Eric gets major hubby points

In addition to "fish", today had another new word: apple

I've read that when kids are in a major acquisition mode (physical or verbal) they are often fussy than normal. Medora was fussier (bordering on cranky at times) than usual today, so hopefully that explains it... 2 new words in a single day takes its toll. :)

Eric gets major points for taking care of her for 2 hours while I went for a traditional Chinese foot massage. I went with another gal who is here adopting a baby girl. She said that a Chinese foot massage was fanstastic. I really couldn't imagine what they could do to feet for 90 minutes! Thank goodness for her (and her fluent Mandarin skills), as this was definitely not a tourist place. The entry was lined with hundreds of little boxes containing herbs dispensed by the apothecary. Anyhow, the "foot massage" was much more than that. We were seated together in a room in a reclining seat, something like a La-Z-Boy. First, our feet were soaked in a wooden barrel with some sort of tea potion. While the feet were soaking, our arms, shoulders, back, neck, and hands were massaged. Then our feet were removed from the soaking tub and hot towels placed behind our necks. Then our feet, toes, ankles, and calves were massaged. It was decadent and divine, and cost about $10 US for 90 minutes of pampering.