Wednesday, September 21, 2011

September is Gone!

See any resemblance?

September has come and gone like a swirl wind. Time goes by fast when you are having fun! We will sure miss the nice weather and fun outdoors! Jade is just getting cuter and cuter by day. She picks up new things everyday and surprises us with her intelligence. 
She understands a lot of what we say now, in both Chinese and English, more Chinese than English. Here's some of the things she understands: 
Go get your socks and shoes;
Get me another sock;
Let's go outside;
Wash your hands;
Let's swing;
Daddy/mommy's home;
Are you hungry?
Don't!!
No no!
Good job!
Let's read a book;
Give that to mommy/daddy/auntie/uncle;
Go upstairs;
Let's eat;
All done;
Let's go change your diaper;
Here comes a car;
Watch Qiaohu (the Chinese show);
That's trash.
Throw it away. 
Don't climb on the table.

I'm sure we forgot some.
We think she's smart :-)

Jade loves making faces in church.

Our last BBQ this summer. See you next year :-)

Our new neighbor has three little girls. Jade loves playing with them and riding their bike :-)

I don't think daddy can wait too long before he buys her her own bike :-)

Jade and mommy always go out on walks in the morning. She loves following the little birds, or kitties, or dogs!
Jade usually gets hysterical in her bath because it's close to her bedtime. 

Cute sleeping angel. 

When jade wakes up before 8am and mommy and daddy need time to wake up, she gets the privilege of watching her Chinese show in our bed on her own portable DVD player.

We love going to Dillard's and play in the kid section :-)

Daddy got jade a new toy to train her to be focused and learn cause-effect. Unfortunately, she's not quite getting it yet. 

Love breakfast time together!

She just blends in on BYU campus!!

Our humming birds are gone. See you next summer!

Daddy loves swinging with jade because it's the only time she'll cuddle :-)

Jade was crazy happy in this picture, just FYI!

Crazy hairdo after a nap.

Romantic walk in the rain :-)

Daddy is good making Hamburger Helper :-) Really, better than mommy!

Jade loves reading! She would always find time during the day, go into her room, climb on her chair, and read herself some little stories, out loud. It's the cutest thing ever!!

Saturday, September 10, 2011

09/10/11

It's a lucky day today 9/10/11!!  It's also Teacher's Day in China. While all my Chinese students are wishing me a Happy Teacher Day, America doesn't even have a day to honor teachers :-( That's probably one good thing about China, the honoring of teachers!

And here's the happenings so far in September!
We love her smiles and she's such a happy baby! I also love her hair. It reminds me of my childhood :-)

Daddy trained Jade to throw away her own diapers. She would pick it up, take it to the trash, and then clap for herself. So cute. The only drawback is she's always so eager to get up and throw away her diaper that she wouldn't hold still to get her diaper changed :-)
She also learned to wipe her changing station after seeing me do it once. She's a VERY fast learner. 
 
Daddy decided to get jade a big-girl car seat to make her car rides a little more pleasant. Apparently that's not enough. We still hear screams in the car, until she got this little DVD player. Now she doesn't want to get out!
 
Auntie Megan did Jade's hair and can you tell jade loves her?!

Jade's morning snacks :-)

Jade wouldn't take anything on her hair, but she has a special love for socks, not just her own socks, but also daddy's :-)

Yang brought some traditional Chinese baby aprons back from Beijing. Jade looks so cute in them!

She loves smelling plants, even dead ones :-)


Two-headed monster!!

Happy Labor Day!

Jade's favorite book is called "I can Fly"! (See John's hand?)

Jade loves dancing to daddy's dancing car!

NuSkin had a Summer party at Lagoon. I got to ride on some fun roller coasters for the first time. It was fun!!
My future BYU graduate!!

I always enjoy Zupas, especially with people I love!!

I love watching jade playing with her stuffed animals. She really treats them like they are alive :-)

This was before her morning nap. She played with her socks and bibs for a good 15 minutes, then laid there on the floor for a few minutes, then she saw me with the camera and went crazy silly :-)

Monday, September 5, 2011

Happy Labor Day!

On Labor Day, we went to the Thanksgiving petting zoo. Jade had a lot of fun with the animals. We had some yummy ice cream afterwards. 












Double wet-willy!