We have what seems a zillion pictures from when we where in China and since we have come home with Sarah “Dai Dai” as her nannies called her and looking back at the pictures of her we took in China sometimes I think my goodness this is not even the same tiny little girl that we first met. Her personality has not changes much if nothing has gotten stronger and more determined but her physical appearance and her development otherwise in what seems such a fast year gone by is just short of amazing to say the least.
She still likes to eat like there is no tomorrow, she loves to see how far she can push you sometimes she certainly stands her ground when it comes to her two older brothers, she loves to color, sing, and more then anything she loves to be outside and play. She has this hearty laugh that sometimes sounds almost a little devilish when you get her going. Her all time favorite foods are Mac’n Cheese and Smoothies, she loves bananas and grapes and Sarah has this really really ticklish spot by her knee…… she can count to 10 and sing most of her ABC’s……… she is so smart and so outgoing such a match made in heaven, sometimes if I would not know better I would say she has so much of my personality its not even funny……….behold when she is a teenager ;-) she can be as strong headed as her mother.
We went from a size 18/24 months to almost all 3T’s in a year and up a whole shoe size can you believe it…. I keep thinking this just does not seem like the same kid anymore when I look at her and oh how much she can be a typical terrible two little girl ….lol…. at the same time I have to keep reminding myself that we are still working on what will be a long process of attachment and bonding to make up for the first two years of her live somehow that we have not been there.
But we are so blessed and so grateful to China for allowing us to bring her into our family and to her nannies that took such great care of her. In a couple of weeks she will be 3 years old, its just amazing its hard to recall what it was like before she was home with us.
She still likes to eat like there is no tomorrow, she loves to see how far she can push you sometimes she certainly stands her ground when it comes to her two older brothers, she loves to color, sing, and more then anything she loves to be outside and play. She has this hearty laugh that sometimes sounds almost a little devilish when you get her going. Her all time favorite foods are Mac’n Cheese and Smoothies, she loves bananas and grapes and Sarah has this really really ticklish spot by her knee…… she can count to 10 and sing most of her ABC’s……… she is so smart and so outgoing such a match made in heaven, sometimes if I would not know better I would say she has so much of my personality its not even funny……….behold when she is a teenager ;-) she can be as strong headed as her mother.
We went from a size 18/24 months to almost all 3T’s in a year and up a whole shoe size can you believe it…. I keep thinking this just does not seem like the same kid anymore when I look at her and oh how much she can be a typical terrible two little girl ….lol…. at the same time I have to keep reminding myself that we are still working on what will be a long process of attachment and bonding to make up for the first two years of her live somehow that we have not been there.
But we are so blessed and so grateful to China for allowing us to bring her into our family and to her nannies that took such great care of her. In a couple of weeks she will be 3 years old, its just amazing its hard to recall what it was like before she was home with us.
Sarah "Yong Dao Dai" on Gotcha Day
Sarah & Daddy Flight Home
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