"Little One" is on her way to becoming a "Miss Independent."

This month's photos....

1. "Little One" is lounging on her chair while watching "Baby Signing Time." "Little One" gets 20 minutes/day of "Baby Signing Time" during the weekend. There's no tv time for the weekday because we're doing other activities with her then. She knows almost all of the signs covered in both volumes now. She isn't just learning American Sign Language from "Baby Signing Time," she's picking up words in English and Chinese (Cantonese). She's becoming a tri-lingual "little girl."

2. She insists on trying to brush her own teeth. It's not very thorough but it's a start. Mommy & Daddy will help her afterwards.
3. Look at her...All smiles after her meal. She's ready to get up and go play.
4. She really is on a mission to conquer walking. "Little One" knows that she'll get to walk when we put on her socks and bring out the shoes. In fact, she sticks her foot up for the socks.
5. She's walking towards me and doing the "Aaah--oooh" sound of dogs howling in the moonlight.
6. "Little One" is dancing with her Daddy here. She enjoys listening to music with a beat.
It's so funny because she not only will bop up and down but, also, twirl around. When she's dancing on her own, she swings her body side to side.

7. This is her first puzzle and she is slowly getting the idea of putting the pieces in the right spot. Mommy & Daddy are saying the shape and color of the pieces. She is really picking up on naming the colors. She knows how to say purple, blue, yellow, red, and orange. She has not picked up saying green yet. She repeats "oval" when we say "oval."

It's a bit amazing to see that she's associating the colors to other objects around us. The other day, she pointed to my denim shorts and said "blue."

8. "Little One" seems to have picked up playing with dolls and stuff animals a bit more over the last couple of months. She hugs and kisses them. "Little One" had spent 10-15 minutes in the play pen playing with her dolls on her own. Aaah...A little rest time for Mommy & Daddy.

According to the day care person, she and another little girl (same age) play dolls together. The girls pick up the dolls and gives them hugs & kisses. Then, they trade dolls and do the same things over again.

9. We had a number of special visitors this month to come play with "Little One." This is a photo of "Little One" with her orphanage "sister." They're only 2 weeks apart in age and were adopted at the same time. Aren't they adorable? Their feet were touching in this photo.

We really enjoyed their visit. We'll have to visit them the next time so that the girls will know each other as they grow up.

10. "Little One" looks less like a "baby" and more like a little girl in this photo.
In September, "Little One" will be 1 1/2 years-old (aka: 18 months). It makes me anticipate and wonder what she'll be by age 2.