My two girls on the merry-go-round
Emma on the "Speedy Turtle"
I asked for a natural smile
Sophi
We have had a very busy summer so far. Emma has made a few trips to the old neighborhood and visited Liberty Park to take in a few rides and shaved ices from our good friend Nicolai. She seems to enjoy the orange cream flavor. The fourth picture in this post represents the referral photo of our friends Calista and Shawn's new daughter. They will be leaving sometime in the next few weeks to pick up their new daughter from the Hubei Province. That's right, another "spice girl" will soon be in Utah! We are excited for them and are anxious to meet Sophi.
Emma is growing taller and faster. She had a cold two weeks back, and may have lost a pound or two because of a lack of interest in food, but we think she has gained it back. We didn't feel right in taking her to the nursery at church for two weeks, so I had to make the supreme sacrifice and stay home with her.
Emma helped me pick two tomatoes from our garden last week, and I asked her to take them inside to her mother. Mom only got one, because Emma bit into the other one and ate the whole thing...just like her great-grandpa Foster. I remember grandpa driving me up to a tomato field, getting out with a salt shaker that had somehow appeared from the glove compartment, and eating tomatoes al fresco right off of the vine.
We went to the annual picnic of our adoption agency and met many of our old friends and their little girls from China. Emma fit right in, and played hard with them all. She enjoys mixing it up with a crowd. Last Friday Kathryn and Andy held a party at the house for friends who are getting married this week. Emma arrived on the scene about 9:00 PM, and started to work the room. She went around and said "Hi"to everybody while eating and drinking. She was kind of wound up later that night when she had to go to bed.
She is making great progress with her language skills, putting words together, and expanding her vocabulary. Advances are being made on the potty training front as well, but I will leave those details to Denny. She has discovered the subtle beauties of bologna, and
would eat it at every meal if we would let her.
OK then.
7 comments:
Great post. Love Emma's "natural" smile. She's ready for a modeling career!
And Denny, we picked out the same Old Navy flag tees this year. I think mine shrunk in the dryer because I actually tried to wear it today and had to put on something else. :(
I have fantasies about having the kind of child who would eat a whole tomato. The antioxidants!! What a cutie she is, and she's getting so dang old! It's hard to believe that not too long ago, all we knew about her was a picture just like Sophi's.
Thanks for the update and the pictures. The one of your "two girls" is terrific.
Isn't there a scripture somewhere that says "greater love hath no man than that he stays home from the block with his ailing child"?
If not, there should be.
Emma is such a cutie! I'm so glad we were able to get together and let her and Jack play for a little while last week. She's so tall and it was fun to hear her talking. Thanks for the update.
It's so much fun to read your updates - you're both such great writers - Of course, the subject matter makes it a no-brainer.
It's fun to get to interact with Emma in person occasionally and witness first-hand the amazing strides she's making with language - she's on the cusp of the water spilling over the top of top of the dam - every time we see her she's added all these new words and she's just an amazing little girl, with such a joyful spirit. I predict Emma will be one of the living examples of the old saying "We spend the first 2 years of a child's life trying to get them to talk, and the next 16 years trying to get them to be quiet!" - she is so social and gregarious that I can't wait until the words come spilling forth. It's going to be fun!"
Love,
Aunt Barbie
I loved your pictures at Lagoon?? Emma is very cute and gave me hope at a very difficult time. It is also great to see Sophi's picture as well. Yeah..another China trip!
Emily LinDa's mom
Just wondering if you could put me in touch with Sophie's parents. Our daughter is from the same SWI and our referral picture is taken on the same little toy police car. We are leaving 9/14 to go get her. We are Maddocks fans too. We are BYU grads who have family in Logan and so we do Maddocks when we're near. Thanks Dana www.meilisinchina.blogspot.com
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