More goofing around and acting silly with sister K-bao.
At the end of the video when C-bao leans forward you can more clearly make out the patented "Ghidorah Style" (3-headed monster) hair-do that C-Grandmum invented.
C-bao has always been a lover of flowers (hua or 花, as the C-folks have taught her). Whenever she sees them, she'll stop, point and bellow until C-Pop or C-Mum acknowledge the pretty petals. Here she takes in the colorful collection at Golden Gate Park while rolling around on the grass.
C-bao, a natural musician, has been treated to a whole new set of Chinese nursery rhymes over the past couple of weeks by C-Grandmum. At first, she contented herself with waving her hands to the music whenever she heard the music. The last few days, whenever she sees C-Grandmum, she will start proactively waving her index finger around as if conducting an orchestra, instructing her grandma to begin with the tunes.
Below you can see her conducting away, and then giving a round of applause.
C-bao, who has been pulling herself up on any and every ledge or handgrip she can find for a few months, has finally started to try and stand on her own, and will even do so now on command.
Here you can see C-Pop asking C-bao to stand, and her open-leg technique for completing the task.
As you can also see, she's awfully proud of even a second of unassisted standing (at 0:27), and trumpets victoriously like a wild elephant.
Like her sister - and most other kids, undoubtedly - C-bao is enamored with phones, blackberries and tablets. Here she pleads for the iPhone and says "Dada" in her most obliging voice.
Appropriately, C-bao looks back in gratitude. To think: if not for the many miracles in the lives of this great woman, her daughter, and then her granddaughter over the years - enduring multiple world wars and countless harrowing experiences along the way - C-bao wouldn't even be here today.
Already, the attention is coming fast and furious, with extra reading and singing sessions, lots of additional shoulder rides, and plenty of 2:1 play sessions with the kitchen set. A few snapshots of the action below.