Dae came to me a few days ago with a grave concern: "Is Christian cross-eyed?" he asked. No, I assured him, he is not (Of course there is nothing wrong with our perfect baby! Plus I thought I read somewhere that it's normal for babies to appear cross-eyed through the first few months of their lives, but I could be completely wrong). After much contemplation, Dae reached an epiphany. It was an illusion caused by Christian's latest obsession: his hands. He stares at them intensely and at such close range his eyes must cross in order to accommodate the short distance. Whew! Disaster hopefully averted. I managed to snap a photo this morning:
We just returned, Christian and I, from my grandma's apartment in Richland. It was business as usual. We can always count on the following when visiting my grandma: 1) A toasty 80-85 degree climate indoors. When I began to actually sweat while just sitting, I asked if I could turn on the air conditioning. My grandma said "Sure! I'll go put on a sweater." I felt bad, so I continued to sweat it out. 2) Chocolate. Lots of it. 3) Tennis or NBA on fulltime when in season. The US Open (tennis) was on and we probably watched about 12 hours per day. CBS at 8am, Tennis Channel starting at 4pm. 4) Dinner options including, but not limited to, Granny's Buffet, Pizza Hut and Red Lobster. My grandma usually manages to (at 87 years old!) cook up something good as well. 5) Mothball aromas permeating all livable areas.
As usual, it was a wonderful trip home. I pulled out Christian's travel bed and he took to it like a pro. Here he is during a nap - sans clothing due to aforementioned heat.
Two more random thoughts for the day: We love Christian's curly eyelashes and have no idea where they came from. Of all things for an Asian boy to have - curly eyelashes? Mine are curly, but not nearly as curly as Christian's. And Dae's? Well, let's put it this way...we call them his Venus flytraps due to their nearly vertical nature. Secondly, Christian now can sniff a stranger a mile off and will have none of it! It now takes him a few sessions to become familiarized with someone enough to be held by said person. I suppose it was bound to happen, but it just came so swiftly (last weekend) that I was caught off-guard. Part of me loves that he actually knows and prefers me and Dae, and part of me thinks he will now be attached at my hip indefinitely. Oh well, there are definitely worse things!
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