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What's been up with G lately? We went up to Tahoe last weekend for our first Tahoe SNOW trip (she has been up once just visiting and once camping both were in the summer). We were lucky and our friend's dad volunteered to babysite G for us so we could both go snowboarding together (it was already 2pm by the time we got her settled in with lunch, nursing, and down for her nap). It was great to be up on the mountain together, even though we spent most of our time going to watch our friend race a slalom course. We found out later that our friend's dad gave G a chocolate m&m after she woke up from her nap, because she was watching him eat them. Sigh.

Then, on Friday, we were at a friend's house, and I was telling them the m&m story, and one of our friends wanted to give G a strawberry, even though they are supposed to be high on the allergy list and you're supposed to wait a while. Well, our friend ended up giving G a strawberry, and she LOVED it.

We've added a Music Around the World class for G, which is music with other babies and kids. Most of the music is in English, but some in other languages as well, which is why we decided to take the class. I think I was somewhat disappointed with the class initially, because I thought it was something I could do with her on my own, but oh well. She continues with her Little Gym class, the last class of the semester is this week, but we signed up for another semester. Last week, she got to hang on some rings, and she has also learned to flip around on a bar! This might be our last month of the library lapsit/reading time, because it only supposed to be for babies up to 12 months. We have a pretty full schedule, with something scheduled Monday through Thursday, with Fridays often taken up by playdates.

G's milestones: she's cruising pretty well (walking along furniture) and standing alone for brief seconds. She can now put things into boxes/containers (in the past she has only been able to take things out).  She's also eating a lot of table food, as well as spitting it out and dropping it on the floor. We wipe her chair, table, and floor 3 times a day.

Stay tuned, we are planning G's Baby Dedication and First Birthday/Red Egg Ginger party for the weekend of February 21/22. Both sets of grandparents will be in town. 

G's New Year!

G had a quiet New Year, as she developed a cough a few days before. So far, she's only slightly congested and still coughing, so we are happy that she has not developed a fever, as her dr thought might happen. But despite her cough, she is still eating and sleeping and playing fairly normally (she is still waking up once every night, usually between 2-4am, but it can vary). 

G is now eating more and more table food. Recent table food she's had: nai wan bao and (unsalted) french fries, mushrooms and cheese from S's hamburger. The reason she only had nai wan bao at dim sum, was that she slept through most of the meal, so by the time she woke up, there wasn't much available for her to eat. I still have not given her boba, though I've thought about it the last few times. Her typical diet these days: For breakfast, she has yogurt or cottage cheese with pureed fruit (pears, apples, and/or prunes), maybe some fried egg yolk. For lunch, if we are out, more finger food type stuff like olives, grapes, tofu, chunky soft veggies, egg yolk, bao (bread) or crackers. For dinner, multi-grain puree cereal mixed with two kinds of veggies (usually one green and one yellow/orange) and maybe some meat. She has now had all the main meats, turkey, chicken, pork, and beef (in that order). She has bao (brioche dinner rolls) or crackers at almost every meal because we can give her some to start eating as we are preparing her other food. Foods she's not allowed to have yet: fish, egg whites, nuts, honey. We've also avoided citrus fruits and tomatoes for their high acid content. 

A few days after she learned to feed herself, G also learned how to spit food out. Now we have a constant battle of her pushing food out with her tongue. The funny thing is that it's not necessarily that she doesn't want it or like it, it could be stuff she likes, and eventually she will eat it if you put it back in her mouth enough times.

In other news, G also got a new car! New Year's Eve, we took a family trip to a Subaru dealer, and 3 hours later, drove away with a used 2008 Subaru Outback wagon, Blue. G loves that it sits a little higher than her old car, so she can see more, and also that it has the LATCH system making her carseat a little easier to install and maybe making it a little safer too.  Her new car also has more storage/trunk space so it easily fits her stroller, portable high chair, spare diaper bag, with plenty of room for groceries and Costco shopping, and room for small family vacations like trips to Tahoe for snow and trips to Yosemite for camping.