Now I have four cousins!

March 29th, Lizzy and Hayden's new little cousin was born - Amelia Jane Brandt. We can't wait to hold you, Amelia!!!

Trip to the Village

Meet auntie Leslie. She is a friend of ours and she runs a project in a village outside of Tianjin training mothers in raising their babies both in physical health and other aspects of well being. Auntie Leslie is one of Lizzy's favorite people. Yesterday, we decided to go out to the village with her.

After a taxi ride to the train station, hour and a half train ride, more taxi rides, we finally arrived at the village site where we did the training.

Here are some of the mothers and their babies attending the training

After the training we went to somebody's home where they treated us to a big pot of jiao zi (dumplings)

It was a REALLY big pot of jiao zi - I've never seen anything like it! Lizzy got to see some animals in the village - cows, sheep, pigs, and she enjoyed playing with the children outside in the courtyard.

Thank you Aunti Leslie for a wonderful day!

playing video games

Lizzy: Hayden, get 'em, go get 'em, I'm rooting for you

Lizzy: Aw...man, this game is really slowing down, I'm getting tired
Hayden: I'm trying, I'm trying, it's getting really hard

Hayden: Doh! I died, I died!
Video game: "du, du, du, du, GAME OVER"

Girl time!

The joy of having a daughter - pedicures for Mommy and Lizzy! A-ayi gave us a set of exfoliating cream, foot spray, and foot lotion. Auntie Verona gave us some nail polish, so we sat down and gave ourselves a pedicure.

Big news

Yesterday, March 21st, Hayden took his first steps all by himself. It'll be a while before he starts walking around, but it was pretty cool to see him do that. Sorry I don't have any pictures yet, but I wanted to record the moment!

Thanks Amy

Amy ayi got mommy these shirts for her birthday - thank you Amy ayi!! I love playing dress up in them. Then I like to take the belt off of the white sweater vest and then use it as a leash on my pink pig. I drag around the pig and pretend Hayden is a big dog trying to bite my pig.

Mommy and Hay