Abby has been a busy girl. She is learning so many new things and trying to perfect others. I am having such a hard time keeping up with all the new things that she does and says.

Abby has finally worked up the courage to walk up and down steps with minimal or no assistance. She is working very, very hard at learning to jump and she's been trying to leap off of everything higher than one inch, shouting "wheeee" every time.

Yesterday, we were watching a flock of geese fly overhead and I pointed them out to her, saying, "Look, Abby! Birds." She stared very seriously at me and if she knew how to roll her eyes, she would have at that point. "Geese," she enlightens me. I could hear the sigh in her voice, for she must have thought of me as some uneducated fool. :)

She speaks in full, but short sentences fairly often now and she mixes Chinese and English flawlessly: "Abby xie (writes) ABC" every time she has a pen in hand. "Kai-kai dian shi" (turn on the television). "Abby's two bei-bei (blankies)." "Wa-wa (water - not Chinese) in nose!" when she sprayed water in her face while drinking from a water bottle. "No way, baby!" or "Oh, no, baby!" For whatever reason, she likes to tack on "baby" to the end of phrases for extra emphasis. "Whoa, baby!" as a comment on my father's driving!!

Anyway, here are some recent photos of Abby.


Chewing on an orange as she lounges on Big La-La


Playing with her beads. She calls them her "mei-mei" - pretties.


We went for dim sum a couple of weeks ago and Abby LOVED the chicken feet!


Doing extremely well with utensils, both spoon and fork. She's even done well with chopsticks!



Looking cool!


"A shoe, a shoe, a shoe!" She exclaims excitedly every time she comes across footwear.


Working on dressing herself. She can't figure out those tiny socks, though.