Mia is doing great. She had several firsts today. First bath (which she enjoyed!), first laugh (at least for us). Her gross motor skills are improving very quickly. She can crawl fast, and is now pulling herself up to a standing position. She can walk with a lot of assistance. We suspect that she might actually start walking by the end of this trip.
Today's big event was an excursion to Wal-Mart. It was just in the nick of time, as we were running low on formula, diapers, clean baby clothes, and Honey-Nut Cheerios for Mia. We had a guide (Susan, who filled in while Veronica was on other business), but with 8 families, we had to split up. Jeff, Mia and I were in the grocery section sans guide, and we couldn't find anything that looked like a cereal aisle. Cookies, crackers, potato chips, yes, but no cereal. We tried asking one of the many Wal-Mart employees for "Cheerios" (after all, you can order a Coke or a Sprite by name here!), but the name meant nothing to them. We were about to give up when I realized that I had some Cheerios in a baggy in our diaper bag, so I could show them what they looked like. They looked puzzled at first, with several employees holding the bag up to the light to scrutinize the cereal. Then one clerk got the "a ha" look, and proceeded to lead us over to the dog food section and pull a bag of dog food off the shelf. Jeff shook his head and pointed to the baby, which got a laugh from everyone. We never did figure out whether they sold Cheerios. However, it turns out another one of the families brought a big box and their new daughter doesn't like Cheerios, so our troubles are over. Mia just conked out for the night, and we're not far behind, so that will have to be enough for now. Sorry we aren't able to post pictures. We can submit text for the blog via email, but when we go to the blog site itself, everything is in Chinese except what we've posted. That makes following the menus to post a photo a bit difficult.
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