Melt our hearts...

We have smiles!!!

We fell for it again...

We were talking about what we could do for the morning. Craig said "We could make a C-A-K-E (spelled out)". Kay responds with "Yes, let's make a cake!" Hilarious. I have no idea how she knew that one

2 months!

Where has the time gone??  We have been so busy getting ready for the move we almost forgot to take two month pictures!  Marissa is really starting to melt our hearts with smiles now.  She is also getting really good at flinging her hands to hit toys.  She is still not a huge fan of tummy time.  We are working on this.  She is even less of a fan of the bottle.  She is in bottle boot camp this week- a bottle a day, like it or not!  She is not a great fan of sleep during the night.  She will sometimes give one four hour stretch and then it is every two hours after that.  During the day she eats about every two hours.  I wanted to start stretching out her feeds, but with the move and time change coming soon it might be better if she has no true day/night figured out.  At her doctor appointment the doctor also recommended we not stretch out feeds as her weight % dropped a bit.  Her vaccines were not fun.  She was pretty irritable the rest of the day.  Her two month stats:  4.4 kilos (9 lbs, 11 oz), Length 58.5 cm (23 inches), head 38 cm. Kay continues to love on her little sister.  Marissa is really starting to like when Kay comes up and talks to her.  

Smiles...

I got two real smiles today from Marissa. She has been smiling for a few weeks, but these were different. She looked me in the eye and gave me a huge smile. When I told Craig he asked what he needed to do to get a smile. My answer.."supply the milk". The smile came after she finished eating. I asked Marissa "was it yummy?" Her response...a smile. It makes the sleepless nights worth it!

2012 comes to an end...

I guess it is officially time to announce that we are moving home at the end of January.  2012 was an amazing year filled with adventure for our family.  We had a blast exploring Hong Kong and surrounding counties.  There are a lot of things we will miss about Hong Kong.  I have a bunch of pictures to show a "day in the life" of our lives here.  I have so many it is going to take too long to post.  If you want to see them... ask to see my 2012 blog book :)

Here are a few of the high-lights...

An incredible amount of people everywhere we went...

Where's Waldo? (Or the Australian version "Wally") I mean...Craig... We were a foot taller than everyone all the time!

Crowded Markets...(notice the foot taller...)

Steep Hills...

Lots of Steps...

The classic pose...

Narrow Sidewalks...

Lost... A LOT...

Kay's School Bus...

Misc Kay...

Playing in one of the few nursing rooms there are in Hong Kong...

Still carries her purse everywhere!

Lunch time!

Observation Elevator...

Fuzzy...

I had to post on Marissa's hair.  I love how fuzzy it is!

Sham Shui Po...

I took mom to Ribbon/Button/Fabric heaven.  I bought some things to help decorate Kay's room when we move home.

Pu-erh Tea...

We decided it would be fun to buy some Pu-erh tea to display in our house.  This is the tea that we always drink while eating Dim Sum.  This tea is better with age so we bought one that we could drink in about 10 years.  We thought it would be fun to drink with the girls several years down the road...

Pu-erh Tea is a dark tea that is a variety of post-fermented tea.  This tea is loose leave that is compressed to form bricks.  This tea should be stored for maturity before consumption.

Tasting the tea...

The tea bricks we picked from...

Deciding which one to buy...

Here is the final selection!

Afternoon Tea and Foot Massages...

Two of my favorite things about Hong Kong...

The Peak...

I have been to the peak many times, but this was my first time riding the Peak Tram.  

Big Buddha...

Kay and Craig took Grandma to the Big Buddha.  I stayed behind with Marissa because it is too hard of a journey with a small baby.

Hanging out...