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Another month has gone by since that amazing day on 2/18 when Lainey was placed in our arms.  We grow to love her more everyday, and continue to be in awe of God’s perfect gift to us.  As we like to say, we undoubtedly have the goofiest child from the Bengbu City SWI!  God knew what He was doing…our other children are also certifiably goofy.  :) 

Here are a few tidbits about Lainey these days…

• she LOVES ketchup…she dips her fry, licks, dips, etc. before actually biting it. 
• she’s always been attached to him, but dada has been extra special these days.  She does the happy dance when he walks in the door!  He works from home, but lately has had lots of meetings and a few trips away. 
• when she gets especially mad or frustrated, she’ll hit whatever inanimate object is closest…the table, toy, etc.  I try not to laugh. 
• have I shared this one yet?  If you tell her to “talk”, she immediately sticks her tongue out.  Kids taught her that little trick. 
• a new word…boo boo (comes out moo moo…too cute)
• she is more frightened of strange noises, especially some toys that make noise.  This is new.  On the other hand, big lightening and thunderstorms don’t bother her in the least. 
• she still loves playing with her play kitchen.  Her favorite thing to do these days is to wipe my face and hands with a napkin after “feeding” me. 
• When we put her down for nap or nighttime, we have to play the Which Blanket game.  She has quite a few, and you never know which one she might choose.  She’s the same way with her animals…she might want them all or none.  She’s a gal who has preferences. 
• Potty training is going well…if we take her right after lunch, she almost always goes.  She’s told us (using the universal sign for “I need to go”) twice and has gone both times. 
• Still eats anything, but has her favorites…oatmeal, graham crackers, Gerber meat sticks, all veggies especially carrots, mandarin oranges…there are many more! 

I’ve been meaning to post about this, we changed Lainey’s room a few weeks ago.  She used to be in a small room with no closet downstairs.  We moved her to the bonus room upstairs, with her “room” being in the back and the rest is her playroom.  It’s working GREAT, she loves the extra space to be free to play.

Here’s a shot of it with me standing near her crib.  We’re still working on getting everything back up on the walls. 

The mandatory after-nap snack.  Today was organic chocolate bunny crackers.  Yum.  Happy 7 months, Lainey Q!