Gotcha Day 2012

On Tuesday January 24, 2012 Taylor and I celebrated out 2nd Gotcha Day / Forever Family Day anniversary.  Hard to believe it has been 2 years since that incredible day in Xi'an China when Taylor and I became a family.  Taylor has changed to much since then.  She is now 45 inches tall and weighs 45 pounds.  She is still Miss Personality.  Wakes up with a smile on her face most every day.  Has a great laugh that everyone loves to hear.  Has a bit of a stubborn streak and doesn't like when she doesn't her own way.  Her verbalization has grown in leaps and bounds since she started speech therapy a year ago.  She is also becoming independent and starting to do things on her own.  Still loves Dora and her 3 favorite movies are Cinderella, Tinkerbell and Toy Story.  Loves to play any playground I take her too.  Does gymnastics every Saturday and has done several session of swimming lessons.  Loves being in a pool and swimming.  Even enjoys being in the bathtub once she is in it.  What a change from 2 years ago when all she would is cry when she got anywhere near a pool.

Taylor is goes to 2 pre-K programs.  She still goes to the school she started in 2 years ago when I went back to work and is in their pre=K class.  She also goes to the elementary school in the afternoon for their pre-K program and that is where she gets her speech therapy twice a week.  I had a conference the other day with her teacher and speech therapist to discuss Taylor's progress.  She is doing very well and they love having her in their class.  She will definitely be ready for kindergarten this September.  Can't believe she is going to be 5 on April 1st.

For our 2nd Gotcha Day we went out to dinner with Kathy (my friend who traveled to China with me) and her family.  We had a good time and Taylor kept us entertained throughout dinner.  She can now count to 10 in Spanish (thank you Dora) so had to demonstrate that for everyone.