I guess it's normal for infants to practice a word, get it right, then stop saying it and move on. As first-time parents, we don't really know what we're doing. What we do know, is that this is too cute not to share with Vivi fans out there!

First Vivi got "Hi" and "Hair", perfectly. Now she only says them sometimes. Then it was "Ma Ma Ma", followed by a perfect "Ma Ma". Smart girl! She should have started with that one!

Then we tried "Da Da", but that's pretty difficult. In Hong Kong, a nickname for dad is "Ba Ba". Sure enough, Vivi started with "Ba Ba Ba" and then a perfect "Ba Ba".

Tonight, Vivi got her sleep schedules screwed up, so she was awake, in the dark, on the floor. Apparently, she was saying "Ba Ba" a lot. I go in, to help pass the time, and sure enough, out of the blurry darkness, I hear a tiny, clear "Ba Ba", at random times, and nothing else. Super Cute!! :)

Of course, when we try to record it, she's all distracted, excited, tired, etc... However, it's still super cute. I present, for your Vivi pleasure, The Princess, sitting in the dark in her high chair, practicing her MaMaMaBaBaBa.

​Enjoy!
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As she gets older, Vivi is losing some of her baby fat. She's getting taller and a little thinner. Her cheeks are still adorably, pinch-ably chubby. They chub up the most when she's looking down at something, usually with a stern look of concentration.

Here are some of our favorite, Vivi-cheek pics!

Here is Vivi, wolfing down an entire Dover Sole fillet! It is cooked, mushed, and then added to rice-goop porridge. She loves it!! There's just one problem. The fish sat in the fridge for a few days, and it's incredibly, eye-wateringly, STINKY! The entire apartment smells disgusting. This must be the Hong Kong half of Vivi.

The "nom nom nom" noise is her imitating me. This is how I often get her to open her mouth and slurp the spoon. Now she makes the noise on her own. She thinks that's how people eat. I copied this noise from my brother, who, I think, copied it from Ren and Stimpy.

After she devoured every bit, and after Vivi was cleaned up, it was playtime. She can't talk yet, so a lot of times her mouth is closed, until she smiles, laughs, or vocalizes. This adorable tiny girl climbs up next to me, smiles and laughs...and this putrid, dumpster-juice smell comes out of her teeny, toothless grin. Yikes!! Gag-city. :o

Next time we'll see if she likes fresh Dover Sole. ;)
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First, some extremely-determined power-crawling!

Then, a change of clothes, followed by a vigorous game of "Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself..." :)

​The guests have arrived!

Vivi likes Mason...

...but Mason prefers hats. Go figure! Boys.