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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Well, it is finally summer! Since our last update everyone has finished school and everyone has been pretty busy. Caroline is doing so well. She had her final visit with Dr. Lee and is officially perfectly healthy and on track in all areas. She can now perform all the tasks for Dr. Lee that she was unable to perform upon arriving home from China and her vocabulary is increasing everyday. She amazes us each day with all she is learning and she makes us smile because she is the happiest little girl with an adorable personality.

Caroline has had more time to play with her brother and sisters now that school is out. She builds tall towers with her building blocks and then points at them and exclaims, “Wow!”. She LOVES to play ball and she is really very good at catching it. She has also been spending a lot of time in the pool- she definitely is a water baby. But Caroline’s most favorite game to play is tea party. She has a couple of little tea sets and she will pour and serve us tea. When she pretends to drink tea she says “blub, blub,..” to make the sound of drinking it and sometimes says “hot” and blows on it for you. She also makes plates of food and serves them to different members of the family. She feeds her dogs too. Every night she watches Alison and Mommy preparing the dogs’ dinner, so one day she took out a packet of their food, put it in a bowl, and called them over. Spunky was too tired to get up, so Caroline brought it to her and patted her on the head. Caroline really loves her dogs and she takes very good care of them.

On June 29th we celebrated Caroline’s second birthday. She had a party during the day with her friends. It was a Strawberry Shortcake theme. They played “pass Strawberry Shortcake”, “pin the tail on Pupcake”, swam in the pool, and munched on donuts, ice pops, and lollies. They even wore Strawberry Shortcake hats- that were scented! That night we celebrated with the big kids. Some of her favorite presents include a supermarket cart (just her size), a pink tricycle, food for her kitchen, lots of puzzles and books, some summer clothes, sunglasses (she is beginning to have quite the collection), a Kai-Lan tree house and accessories, a little tikes airport, her very first jewelry box that sings when she opens it, and of course a painted tea set! It was a wonderful day and Caroline really enjoyed herself.

Over fourth of July weekend we went to Peddler’s Village for some relaxing and shopping. Caroline did very well in the car- some sleeping, some watching Barney. When we got there she explored the room and then we went to ride the carousel. This was her first ride. At first she was apprehensive, but seemed to like the ride at the end. Then we went to the toy store where Caroline found lots of great things to bring home. There were a lot of festivities for the holiday and Caroline enjoyed every minute of it. After room service and watching the fireworks out the hotel room window, Caroline decided that she could get used to being on vacation. The next day Caroline had another first experience- antiquing with Mommy and her sisters. Daddy and Ryan slept in and enjoyed breakfast at the hotel. Then we went for ice cream and some more shopping. Caroline enjoyed running around the cobblestone walkways of the village and looking at the fish in the pond. At night she slept like a little rock because of the very busy days. It really was a great vacation.

These past few weeks have been filled with wonderful memories for us. From her first time in the pool, to her second birthday, and first vacation, we are so very lucky to spend this time with our little girl. Caroline Mei is truly blossoming into a wonderful little person. It is hard to put into words the joy that she has brought us. She is close to her family, she has the sweetest personality, she has a kind and loving heart, and she is the light of her family!

Caroline dancing with mommy

Caroline tries her hand at a Chinese drum

It doesn’t get any cuter than a pink tutu

Caroline has a Strawberry Shortcake party
with her little friends.

I just love Kai-Lan!

Happy 2nd Birthday Caroline Mei!

So many balloons- it must be someone’s birthday!

They look so good, I think I’ll help myself.

Caroline Mei’s Birthday presents.

I just love hanging out with my brother and sister.

At the bakery with mommy.

Alison takes Caroline to see the fish.

Pretty in purple in Peddler’s Village, PA.

Relaxing with Daddy and Ryan.

Caroline’s first carousel ride.

I just love being on vacation!

A peaceful morning.

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