"Doesn't she look different from the last time you saw her? She's gained two pounds already." -Rea

I visited Rea and her newborn daughter Ella today. It's the second time I've seen Ella. The first time was at the hospital, the day after she was born, with Joo, Chuck, and Nan. She was a pretty baby with the most perfect puckered cherry lips and cool mohawk hair. Today she was smirking with the right corner of her mouth as she fell asleep and her hair was flat on her head and getting lighter. Hannah visited her just before me but Ella slept the whole time. Ella greeted me at the door with a bright red face and loud cries. She was hungry! Just like some grown up friends of mine, she gets angry fast when she is hungry and not fed right away. (I am reminding one of my grown up friends even as I write this to eat something before tonight's activity. Lest she inflict terror on the rest of us.) She was soon fed and I held her while she fell asleep. My arms felt like rocks afterwards.

It's interesting to observe Rea going through the changes of becoming pregnant to giving birth to becoming a Mom. She seems the same but different. I was pretty impressed that I not only didn't drop the baby but actually soothed Ella to sleep. I prefer toddlers to babies because they're more sturdy, independent, and you can have amusing conversations with them.

Tonight I'll be going to the City of Lights festival. It's a French film festival in Los Angeles. They're showing " Une Hirondelle a Fait Le Printemps" which means a swallow at the zenith of spring, but the English title is "The Girl From Paris". I'm so excited! I love listening to French and watching foreign films every now and then breaks the monotony of Hollywood films.