday Hui-Hui was invited to Mimi's 2nd birthday party. Mimi is the daughter of our friends Heidi and Kim, they have three daughters adopted from China. In addition to Mimi's sisters and Hui-Hui there was another little girl named Eliza who came home with her family from China at the same time as Mimi, Eliza's four year old sister, and a pair of teenage girls who are friends of Mimi's family. So there were 7 girls and Hui-Hui. He had a great time. Tina and I aren't used to "girl" parties. It was really nice, the big girls kept the little ones entertained and played games with them. At one point the big girls were holding Mimi and Hui-Hui on their laps and trying to get them to kiss. Mimi's dad, Kim, called them on that one though. All in all, Hui-hui had a great time, he does really well with other kids. Here's a few pix...