Sunday, March 25, 2012

Kiera's 15 Month Update!




Kiera has been changing a lot it seems to me. She is starting to practically run and is getting good at running away from Mommy especially when I am trying to put her cloths on. She is starting to pick up more words too. Her favorite/ my favorite word she says now is please. Really cute.

Other words she says

In Chinese:
Shoes
Socks
Strawberries
Dog
Horse
Milk

In English:
More
Please
Thank you/ Xie Xie ( She goes back and forth)
Bye bye
Hello
Hi
Baby
boo

She is also understanding more and can put stuff in the trash for me and other simple commands. Her favorite thing to do right now is opening and closing containers. Dumping everything out of containers and mimicking any 3 year old around! She also loves loves stairs and poor Kiera got her first big nose scatch! Everyone always asks what happened cause it looks so painful.
I have been trying to do more creative play at home now that she is getting older and has better fine motor skills. Her favorite at home activity that I tried with her is playing with something I made from flour it's called cloud dough. We have also been practicing with eating with a fork and spoon. She is really good at it now and can finish two bowls of rice type food mixture with a spoon! We have also been teaching her to pray and she does a good job imitating folding her arms and putting her head down. My favorite thing is that she makes kissing noises after we pray. We never taught her that but I think she must have noticed Jonathan and I kiss after we pray. So funny what they pick up. She is so fun!

Friday, March 16, 2012

Found this on my comp today!

CHELSEA “mY LoVe!!11!!”


I love you!!11!!11!1! 1!!! From your husband in crime….


Jonathan CHEN!!!!!!!!! (extra exclamation marks for emphasis!!!!)


Made my day!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

hmm I like

" But there is a third kind of marriage. The third kind of marriage is not perfect, not even close. But a decision has been made, and two people have decided to love each other to the limit, and to sacrifice the most important thing of all—themselves. In these marriages, losing becomes a way of life, a competition to see who can listen to, care for, serve, forgive, and accept the other the most. The marriage becomes a competition to see who can change in ways that are most healing to the other, to see who can give of themselves in ways that most increase the dignity and strength of the other. These marriages form people who can be small and humble and merciful and loving and peaceful.

And they are revolutionary, in the purest sense of the word..."

Saturday, March 10, 2012

read this somewhere and liked it

" The last paragraph really struck me: Change your language. Instead of saying "I don't have time" try saying "it's not a priority," and see how that feels. Often, that's a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don't want to. But other things are harder. Try it: "I'm not going to edit your résumé, sweetie, because it's not a priority." "I don't go to the doctor because my health is not a priority." If these phrases don't sit well, that's the point. Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we don't like how we're spending an hour, we can choose differently. "

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Love this post! Can apply to many things

http://katiewetherbee.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/joy-or-just-wait/