Monster
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Beijing, China
Matt had to go to Beijing for work a couple of weeks ago. Besides work, he toured The Forbidden City, The Great Wall at Badaling, Olypmic Village and random parts of the city. He had a ton of fun, but was glad to be home in good 'ole Minnesota. He really enjoyed the food and wasn't afraid to sample what the locals ate. I asked him what his favorite food was that he had there and he replied with "The Hot Pot or Korean BBQ." His least favorite food: the sushi and the Frog dish for lunch one day. For me it would be the honey flavored candies he brought back home....blech! His favorite tourist spot: Great wall. His least favorite tourist spot: Tiannomon Square because there wasn't anything to do there. He also really hated how all of the food had bones in them because it made the meals really hard to eat. The smog was a constant there and you will see it in almost all of Matt's photos. Matt didn't like the traffic there because it was congested and it was an adventure just to cross the street since NO ONE followed the rules of green light, red light. Enjoy the photos. I know we did!
Matt standing in Tiannomon Square looking at The Forbidden City
Walking up to The Forbidden City
Hot Pot...the red dish has duck blood in it...and it's spicy!
Matt inside The Forbidden City
Olympic Torch
Birds Nest during the day
Water Cube during the day...notice the smog.
Great Wall at Badaling...yes, Matt walked all the way to the tower!
Matt at the Great Wall
Infamous LG Towers
Water Cube at night
Birds Nest at night
At Olympic Square
Korean BBQ. Some of the food in picture: Beef (couple of kinds), dried fish, squid, dough balls covered in sugar, noodle bowls, stew of some sort, lots of sauces!
Frog legs in the red dish and chicken stew in the upper right
Matt took almost 500 pictures and if you would like to view them all you can do so at the following:
Christmas 2010
Chillin' with Grandpa Bob
All tuckered out
Grandma D and Ceci
Grandpa Bob?
Uncle Kevin?
Auntie Callie
Happy family
Peeking in her stocking Christmas morning
Grandma Mary Lee, Grandpa Mike and Ceci
Chillin' with Uncle Mitch
Grandma helping open presents
Watching Little Einstein's with cousin Gavin
Cousin Brittany
Excited opening a present!
Miscellaneous Videos
Great-grandma rocking and whispering to Cecilia
Hamming it up for the camera
"Monster Talk"
Rolling over, crawling and sitting up
Cecilia is a pro at sitting up, but is still working on rolling over and crawling. She is constantly moving so Matt and I have decided to lay her on her back or stomach instead of sit her up at first so she can "practice." She really wants to roll over and crawl, but just can't quite figure out how to make it happen. You can tell in the videos below that she gets pretty frustrated and upset when she can't quite do it.
Attempt at crawling
Sitting up playing with blocks
"Crawling" towards her blocks
Eating
Cecilia has been eating a lot of squash, peas, green beans and carrots since she turned 5 months. Her favorite thus far are green beans and her least favorite are peas. The opposite of her mommy!
First time eating squash!
Play Time
Not happy in the snow....when it was 50 degrees!
Great-Grandpa and teaspoons!
Reaching for the wooden spoon....
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Well, it's been a few months since I have updated Cecilia's blog and there is a LOT of information to update everyone on! I will be posting seperate blogs for a bunch of stuff this weekend, so please continue to check back. The updates will not only include Cecilia, but Matt's trip to Beijing, China!
Thank you,
Amber
Thank you,
Amber
