21 months!

I can't believe Sara is 21 months today. Before we know it, she will be 2!!! Amazing! Here are some memorable "Sara" things:

Food:
She still loves to eat! She has become somewhat of a Vegetarian?? Not really, but she used to love chicken and now she won't eat it unless it's a Chicken Nugget. Rice and noodles are still her favorite things. She likes eggs now (a lot) and LOVES purple (red grapes). She is constantly asking for them. Cucumbers are also a favorite. We went to our friend Hanh's house for Pho (traditional Vietnamese soup) and she inhaled it! She still won't eat any beef!

Language:
Sara probably says at least 50 words now. She says new things every day and is putting words together. She is also saying people's names. Her cousin, Samantha is now "She she" and every older man is "Papa". I call Gary "babe" and she has started doing that. It's hilarious!!! She knows all the dogs names in the neighborhood and calls for them. When she doesn't know where someone went, she puts her hands up and says "go?" Her favorite number is 2 and when you ask her how old she is or how old she's gonna be she says "2!" She understands EVERYTHING you tell her. She tries to sing her ABCs and when you read a book to her, she tries to read it. Also, every morning she has to make sure she has her "baby and baba". I ask her what letter they start with and she says "B"!

Personality:
This kid is truly amazing. She is a very happy little girl! Suddenly, she's been very attached to her baby. She can't go anywhere without her. She feeds her and changes her diaper. I have the funniest video of her trying to change her. When we figure out how to post it, we will. One thing she does that's a little disturbing is she is hitting and saying "bad boy". We have NO idea where she got that. She started doing it on vacation in California. We have never hit and would never say that. There aren't even any boys in the house. When you take something away from her, she does it. We try very hard not to laugh, but it really is disturbing. She does it to other kids. On that note, she still tends to be aggressive and is pushing a lot. She does much better with older kids. Kids her age tend to get upset and don't like her pushing. Any advice on this would be appreciated! She loves to play with other kids, though. I have been saying that she needs an older sister. It would make my life much easier!! LOL!! She loves music and dancing. Ring around the Rosie and Itsy Bitsy Spider are her favorites! She's also incredibly active. It's very hard to take her anywhere that requires sitting still! Shopping and going out to eat have become very difficult! My, how our lives have changed!!! She loves to be outside! She will pull us and say "side" and then go get our shoes to go outside. We must have 50 pairs of shoes in our laundry room and somehow she knows when Gary sits on the steps that he is going to put his shoes on to go running. She brings him the right shoes! Too funny! Shoes are also one of her favorite things.

Sleeping:
Sara still sleeps incredibly well! She still takes a 2 hr nap every day and sleeps almost 12 hrs/ night. She never fights going to sleep. We put her down and never hear a peep out of her! We can even put her down in a strange place and she goes right to sleep! Pretty amazing!

We feel like we are the luckiest people in the world to have this precious little girl. She is always making us laugh and appreciate life. We love you so much, angel.

Back to square one???

Monday we found out that we are losing our sitter! It was a complete shock. She no longer wants to take kids part time. It's really sad because Sara really enjoyed it there and I don't like for her to have change. We have some good leads, but it's still very frustrating. You moms who can be at home full time have no idea how lucky you are! Here are some pictures of a few of her favorite things!


Her friend Caroline came over!

Bubbles and Gigi!

"Eyes" (sunglasses)Ready to GO!!!!!!!!!

As promised!

Here are LOTS of pictures from California!!


Grandma has food, so I guess I will get a little closer to her!!!

Fountains at the mall


I'm ready to GO!!!

It was so great to see Scott and Henry! Henry looks great!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not sure if the kids remembered each other or not. At first, Sara was a little aggressive with Henry. She pushed him and made him cry. We went to Knott's Berry Farm and they both really enjoyed it!

This one they had to maneuver themselves. Luckily, someone was there to help!!




I love the look on her face here! It describes her personality perfectly!

With Aunt Michele

Fourth of July celebration and petting zoo!!

We're still here!!!

Sorry we haven't posted lately! I promise I will post pictures of our trip. Sara had a really great time and she absolutely LOVED the beach! When we took her in Vietnam, she just wanted to eat the sand. She did fabulous on the flights, much better than expected. We are so glad we got to see Scott and Henry. The kids had a lot of fun! I promise pictures very soon!!!!!!!!!!!!