Learning new words

Tommy is learning English so quickly! He repeats everything we say, as if he's teaching himself and already switches back between a word he knows in English to words he only knows in Chinese. (When we saw an airplane go by the other day he said, "Airplane," followed by, "all done," in Chinese.) We're learning too, and communication is getting easier.

He's hilarious to watch - he's interested in everything around him, loves playing with the water in the shower and watching the boats on the river. If you look closely, you can see this man waving to us.

This picture didn't turn out too well because its so dark, but the river at night is beautiful.


We spent most of Sunday and Monday on the island, enjoying the weather, eating, and getting used to having another toddler with us all the time. We see lots of families who brought their entire family over to China with them. Many of them are adopting for a second time and are bringing their older child back to China to see the country again. Still others are adopting after having a few of their own (some are teenagers, some are younger) and seeing these families makes us miss our own family immensely. However, we also think this is an important time for us to devote all our energy to Tommy and to his successful transition to our family.