Home - Sweet - Home

It is wonderful being home. We are all settling back into our routines and adding a new one! Hanna, YingYing, is adjusting well to being in our family. She's now slept through the night 2 nights in a row and I've slept through the night 1 night and hopefully again tonight! She is doing very well. If we could just get her to not be afraid of the dogs! She is terrified and yells at them -in Chinese!- each time they come near! The boys are doing great with her and want to do everything for her. They are very attentive and like playing with her. She seems to like them too, but is busy with learning everything new. She is catching on to English and I thought this morning I need to make a list of her words. She knows bye bye, hi, thank you, car, apple, potty, baba, mama. She can point to her eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair and fingers. She echos numbers to 10 and letters. We are working on colors. She recognizes grandparents and the boys in pictures and in person. I forgot - she definitely knows NO, but doesn't like it! She cries everytime we have to say it to her! Her favorite Chinese word is Boo Shong (I have no idea how to spell it, but that is how it sounds!) Shiyan told us it means No Way! She says it frequently! Some of Hanna's first so far are flying in an airplane, eating chocolate ice cream, drinking chocolate milk, flying across the Pacific Ocean, riding in our van, sitting in a carseat, going to Southmont and Ladoga El in the same day, shopping in the mall, swinging at the park, and going down the curly slide! We can't wait to continue to add more firsts to her list!