Hi Kitty!

Good evening, everyone!

Another update, in less than a week!

I haven't had a chance to process the latest tape, so the video I promised is still forthcoming, but I did want to put up a post today, since new things are going on.

First, Sophie and Teddy are getting along really well, and Teddy is getting to be more at ease with her style of "play".







Which brings us to Sophie's latest words...

So far, we had "Momma" (of course), "purple" once or twice, "ta da" which is still a favorite game (Sophie says "ta da" then we say "ta da" and then repeat), "sunset" once, "Kitchen Aid" (She wants me to pick her up when I'm cooking, and she touches the emblem on the hood, so I taught her the brand name for all of the best kitchen electrics). We now have "Hi, kitty!" which she says whenever she sees Whizzo, and now sometimes Teddy. This just started yesterday, and rivals "ta da" on the cuteness scale.

The other big thing is that we had our one month visit from our social worker, Karine, today!

I don't think we've seen her in person in well over a year (it might even be closer to two years)



We talked, and she asked us about how things were going with Sophie, her health, and other things that China needs to know, and then left to write up our report after a very enjoyable hour or two. It was good to see her again!

She did say that we needed to make the air hole in the dark box under the stairs where we keep Sophie a little larger, but we can thin the gruel out a little more and still stay within the guidelines. So that was good to know - gruel is so expensive these days!

Things are going well, and I hope to have some more video for everyone available soon!

I'll also encourage Stacy to pop her head in here soon.

Have a good night!

Larry