What a difference a month makes...

Then:

Now:




Things we know about Sarah -
*She has a sense of humor that is really starting to show - she loves to play peek-a-boo and will really slowly bring down the blanket to smile at us.

*She tends to hide her smile - there is a little smirky smile she gets instead of a big one if she is being coy.

*She has perfected the heiny-scoot and will sit down rather than practice walking if she doesn't feel like it.

*She is stubborn.

*She will eat ANYTHING and continue to eat until she explodes (well, not really of course - we do put limits on her intake!)

*She LOVES water - baths, pools, you name it she loves it. She will even put her face in without sucking in water. A future swimmer?

*She hates to take naps or go to bed unless she is extremely tired in which case she will fall asleep taking her bottle.

*She lights up when her Daddy comes home from work and can not wait for him to pick her up.

*She loves to suck on the edge of her blanket, or mommy's shirt, or daddy's shirt, or her stuffed animal's tail or ears to go to sleep.

*She is a mimic.

*She can sign "more" - a very important word, you know!

*She says "mama" "dada" "baba" (we think this is for Daddy too as baba is daddy in Chinese) "gege" ("big brother" but I'm not sure how much she attributes this to Brandon) "uhoh" (the kids taught her this one and she uses it appropriately all the time and sometimes just to babble) "ah-oo" (thank you - not consistant but we usually say it to her when she hands us something and she repeats it)

*She LOVES the cat who tolerates her and even comes close to her for some "gentle" petting - we really have to watch her because she grabs at her tail and we have to watch the cat because if you know Molly she is not the most friendly cat in the world.

*She would love to get her hands on the dog but he has become a bit standoffish with her and prefers not to have his fur grabbed and pulled so he stays away.

*She does not like to sleep with anyone - thank you very much! No cosleeping for this one. Thank goodness as we are trying to get all of them out of our bed!

*She loves to go out - when Hannah has her shoes on that means we are going somewhere and she gets very excited! She has perfected the wave to go bye-bye. She is quite happy in the car, stroller, or where ever we go as long as it is out.

*She takes 2 hour naps - unless of course she falls asleep in the car and Mommy tries to get her out to be put in her crib then naptime is over regardless of how tired we are. 5 minutes, 10 minutes, it doesn't matter - nap time is OVER!

*She knows the cat says "meow" but it doesn't quite come out that way when she says it.

*She has really started to have fun with Hannah.

*She lets Brandon help her if she really needs something and Mommy and Daddy aren't right there.

*She plays "so big"

*She loves to "jump"

*She gets very animated when we say "yeah!" to her for something she has done.



Here are a few more picturs of the week: