Where's Your Nose?

This last week, we realized that Emily understands more than we thought. One day, when I suddenly asked her: "Emily, where is your nose?" To my surprise, she pointed to her nose right away. We tested again and again in the next several days and she always pointed to the right place. So far she can point to her nose, mouth, ears without any mistakes. Here is what she does when you ask "Emily, where's your nose?"


We've been actively planning and preparing for our little boy. We thought about the room arrangement, bedding decoration, registration, and even clothes. We also tried to tell Emily a little bit about her brother each day. She was totally embracing it now. Here are pictures of Emily loving on her little brother.


David had a very busy week since he was asked Wednesday night to do the FriendSpeak training seminar at church for the workers on Saturday morning. He did lots of preparation on Thursday and Friday. Emily and I couldn't go to the training Saturday morning. But we were so happy to hear that the training went great and David received lots of encouragement from the attendees. David also has been praying in Chinese everyday. I'm so proud that he can say 90% of the prayers in Chinese now.

Dad bought us a webcam for Christmas. David and Emily have been playing with it with both Dad and Amy during the last couple of weeks. We surely enjoyed it. Thank you Dad for the wonderful gift! Emily is not only interested in the flash light on the webcam, but also interested in the blue light (the power button) on the computer. She often shuts down the computer by pushing it. So we have to put up a fence around the office:


Here are a couple of random pictures of Emily playing with her socks and little doll.



January is a special month because many of our friends' birthdays fall in it: Laura, Mary, Heidi, Hongyu, Evan, Bobbie, Joanne, Billy, Cody... Happy Birthday to you all! Hope you have a good one!