OOur Renice QingYang...she is such an intense little girl. Whatever she is doing - she is ALL there. If she's angry - look out. If she's sad - it breaks my heart. If she's feeling happy and silly - she's absolutely hilarious. She has a seriously strong personality. She continues to challenge all of us on a regular basis! But, she is also the laughter and joy of our family. Ornery as she is - she has each of us wrapped around her little finger in one way or another.I'm convinced our life was much quieter and more mellow - perhaps even a little boring before she came into it.
Her speech is coming along - her vocabulary has grown tremendously over the past year. But, some words are still pretty hard to understand out of context. With steady improvement, I'm not worried about her at this point. If she is still struggling later this year we might look into some speech therapy.
She loves animals of all kinds - and get so excited when we see any new animals while driving or on field trips. She has a major thing for electonic gadgets - toys, leapsters, Grandma's phone and iPad. (I don't let her play with my iPhone yet!) She can run those things like a maniac. She loves to play in the water, ride her bike, explore and pretty much try to keep up with anything and everything Loe is doing. They are extremely creative with their imaginary play (that is when they are getting along!) She has recently started identifying colors and shapes. She can recognize all the letters on a keyboard - but not so much when I point them out in a book, not sure what that is about. :) She loves to listen to stories - which is always a victory as a parent since that is my favorite thing to do with my kids. I could read books to them all day long.
Ren is definitely starting to make that change from toddler to little girl. She's been potty trained for a while now. She moved out of her crib several months ago and sleeps in a toddler bed in Loe's room. She has been talking non-stop for month and months about going to dance class with Loe. The director of the program said she could start this semester. But, we'd been telling her she'd have to wait until after Christmas - so we decided to stick with that. I have no clue what she'll do come performance time during the spring semester - it's hard enough to imagine dropping her off in class! But, if she's up for it - it will be a hoot to watch her!
I have no idea how she is going to handle having a little brother or sister. She is a big part of the reason we are going for newborn. We imagine that will be the easiest transition for her to deal with. Rather then a walking, talking toddler or child. We pray for our girls and this next little one to be great friends just as we prayed for our boys. God has been so faithful to answer that prayer. We will trust the dynamics of these little ones to Him.
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