Nine months old!

Our sweet Xinyi! Nine months old! And we discovered a new tooth today! A second bottom tooth! Yay!

Since I posted yesterday, I'll use this space to tell some of my favorite stories from the last few months, interspersed between pictures from this morning :). 

One night, daddy and I were walking in our little downtown area when we came across a little boy, about 4 or 5, and his parents. The little boy was excited about life and kept shouting, "hi! Hi!" So I waved and said "hi" back. Then, right as we were crossing paths, the little boy shouts, "your baby is cute!" We had already passed each other and were walking in opposite directions at this point but I couldn't help myself! I laughed, turned around and said, "thank you!"

Another time, daddy and I were in a different area of town looking for churro ice cream sandwiches. I had Xinyi in the ergo when we came across about 15-20 middle school kids. One boy in particular stared at me for a few seconds and when we passed each other, he shouted, "that's a cute baby!" As we continued to walk, I heard he telling his friends, "that was a cute baby!!" 

Another time, when Xinyi was still a wee tiny thing, maybe three or four months old, daddy and I went shopping at sprouts. I went wandering about to find groceries while daddy carried Xinyi in his arms. I look back to check on the two of them when I see a woman and her teenage daughter talking to daddy. The woman is clearly infatuated with Xinyi and Shane is slightly cornered against the meat and deli area. I get closer and hear her say, "oh my God I just love babies" and she reaches forward and kisses Xinyi on the cheek! A perfect stranger! I give daddy a get-out-of-there stare and he extricates himself from the situation. I told him, never again, never let a stranger kiss our baby!!! 

Finally, Xinyi loves smiling and laughing with other babies. At the women's retreat mommy and baby went to last Saturday, there was another little baby named Sage! Xinyi and Sage babbled to each other and smiled and giggled and could not get enough of each other! I love how interactive and friendly she is! Our little social butterfly!

Happy nine months baby!