Where do I start? Ana Claire Saubers AKA: Zhou Shuang Qing - Nickname: Qing-Qing (Chin -Chin) She is 3 1/2 years old, birth date: 9/28/04 - born in the year of the monkey in
She has long dark, fine hair that is so much fun to put in piggy tails or a pony tail on top of her head. She has the most beautiful, happy smile and perfect teeth.
She wakes up in the morning very slowly, with lots of hugs and snuggles. Then after she gets dressed she's ready to eat. And for such a small little girl, she can eat! She loves bananas and yogurt, banana bread, eggs and oranges for breakfast. Doesn't care for pancakes. Doesn't want to have anything to do with the traditional Chinese breakfast that she's been eating for the past 3 1/2 years (congee).
She LOVES to play with Baba (Daddy) and Jiu Jiu (Big Sister, Morgan). She loves to color, play with the magnadoodle, look at board books, push buttons (on everything: the TV, the phone, the lights, our cell phone, digital camera, computer, etc.) She can keep herself entertained quietly when she's not playing with us or being mischievous.
She's a trooper when we're out shopping or on a tour. She will walk for a little while, then she'll shout for Baba to pick her up (she says this in Chinese, but we understand her). (We just borrowed the stroller today when we arrived in Guangzhou. Joe's back will appreciate this.)
Everyone LOVES her when we're out. All the Chinese people call her a beautiful girl and pick her up and hug and kiss her (very different from the United States where we'd be upset if a stranger just came up to our child and held them and walked around with them).
She's fully potty trained and will shout at us to take her "nieo nieo" (like "meow meow" but with an "n"). She has not had any accidents, she's actually very adamant about going to the bathroom when she's ready and will make sure we know it's time.
When we met her she said "bye bye" to our driver that took us to the hotel. That was day 1. Day 2 she said her first English words that we had taught her: water and shoe. Then the next day she said potty and good girl (I wonder where she got that?). We talk to her in English with an occasional Chinese word that we've learned here. She seems to understand everything we're saying and for the most part we seem to understand her.
She's a great sleeper, takes a 2 hour nap during the day and goes down pretty easily at night. She LOVES the bath. Before she met us she got a bath one time a week in a plastic tub. Now she plays with her toys in the bath tub and takes a leisurely bath every night.
She's in prime form every night after dinner. It's the funest time of the day for all of us. She makes us laugh and laugh. She shouts at us in Chinese, trying to tell us stuff. She'll say "Ga - Ba Ba!" which we think means "Hey, Daddy!" Then she'll say "Schwa Mama!" which we just figured out today means "Play with me, Mama!" She's a laugher, she thinks Daddy is SO funny, she laughs and laughs at him. She is quite funny herself, fits right in with this family.
To sum it up, she's the perfect little addition to our family and we LOVE her so much. We are so blessed by this little angel. We can't wait for you to all meet her. --Melissa
1 comment:
she is BEAUTIFUL
Love, Hannah
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