Chloe playing with the microphone
At the Zoo
Looking at animals
Laughing at the animals, having a good time
Too much fun. She wore herself out!
Sunday dress
So cute!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Continued Progress
Chloe is doing great. She can now say Mama, moo, meow, night night, uh oh, and something that sounds like hi. When she says meow, she also tries to do the sign language with it that is sort of like miming whiskers. It is so adorable. I am going to try and video it and post it because I think it is so cute.
Chloe has had a hard time sitting and listening to books. Some of my favorite times with Caleb were nighttime story time. We would sit and rock and read books and we both loved it. I have tried to do that with Chloe and it has been hard up until this last week or so. At first she would grab the books and try and turn the pages and close the books. Over time, we have gotten her to sit and listen, but she has usually been holding a book of her own and plays with it while we read another book. Anyways, last weekend she sat still and paid attention to 4 books! I was so amazed. Since then she has done great sitting and listening. I hope she loves to read as much as Caleb does.
Another area I have really seen Chloe progress on is interacting with other people. For the longest time Chloe would really only go to us. Now she seems to be getting more and more comfortable and she will even let people she barely knows hold her. She is also becoming more comfortable at the church nursery. The first few times we left her she had a hard time. At our church, if a child is having a hard time, they usually put them in a stroller and stroll them in the hallways. I guess Chloe was put in the stroller and strolled the first few times. Anyways, she seemed to feel comfortable and secure in the stroller. Over the next few weeks she progressed to being in the room sitting in the stroller, to her teachers holding her to playing and having a good time. Wednesday night when I went to pick her up she was so excited and having a great time because her teacher was blowing bubbles which she loves.
She is also enjoying music and is learning motions to some songs. She can now perform the head, shoulder, knees and toes song and the wheels on the bus. At night after reading I usually sing her some songs and I swear she is trying to sing along with me when I sing the alphabet song. Won't that be amazing the first day she can sing her A,B,C's. I can't wait!
Her gross motor skills also continue to develop. She can run some now. She can also climb up this slide we have and slide down. She loves to climb up and down stairs. To bad for her we have a one story house. She is also doing a lot of walking. Our nanny and her walked around our block the other day 3 times.
Last weekend Chloe and I had a great time with a girl's weekend. Kevin and Caleb were on a father/son YMCA camping trip. On Saturday morning Chloe and I went to the zoo. She seemed to enjoy herself so much at the zoo in China, I thought it would be fun to do. The weather was great and she loved it! Most of the animals were out and active which made it even that much more fun. That evening we went to dinner with a friend and then went shopping. It was really fun. I am looking forward to many more girls weekends.
I am going to try and post more photos. She has healed well from the surgery and from a distance it is hard to even see the scar. Everyone that sees her is amazed at the result. It is hard to believe her surgery was just a little over one month ago. She has done great!
Chloe has had a hard time sitting and listening to books. Some of my favorite times with Caleb were nighttime story time. We would sit and rock and read books and we both loved it. I have tried to do that with Chloe and it has been hard up until this last week or so. At first she would grab the books and try and turn the pages and close the books. Over time, we have gotten her to sit and listen, but she has usually been holding a book of her own and plays with it while we read another book. Anyways, last weekend she sat still and paid attention to 4 books! I was so amazed. Since then she has done great sitting and listening. I hope she loves to read as much as Caleb does.
Another area I have really seen Chloe progress on is interacting with other people. For the longest time Chloe would really only go to us. Now she seems to be getting more and more comfortable and she will even let people she barely knows hold her. She is also becoming more comfortable at the church nursery. The first few times we left her she had a hard time. At our church, if a child is having a hard time, they usually put them in a stroller and stroll them in the hallways. I guess Chloe was put in the stroller and strolled the first few times. Anyways, she seemed to feel comfortable and secure in the stroller. Over the next few weeks she progressed to being in the room sitting in the stroller, to her teachers holding her to playing and having a good time. Wednesday night when I went to pick her up she was so excited and having a great time because her teacher was blowing bubbles which she loves.
She is also enjoying music and is learning motions to some songs. She can now perform the head, shoulder, knees and toes song and the wheels on the bus. At night after reading I usually sing her some songs and I swear she is trying to sing along with me when I sing the alphabet song. Won't that be amazing the first day she can sing her A,B,C's. I can't wait!
Her gross motor skills also continue to develop. She can run some now. She can also climb up this slide we have and slide down. She loves to climb up and down stairs. To bad for her we have a one story house. She is also doing a lot of walking. Our nanny and her walked around our block the other day 3 times.
Last weekend Chloe and I had a great time with a girl's weekend. Kevin and Caleb were on a father/son YMCA camping trip. On Saturday morning Chloe and I went to the zoo. She seemed to enjoy herself so much at the zoo in China, I thought it would be fun to do. The weather was great and she loved it! Most of the animals were out and active which made it even that much more fun. That evening we went to dinner with a friend and then went shopping. It was really fun. I am looking forward to many more girls weekends.
I am going to try and post more photos. She has healed well from the surgery and from a distance it is hard to even see the scar. Everyone that sees her is amazed at the result. It is hard to believe her surgery was just a little over one month ago. She has done great!
Monday, October 3, 2011
Long time since last update
Well it has been a long time since I have posted anything. Things seem to be going really well. Chloe continues to amaze us and make us laugh. My cousin and aunt came to visit last weekend. They are speech therapists. My cousin works with children and she has given us some things to be working with Chloe on. Chloe seems like a fast learner and we are hopeful for speedy progress. One of the things we are working on is having her blow air out her mouth. Seems like a normal thing to do, but she had not done that for 19 months. We have been blowing bubbles, playing with pin wheels and blowing fuzz. She is also able to suck out of a straw for the first time in her life. She really likes it and usually drinks most of what is in her cup when she is using one. We are also trying to encourage more verbalizing. She is consistently saying Mama now and knows it refers to me. She is also saying something that sounds like night night at bedtime. We also think she was trying to say Ge ge today, which is big brother in Chinese. We often call Caleb that so she was trying to imitate us. I would love it if she would say it and I know he would too. Her sleep continues to be an issue. Of course tonight she fell asleep in no time flat and has yet to wake up. But last night it took over 1.5 hours to get her to bed despite her being extremely sleepy. She is however, sleeping through the night better than she had. So that too is making progress.
Caleb and her and getting along really well. They are fun to watch their play together. Caleb has created this chase game where Chloe is chasing him around the house. It is so funny because she squeals in delight when she gets him. We are also continuing to work with Caleb on reading her body language. As all siblings do, he often seems to antagonize or bother her when she really should be left alone. She still has a lot of on the edge fussy times and we are really trying to work with him to leave her alone and not stir up the pot. He just loves her so much, I think it is sometimes hard for him to leave her alone.
It is still amazing to me that we have only had her for just over 2 months and tomorrow we will have been back in the States for 2 months. So much has happened in this time. And yet, it seems like such a long time ago that we were in China. I guess life is funny like that.
Caleb and her and getting along really well. They are fun to watch their play together. Caleb has created this chase game where Chloe is chasing him around the house. It is so funny because she squeals in delight when she gets him. We are also continuing to work with Caleb on reading her body language. As all siblings do, he often seems to antagonize or bother her when she really should be left alone. She still has a lot of on the edge fussy times and we are really trying to work with him to leave her alone and not stir up the pot. He just loves her so much, I think it is sometimes hard for him to leave her alone.
It is still amazing to me that we have only had her for just over 2 months and tomorrow we will have been back in the States for 2 months. So much has happened in this time. And yet, it seems like such a long time ago that we were in China. I guess life is funny like that.
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