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This is what happens when Lia sleeps in a suboptimal position…

Lia is coordinated enough and alert enough to hang socks back on the rack!

A little birthday celebration yesterday at BluWater…

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Lia’s starting to develop a sense of melody…

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This morning Lia was just roaming around the bedroom while Karen was playing with her computer, when all of a sudden Lia dialed a number and picked up the phone to listen. Karen asked, “Lia who did you call?”

“阿姨” [auntie Kari] answered Lia.

At this point Karen heard a voice at the other end, so she hung up. Then Lia pressed redial, and once again Karen hung it up. This happened one more time before the person on the other hand called back, asking Karen why we called 9-1-1 three times! “Oh it was my 1-year-old daughter”, Karen replied.

“Anything wrong?  No one forced you to say that, right?” asked police.

“No.  Sorry about that!” answered Karen.

Apparently Lia had dialed 9-1-1, her first 9-1-1 call.  Looks like the phone will now be off limits!

After the fever went away, a mild fever developed again, and then red spots appeared on Lia’s body. Auntie Carol recognized this symptom and pointed us to this article on the virus Roseola. It affects children 6 mo-2 years old, is spread by those without symptoms, and usually doesn’t come with any symptoms until when the fever subsides.  It certainly fits with Lia’s symptoms.  Thankfully the fever only lasted 3 days, because it can run a maximum of 7 days!

Let’s recap what Lia has learned so far at 15 months…

mommy, daddy, ear, eyes, eyebrow, nose, chin, neck, foot, hand, nail, hair, face, heart, toe, piggy, bear, ducky, zebra, giraffe (jaraff), turtle, lion, tiger, spider (byder), ant, monkey (money), doggie, chick, chicken, kitten, owl, bird (birt), squirrel, bunny, raccoon, elephant, horse, mouse, deer, bee, hippo, butterfly, fish, alligator (algege), shoes, water, milk, veggie, mushroom, bread, waffle (wavvo),cheese, strawberry (stowbay), orange (Ojjy), watermelon (manan), cheerios (cheero), mango, plum, pair, apple, kiwi, banana, blueberry (bubei), avocado (agogo), rice, noodle, soup, tofu, odwalla, vege, jamba, juice, amen, hallelujah (ahyiwooah), ouch (outoo), hi, hello, bye bye, oh oh, two, three, four, five, eight, nine, ten, M, O, P, Mickey, Tigger, Elmo, clock, stair (dare), swing (sing), chair, truck, car, table, man, brush, comb, painting, light, bib, button, rattle, keys, baby, cup, moon, pants, slide, tunnel, rock, vacuum, ipod, phone (iphone), camera, fan, ring, umbrella (umbeya), computer (puter), dirt, pillow (pill), book, wall, dot, towel, bubble, monitor (mago), star (dar), mirror, hat, balloon, ball, spoon (boon), tree (chee), pine cone, towel, escalator (elgo), zipper, money, diaper, mole, flower (fowow), egg, water, unbuckle (abaco), more, all done, open, touch, unlock, knock, turn, twist, come, bounce (bunce), pop, hush, smell (mell), push, poo poo, hot, cold, young, old, happy, off

And in Chinese 

躺 [lie down]，眼睛 [eye]，鼻子 [nose]，嘴巴 [mouth]，耳朵 (erdo) [ear]，下巴 [chin]，頭 [head]，脖子 [neck]，眉毛 (meimo) [eyebrow]，手 [hand]，腳 [foot]，肚肚 [tummy]，禱告（大糕）[pray]，抱抱 [pick me up]，大便 [poop]，轉轉 [turn]，飛機 [airplane]，貓 [cat]，騎馬 [ride horse]，帽帽 [hat]，來 [come]，蓋蓋 [lid]，叉［fork]，背 (A-背) [piggyback]，夾夾 [hairclip] ，梳梳 [brush]，畫畫 [painting]，蝴蝶 [butterfly]，襪襪 [socks]，踏 [step on]，摸摸 [touch]，臭臭 [stink]

And a little Taiwanese

阿公 [grandpa]，阿媽 [grandma]，阿姨 [aunt]，哈秋 [sneeze]，

Overall she’s making good progress, thanks to mommy, whose daily lessons at home have paid off!

On Sunday we found out that Lia had a temperature of 101. She has no symptoms other than the temperature and she was still her normal playful self, but was especially clingy and loved to lay down. She also lost her appetite, as usually she’ll eat almost anything we give her for dinner.

It was hard to pinpoint where she got it from. Saturday morning we went to Old Country Buffet for lunch, and we noticed a girl constantly coughing while getting food. We didn’t explicitly get that food, but it’s still easy to see how food can easily be contaminated in a buffet situation. Then she attended a baby shower with a bunch of adults and kids. No one seemed visibly sick from the event, but Lia did have some mushrooms from a kabop. Then there was Sunday morning at Sunday School with 18 kids and accompanying adults, and I thought I heard the Sunday School teacher cough quite a few times before she handed some toys to Lia. There are other possible causes, but it’s hard to know what Lia has with so many factors.

Last night her fever reached 103.3. A little research on the internet showed that she should be dressed lightly so the heat can dissipate, and that giving bath helps. Late last night we decided to move her to our bed, and in the morning when the garbage truck came and we thought she was sound asleep, she uttered “Truck!” with both her index fingers pointing toward the ceiling, and then looked over and said “Hi” to each of us.

She doesn’t feel as hot any more, so we pray that she will recover soon!

Here’s Lia riding a horse… fake one of course.

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