One of the most apparent changes I see in Lily is when we go to the parks nowadays. Now that it's beginning to cool off (only on some days) we've been able to get back to the parks around here. In the Spring, we use to go just about every day and I'm looking forward to that again this Fall.
When we use to go, Lily was very hesitant. Not having a lot of experiences to climb, swing and slide in China, these movements were pretty new to Lily. She would climb and walk on a few things but always wanted us right there with her. She didn't care for slides (unless we went down with her) or swings.
A look back at our park visits from this past Spring:
A look back at our park visits from this past Spring:
Not getting to far away from her Daddy
Just looking and taking it all in
Deep in conversation with "Bobert"
Crawling up steps
A quick picture before playing
Holding out her hand for some help
Now, she's very comfortable at climbing and walking up on things herself. She enjoys going down slides now and gets the biggest smile coming down. Swings are still not her favorite, but she has learned to hang on them on her belly.
Always up to explore new places and things
Loves going down the slide now
Climbing up - no crawling anymore!
Up, up and up
Some video of sliding in action from the last couple of months. I love seeing the progression just from these clips - the first few, she's still laying down while sliding and by the end she's sitting up! Way to go Lily!!!
A little movie of some fun at the parks recently.
Looking at those earlier pictures I forget what a baby she was and just how short her hair was at that time. The changes in her are nothing short of amazing.
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