Sarah Lu has a fashion sense all her own! Lately, she has decided that she has to wear a dress every day, and she prefers to dress herself. The pictures above are of Sarah wearing one of her combinations. Oh Sarah, you are too cute!!

I really like these pictures of Sarah Lu. She looks SO grown up!! She loves it when we give her a chance to get on the "puter" and play a game. She is really good at it too!


Waiting for the movie to start...

Me and Sarah

Sarah and Chrissy

We took Sarah Lu to her very first movie!!! And she loved it! We went to go see the Veggietales 'Pirates Who Don't Do Anything'. Of course, we just had to get Sarah her all-time favorite snack- Popcorn! She had two refills of that big bucket (with a little help from Jie Jie's). And she thought that that BIG screen was pretty cool. Sarah absolutely loved the movie and is still pretending that she is Princess Eloise (a character from the movie). I loved experiencing one of Sarah's "firsts" with her. I was really surprised at how still she was, although she switched chairs several times, but the movie really held her attention. There were times when she would laugh very loudly and other times when she would hide her face. She kept whispering to Chrissy throughout the entire movie saying, "Guess what? We're at the movie theater!" We had a very fun time and I can't wait to take her again sometime! :)


Here is a preview of the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, aka one of Sarah Lu's new favorites. ;)


Part 1


Part 2

Big sister Rachael bought Sarah Lu an Aurora Disney Princess Washcloth! Sarah just loves it and had such a fun time making it. Thank you Rachael!!

Before... "This is going to be SO much fun!!"

After, with the beautiful masterpiece. :)

Sarah and her Wesley: Puppy love!



Daddy surprised Sarah Lu with a Dora Valentine Balloon! Ever since her birthday in June, Sarah has loved the big balloons. She was absolutely thrilled when Daddy pulled out this pretty heart shaped Dora one!! It has not been too far away from her ever since! :) Daddy also surprised her with a ceramic box that says "My Baby" on the front. So sweet! And Daddy filled it with lots of "Hugs" and "Kisses"(the Hershey kind ;) which Sarah Lu loved. This evening we went out for ice cream at Culver's and got the flavor of the day, which today was "Chocolate Covered Strawberry". Yum! Sarah had lots of fun at Culver's. We came home and watched Veggietales' Jonah to finish off the evening. After lots (and lots) of fun dancing to the songs during the credits, Sarah Lu proclaimed,
"I love Valentine's Day!"

Our little valentine! She is so sweet~ Gotta love the hearts on her dress.

Playing Hide-and-Seek

Enjoying a snack

"Hmm... where should I hide?"

Sarah Lu's favorite shoes :)

Playing the Piano

Three years ago today, February 8th, Chrissy met Sarah Lu for the first time. Baby Lu Hua was just 7 months old. We are all still amazed at the miracle that the 7 month old baby became our precious daughter and sister. Sarah and Chrissy, February 8, 2008!

We had a little celebration with cupcakes! The cupcakes had "Boots" the monkey from Dora the Explorer on them. The monkey is fitting because Chrissy met Sarah on the last day of the year of the Monkey. It was Chinese New Year's Eve (the CNY date changes every year).

Xin Nian Kuai Le!
Happy Year of the Rat!

Click HERE to see how much she's changed since last year.


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