Jiliang's Personality Emerges - More photos from Leah to come

Unofficial family photo - We decided that we would not have an official family portrait until our daughter came home from China. We are planning that in the next week or so.

Jiliang happily poses with her Daddy on Friday the 2nd, after an Easter egg hunt at my parents' house

T.J. decided to jump into the picture at the last minute. My Uncle was tickling him, so he had a silly expression in the picture.

Jiliang with her Uncle Rick - In this photo, they just met for the first time, and she is warming up to him.

Today, Jiliang really started to ham it up. My sister Leah and I went to the mall to get the kids some shoes. Jiliang was posing with T.J. behind these butterfly and flower plywood cut-outs. Then, when T.J. was posing, Jiliang started to steal the show and pose and make these funny little Power Ranger moves while Leah was supposed to be photographing T.J.
This evening, our labrador, Bear - who ate a large portion of leftover roast beef - started to smell. She became very expressive and animated in expressing how bad the dog smelled. My mom and I were laughing at her so hard. She loves to laugh at the dog. The other day, she was playing in the sandbox, and Bear came up and lifted his leg on the corner of the sandbox. She stood up and laughed hysterically and said, "Mommy, doggie shi-shi!" pointing to Bear, like "What is wrong with him? Doesn't he have any manners?"
She is talking so much at home. Her and T.J. are playing so well, but the funny thing is that she is speaking in Mandarin and he is speaking in English. They talk back and forth, as if it were one flowing conversation. Tonight, she wanted T.J. to come sit on her bed and read books with her before bed. He didn't want to. She used a combination of English and Chinese words, along with clear gestures to assert what she wanted: "C'mon, T.J. sit......." patting the bed. He still said no, but only because they played side by side all day long.
At bedtime, we said some prayers, and I said "Amen" at the end. She said, "Amen" and I got excited. My mom stopped by this evening, and was in the other room with T.J. Jiliang yelled out, "Grandma, Amen. Grandma, Amen!"
I will post some pictures that Leah took of her hamming it up as soon as she sends them to me.
Jill :)