A year later

A year ago on April 29th, we met N for the first time in her baby home in Samara. She was 9 months old, wearing 3-6 month clothing and charming us with every move.

On the 29th of this year Early Childhood Intervention paid a visit, per my request. We wanted to get an idea of where N stands, developmentally. As we though, she is on target or maybe even advanced in all areas except language. She doesn't qualify for language services, though, because she is not six months behind, and the therapist thought she was doing really well considering she has only heard English for six months.

This last week we have secured a few backyard activities for her. The sandbox:

Slide #1, which has steps, which she loves.
Slide #2, which has a door and little cubbies, which she loves.
BTW, Craigslist is apparently the way to go for big plastic backyard toys. We paid a fraction of the full price for these.

In other news, my daughter may need a 12 step program for crayons. Just sayin'.