a little overdue for Livea's 6-month's Home update, but what a busy season we have had! Miss "Livea-Lou-Who" as we sometimes like to call her, is doing wonderfully! She is a very happy little girl. She loves her entire family and seems to truly sense who is a relative and who is not. She is part of our entire family AND SHE KNOWS IT! :) She LOVES her Grandparents, Sisters, Cousins, Aunts and Uncles - ALL OF THEM! I have been in awe at how easily our sweet little daughter seems to sense who she belongs t0. Her hearts seems to know she is home!
The picture of the group of sweet angels here are my nieces and nephews on my husband's side of the family. You can see the spot Livea was standing in would have been empty w/o her and the little Family Tree of Cousins just would not have been complete on this very special Christmas holiday. (You might note that the signs say we are missing a few cousins - five of them to be exact.) What a nice big 'youngin" tree that would have been.
All of Livea'a
Aunts and Uncle adore her and enjoy the sweet kisses she gives. They also seem to love feeding her. I caught several of them at Christmas just stuffing her little OPEN mouth with pies and other sweet goodies. For the longest time, Livea was like a little newborn bird. Always tipping her head up and opening her mouth for someone to put something yummy in
to. It is a good thing Aunt Letha and Uncle Keith don't live to close. As it is Aunt Sherry and Uncle Ryan do enough damage! :)
*If you look closely here, you can see that Livea has "chipmunk cheaks" :) One of her favorite meals after we brought her home was Cracker Barrel's Beef Stew.
Livea has ch
anged so much since we brought her home. We have kept her on a tightly structured schedule/lifestyle; and due to her start to life, this has been one of the wisest things we could have done. She has been surrounded with people who love her and nurture her. And b
ecause of this, she has just blossomed. Gone are those little defensive tantrums she came to us with, replaced with sweet smiles, many kisses, and happy little girl giggles! And Lilliana, LOVES her new baby sister! She is forever picking her up like a baby. Livea has grown so much since she came, though, I believe it is time Lilliana stopped carrying her around! Have I mentioned how very much our three daughters ADORE each other?!
Livea Loving on Daddy!
One thing that has not changed about our little "Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo" (which I sometimes call her as she loves princesses and wands and dresses!) is her obsessiveness with certain things. She will plant that kiss squarely on your lips, she will not willingly take off the pretty dress, and any stray objects on the floor will end up in the garbage! Dean laughs and tells me, "Well, Janie, you finally got one just like you! " (I think he called me obsessive compulsive! I choose to think we just like to do things right! :)
A few other things about Livea:
She likes Sandy blond-headed young ladies like Lindsay (my eldest) and my nieces Elizabeth, Keeley, Jenna, and a many others:)
She has a "Russian" "Look" when she means business! The only thing missing in this picture to make it more accurate would be her pointing her finger at you and "setting you straight"! :)
She LOVES to dance :) and Sing!
She insists on hearing her Russian bedtime stories every night!
She refuses to sleep anywhere except her own bed. But she does love the cuddle time in the rocking chair prior to sleep time. :)
She is so good at saying please and thank you!
She loves going bye-bye.
She will try any food once and always folds her hands to pray first.
She uses many russian and english words easily. I think young ones like her find this an easy task when they are exposed to both daily. She enjoys her russian videos as much or more than our english ones.
Things we are looking forward to this summer:
The beach. I know she will just love playing in the sand.
Playing with her cousins!
And...
Just being together every day!
Ok, just have to add one more thing....Did I mention our very smart little two year old can already read? :)
(Usually my sweet little angel closes her book and puts it at the end of the crib before shutting her eyes for her nap. Guess this one was too good to put down :)
3 comments:
My Hannah has a "Russian look" as well!! It looks just like that and says "I mean business!" Thanks for the update and pics, can't believe you all have been home over half a year! Congrats! Erin and Hannie!
What a great update. You have the most beautiful family that I have ever seen. Little Livea is unbelievable and has found the perfect home. We need to get in touch with eachother very soon and I hope we see you all in the near future.
Al, Sue, Sam, Drew, Astana
So great to see sweet Livea so happy and 'at home' with her family! Congrats to your six months... God is so good!! - Lauren, Clint, Matt & Nathan
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