My postings are pathetic I know. I'd love to blog more, but that would require giving up something else like dishes, sleep, clean clothes, showering, morning quiet times...not enough hours in the day. Anyway in an attempt to keep track of some milestones I thought I would write down some things that Liya is saying at 15 months. This list of words/phrases is what she will say without us asking her to say them, though she will attempt to repeat most things when asked (if she feels cooperative). At this point Travis and I are probably the only ones who can tell what she is saying. It's so incredible to hear her add new words almost daily.
hi
bye
See you!
I love you!
mama
dada
Liya
Piper (Piper no!)
Squeaker (Squeaker no!)
apple
banana
cheese
cracker
cereal
Bible
ball
thank you
There you go
Get down!
help
out
shoe
sock
car
no!
yeah
tickle
Good girl!
One, two, three, four, five
fish
hippo
rhino
puppy
cow
orca
turtle
mouse
zebra
Peek-a-boo!
baby
all done
sticker
stop
book
dirty
eeew!
uh oh
Where are you?
snow
tv
snack
eat
Last year at this time I was longing to know my child. I had been sure that we would be celebrating our referral with family over the holidays, but a few weeks before Christmas our first match fell though. It was a lonely Christmas, not to mention the two of us got snowed in on Christmas day. Now a year later we are a family of three, exactly how we were meant to be. I am still amazed by the way God knit our little family together. This was definitely worth the wait!
The one year old is almost as big as the three year old.
Liya got a sled for Christmas from my parents. As you can see Liya loved her sled and being out in the snow and cold. In fact, she loved it so much that she took the longest nap of her life (3 hours 10 minutes!, ordinary = 1 hour 20 minutes) afterward and even took her nap 1.5 hours earlier than usual.
