Liya's Interpretation of 'Hop On Pop'

I couldn't get this to play on my wordpress blog, so I'm posting it here. Hubby and I take turns reading to Nathan and Liya at bedtime. Tonight was my night, and I was reading Dr. Seuss's Hop On Pop. Liya loves to "read" the books after I am done reading them. So she was reading her somewhat violent version of the story. If it's hard to understand, she is saying on every page that the character is getting "hit on the butt"..and occasionally "hit on the face". Then she reads a Santa book, and poor ol' Saint Nick meets the same fate. I guess with 3 big brothers I shouldn't expect anything less than a smackdown, eh?
Oh, and they are singing Jingle Bells at the end....Liya's favorite song;)
Enjoy!

Liya's First Christmas

Come check out Liya's First Christmas here.

Ice Cream Moustache

Recently Liya had her first ice cream cone. I mean, she has had one of those tiny ones at McDonalds in Guangzhou....but this was her first REAL cone:)
It was actually her daddy's cone, but she conned him out of it, lol!
Here are some "ice cream moustache" pics:

Almost 2 Months With Liya;)

I can't believe it has been nearly 2 months since we met our beautiful daughter! My, how time flies when you're having fun:)

Here are some updates on Miss Liya:

*she can say a few sentences now, and her favorite word is "wait". Hey, at least it's not "no!"!
*she loves to gab on the phone
*she wants to pick out her clothes each day, and she calls each outfit "pwetty" as she's putting it on....so cute:)
*she loves her big brothers, and knows just which one to go to for each of her needs, lol!
*if it were up to her, she'd take 3 baths a day;)
*she still hates to wait....for anything!
*she has a major shoe fetish
*we love her to pieces!!!!

And now, the only thing you really wanted to see....pics:
All dressed up for big brother's Pre-K graduation



With 2 of her brothers at Sea World


Digging for bones at the T-Rex Cafe in Downtown Disney



Waiting for food at T-Rex Cafe


"Wow! Look at those Dinos!"

When Liya Met Kitty...

This little kitten showed up at my sister-in-law's house recently. Liya was mesmerized by her! But no, we did not take her home with us. 2 dogs, 2 fish, and 6 guinea pigs are enough for us!