FCC Holiday Picnic, 12/3/2006

It’s been some time since we’ve posted. You might say that I have been busy, but the real busy one is Melissa! Being a full-time mom sure takes its toll and Mel is handling it like a champ. Keep up the good work, babe!

Today we went to the FCC (Families with Children from China) Holiday picnic. The weather was awesome and we got to see friends that we haven’t seen in some time and meet new people. It was a blast to see Jinji, the new addition to Mary and Bill’s family. They’ve only been home two weeks! Jarrah was there. She is a bundle of energy to say the least. All in all, we had a good time.

Here we have Bill playing his part as the "baby whisperer". He has his hands full with Linda and Jinji!

Here are the newcomers to the FCC. Jinji is the newest addition. On the Mel's left is Molly. She came home the same time Linda did! Oh, and the young lady on the left in the picture is 15 years old, if I remember. As you can tell some of these children have been adopted years ago and they still participate in this group. Just amazing!

Linda is progressing very well. She so wants to walk it will occur any time now. She barely holds onto your fingers while she walks and I believe she is using it as a safety net as she is not too sure of the balance thing. We have witnessed her testing the waters of standing without assistance and there have been a couple of steps in there too. One day soon she will just motor right on off and bonk her head. I can see it happening. She has done some minor bonking so far, but the big one is to come!

Linda making friends!

Teething. This is the other major event happening right now. Wednesday evening she woke up wailing. It was not pretty and we ended up giving her some Tylenol. Sure enough, there is another tooth coming in up front and something tells me there are a couple of others right behind that one. She learned that the frozen chew toy is a good thing, though she does not use it for long.

We are pretty sure her first word was “dog”. She gets excited if she sees one on T.V. or when Amber comes around. She points and utters what sounds to be “dog”! One of these days she will get that Mommy and Daddy thing down, but we figure that will come soon enough. She doesn’t say, “no”, but she does shake her head when no is implied. It’s amazing how fast that one is learned!

You all have a good time and I hope to write more soon. More pictures. I know, more pictures. I’m getting there! :-)