Mimicking Daddy

Sometimes Amy will not sit back on the couch. I realize now that she is imitating her beloved Daddy. Daddy sits with his feet on the table, using the table as a foot rest. This is a reminder that Daddy's behaviors are being cloned.

Unfortunately, I also observed Amy surfing the TV channels incessantly, burping loud and then laughing, trying to find a beer, holding out her finger as a gesture implying "pull it", and zoning out apparently not able to hear anything I was saying.

Panda pix

Oh my gosh, these photos are stunning. Here's what happens when you combine endangered species with high tech fertility treatments. These pups look so adorable. Thank you very much Debbie M and Barbara L. Enjoy. I'm sure photos of the adorable Amy will appear this weekend, if I can manage to slip the camera in my purse.

It has been 11 months and Amy saw sleet

On February 15, 2007, we will celebrate the one year anniversary of our "Gotcha Day". I intend to resume the text component of my blog entries, as soon as I recover from massive sleep deprivation. Amy's been turning on the volume at night.

What did we do to deserve this Hunny Bunny?

I don't know how we lucked out so, but Amy is an angel. We went shopping for 2 - 3 hours (and remember she is two, and then we went out for Thai food). Amy colored and ate and ate. She ate tofu, noodles, spring rolls and other stuff. She is asleep now, daddy is watching New Orleans vs. Phili, and Mom is fooling around on the computer. Life is so good.

How not to teach good eating habits

We're so bad. We used to watch "60 minutes" and eat dinner, pre-Amy. We now do the same, post-Amy. Tonight we ate penne with traditional, homemade bolognese sauce. Amy ate with gusto, and watched the episode including a possible murder orchestrated by Putin, a tribute to Betty Ford, and a biography of actress, Helen Mirrin. Oy Vey.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is how we left Amy, with the lovely sitter Patricia, as we ventured off for a highly treasured dinner out. Thanks Patricia. In hindsight we should have paid you double-time for working on NYE. We went to a very hip restaurant specializing in wine. Our favorite sommelier, Ian, (and also the only one we know) opened Sonoma right before the adoption happened. We went there right before China, had a great time, and then forgot to press "save" in our brains. I'm so happy Don remembered it for NYE. We will definately be hitting Sonoma again soon.

And then today, Amy ran in the park! Really. It was awesome. We've had four pees in the potty - initiated by Amy. I'm not pushing it. And then tonight she wanted to eat with chopsticks. While it looks cool, no food really went in this way!!!!