2 Month Liliana-versary!

OK, so we all remember August 9th! This is our Lili the very first day we met her.




Thinking back on our time in China, we were SO grateful for every little thing Lili did or allowed us to do. I just remembered the other day how she wouldn't let any one of us touch her at all for more than a week. No spontaneous hugs or pats, nothing. She would push us away if she even felt us coming towards her.
(and notice her much shorter hair!)


Well, obviously this is a girl comfortable and happy with her life.
Here she sits, a princess on her throne watching "Sleeping Beauty".
And let me tell you, you better believe I'll be out shopping at the crack of dawn Nov. 1st to get all those 1/2 price princess costumes!! We've decided to get her a big box of dresses and crowns and shoes for Christmas this year.......shh! don't tell her! :)


She's made some pretty good progress since the 1st month update.
She can now:

• count to 10. she can use her fingers too and knows what each number means
• sing the ABC song with more letters correct and she can say "now I know my ABCs" very well (even though she really doesn't!)
• say "baba's at work"
• say "banana" correctly
• say "what do you say?" ("ah you say?") as in if she gives us something she'll say it prompting us to say "thank you" just like we do to her!
• say "OK.......sigh" like mama!
• say "nap time" ("nat tiiiiiime")
• say "shopping" ("sha pain")
• say "church" ("chuch")
• say "night night" ("nye nye")
• say "Snow White" ("Sno Rye") it's not funny, it's a serious obsession. I have visions of her, 50 years from now, being one of those home shopping "collectors" with a scary "Snow White Room" in her house! seriously......
• say "football" ("tutbah") AND!! she claps and cheers for football too especially those UNDEFEATED DALLAS COWBOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• say our neighbor's dog's name "Martini" ("Tarmini")
• say "mama's/baba's/peepaw's car and/or truck"
• say and recognize "baby"
• say "Elmo" ("Aylmo")
• color pictures a little better with a little more interest
• brush her teeth completely (and rinse and dry)
• recognize and say her ears, eyes, nose, mouth, hair, feet, hands, head
• voluntarily give and accept kisses on the mouth
• say "I love you" ("I looo lu")

I'm sure there's more, but I can't think and you're probably bored anyway.

Suffice it to say, we're blessed.