Trying miso soup for the first time, from a straw:
More standing:
Playing with a hairbrush:
Auntie Miwa fed her some takoyaki (a piece without octopus) for the first time, and she loved it.
She loved playing under the tent that Dan made with the bedsheets!
Mirei’s making our heads spin with how fast she’s growing! Sometimes we wish she would slow down a little… I feel like she’s already quickly graduating from her baby days!
Things You’re Doing Now: You are cruising now! You still crawl around a lot too and have gotten extremely fast at it, but if there’s ever any sort of edge to pull yourself up on and support yourself with, you will find it, stand up, and shuffle back and forth along it. You’ll let go here and there, too, and be able to stand without support for several seconds at a time — and smile really wide when you do, too, to show that you are really excited and proud of your accomplishment! Although you were doing pretty well with solids during the first month, lately you frequently refuse certain foods, clamping your mouth shut and refusing to open it to let the food in. You can be very stubborn! You’re interacting more than ever with Mio now, following her around and wanting to grab at everything she’s playing with, wanting to play with her. Mio often gets frustrated and pushes you away, but you’ve begun to fight back by pushing back or just thrusting all your weight against her! I suppose these are the first of sibling squabbles… You can be very loud, both in your whining, crying, and babbling, and you often say things like “Na-na-na-na-na.” Because you’re constantly moving around lately, you are also prone to stumbling and at times hurting yourself. I vaguely remember this stage with Mio, and how I seriously contemplated buying a helmet for her head — maybe it’s not too late to find one… 😛
Since we had such a great time picking apples last year, we wanted to go again this year and decided that Sunday was the day! Because we went a little earlier in the season this time (mid-September as opposed to early October), there was more of a variety for us to pick — Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, and Mutsu.
Last weekend was the last one of the summer, and the weather was beautiful so we spent our Saturday at Clemyjontri Park with our friends Pat, Theo, and their little girls Anna and Cara. We each brought food and picnicked on the grass and let our kids run around on the playground and ride the carousel. We always love seeing them, and we had a great time catching up!
On the carousel at Clemyjontri Park
Cara is now one and a half! She’s grown so much!
As usual, Mio was a blur running and climbing all over the park!
Mirei fell asleep being held by Daddy. Dan is tired too from Mirei’s heavy weight!
