Sarah Lu, 12 mo. Look at those cheeks! What a chunk-a-monk!
18 mo. What a sweetie!
24 mo. I love how she's sucking her thumb!
Today Sarah Lu went to the bank with Baba and was surprised with this gift, a sweet baby doll! It was all wrapped up specially for her! She hasn't let go of her dolly all day and just adores it!
On December 22, 2006, we finally landed in Chicago after what seemed like forever on the plane and after over two weeks in China and we were finally home with Sarah Lu. It is so hard to believe that just a month ago my two older sisters met Sarah for the first time and Sarah was just meeting our gou-gou's for the very first time! It's crazy how fast time goes!! After a month of being home, I think we are completely adjusted. Sarah at first in China only wanted me and not Mama and Baba, but now, it is hard to even see her because she adores her Mama and Baba so much! Now it seems like Sarah has always been a part of our family.The last time I had Pizza Hut before tonight was in China, so it was a cool way to celebrate our one month home anniversary!


This is the pair of shoes that she was wearing when she came to us from the orphanage.
Would you like some more tea Mr. Bear?
Ok, here you go Mr. Bear!
My mommy came to my tea party! I LOVE my Mama!!
JieJie Chrissy came too!!
And so did my JieJie Yashi!
Ok Yashi, I am your doctor now.The car commercial for Kia, is Sarah Lu's absolute favorite thing on tv, (it's to the song from Sound of Music) she'll run to the screen and start dancing, she loves saying, "Adieu", and loves the end, "Goodbye..." and falls onto the floor with her hands up in the air. When it's done she asks, "do some more?" And thanks to DVR we play it for her over and over.
Here's a quick video of Sarah Lu saying her newest favorite phrase, "Gid-day." She has a stacking cup and is using it as a hat, she was watching "Pollyanna" and they said "Good-Day"once on there and she mimicked it and even put in her own Austrailian accent! I was so glad I had the camera, it was pretty adorable!













































