We Have Our FIRST Giggle!

10PM Update:
As feared, Alyzabeth is inconsolable once more at night and continues to wail in the room or with Aly wandering the halls carrying her. Hard to say how long it will last. A couple of more hours or all night. There is just really nothing you can do for her. We could only wish it was something as simple as needing a clean diaper or something to eat...
Prayers for Aly as I can't hold Alyzabeth or console her. To say it's going to be a long night is a whale of an understatement. Night time is not our friend.
fm


OK, we celebrated her first BM so it only seems right that we celebrate her first giggle! :)

Today has certainly been one of those days where we pinch ourselves and wonder when all heck breaks loose once again. And it will but we're going to enjoy our daughter enjoying herself for the time being! Not only did we get our first giggle today we had our first pulling of mom's hair, Aly loved that one :) She had her first taste of ice cream and she jabbered at us in what had to be some form of 2 year old Chinese. Hey, we're tickled to hear her say anything! She is running (literally running) around the room and playing. Honest to goodness playing, complete with smiles and giggles and then runs to mom with her arms reaching up for her! Oh yeah, we've been waiting for this :)

Alyzabeth An is beginning to show herself to us! YES!!!
We are so proud of how brave and strong this little girl is... Of course, let's keep this in perspective, we haven't tried putting her to bed yet :) At this point we are most definitely in the two steps forward, one step back mode. Please Lord, let her (and us) sleep is in our nightly prayers :)

We headed down to the People's Assembly Hall this morning and also took a tour of the Three Rivers Gorge Museum. And still the most exciting thing was watching our daughter having a good time. We also had Alyzabeth's original Chinese name done to eventually have it matted and framed as a gift down the road. We also purchased a handmade colored print that will also be gifted to her a some future time. We included the video of it being done along with one of her giggles...

Having trouble uploading the video of her name being painted, will add it when things are working again. I'm suspecting bandwidth issues as we're also having trouble getting the video to work with SKYPE.
In the meantime, here's a photo of Aly and baby girl crashed after a walk back from the bookstore. The heat and humidity of Florida has met its match in the heat and humidity of Chongqing. They both can be brutal!

Well, must run again. Heading out to buy a birthday cake and some pizza and then tonight I'm sharing in a Hot Pot Dinner with the guys while Aly tends to baby girl.

Post again soon.
peace
ac & fm & aa