Surrounded by the splendid countryside I ate super tasty cherries (how come stolen ones taste better?!), took relaxing baths and rode my daddy’s old trike.
We also went visiting the old one-toothed aunt and a beautiful medieval town (Brisighella) during the gorgeous medieval festival. I love hearing drums and watching acrobats!!
Today I am one year old and we are back home to celebrate it!!
It was so good to be back after the long travel. A mixed feeling of both novelty and warm safety, discovering again something known before, the beautiful emotion resurfacing inside us after a long dive.
The trip to China was great, full of emotions and experiences… but also very tiring, so it’s good to relax and finally sleep in my own bed 🙂
Mommy and daddy in these days are very busy completing two very special presents for my birthday. Daddy has prepared a book (soon to be printed) about my first year of life, and mommy has created a new cross-stitch masterpiece, portraying me and her as two mermaids.
I am a super happy and super loved girl, now with one year of vibrant life experience behind me and looking forward to the rest of my life: shining brightly in front of me!
We went to the city to visit mommy’s uncle.
Two days later we left Shandong and you can see me, in the last photo, heavily enjoying the buffet lunch in the airport. 😀
Grandma, grandpa, see you next year!!
Both me and mommy riding trikes… and it’s the first time for both of us 😀
In the last photos you can see grandma cooking dumplings in the traditional oven. I do love dumplings!
In these days I am experiencing and learning a lot. I learned to use chopsticks (well almost :P), to call the animals (meow and woof woof), to bring mobile phone to my ears (or mimic the gesture)…
And I got to see for the first time small chicks, rabbits, kittens and even a hedgehog!
I got to try my cousin’s bike seat 😛
I am going fast! Or so it looks like 😀
We celebrated my 11 months at the peony festival. We all got peony crowns and went around the very large park.
Mommy and daddy took really beautiful pictures together!
Grandma drove us to see the Luling county fair, where I bought myself a new hat and a pair of little shoes 😉
It’s quite messy but interesting… the machine in the last photo is for making sesame oil…!
Today I met my grand-grand-mother, her name is YuLan and she’s 77 years old!
Hey everybody, do you like my new sun glasses? 😉
After a long trip, we arrived to mommy’s home village, and were greeted by all the relatives. I met my first cousin, her name is Yawen and she was born just one day before me!
The next day they weighed both of us… using that old style hand-scale! She was heavier but I am sure it’s because of her clothes!! 😛
