Sisters (姐俩好）

每当看到安娜和姐姐在一起， 我心里就暖洋洋的，这姐俩真是好啊！姐姐宠爱妹妹，妹妹崇拜姐姐。很多时候姐姐都是无微不至的照看妹妹。姐姐经常给妹妹做饭，洗澡，讲故事，并领着她睡觉。安娜非常保护姐姐，有时爸爸故意对姐姐不好，她就会大声说，“不行，这是我的姐姐！”。当然了，有的时候姐姐也会嫌妹妹烦，但是都很短暂。It has been amazing how well Anna gets along with her big sister Leah. Leah simply adores Anna and Anna just loves Leah. It is very heartwarming to see how Leah treats Anna. A lot of the time, Leah takes cares of Anna. She cooks for her, takes a bath for her, reads her stories, and puts her into bed. Anna is also very protective of Leah. If we do something “mean” to Leah, she will say very loudly “No, it is my Leah”. Of course, there are times that Leah gets annoyed by Anna, but those are very short moments.

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A year ago today

一年前的今天，我们收到了安娜的材料， 那一天，是我长这么大以来最动情，最动容的一天。那一天，我们心中充满了疑问，爱， 怕， 及最终的欣喜。今天，安娜和我们在一起快六个月了。小丫头，我们爱你！你给我们的生活带来了太多的欢声和笑语。

A year ago today, we received Anna's referral. It was one of the most emotional days in my life. It was a day full of uncertainty, love, fear and joy. Today, Anna has been with us for almost 6 months. We love you, little monkey! You bring so much fun and joy into our lives.

Summer party

这个周末，爸爸的公司举行了每年一次的夏日聚会。安娜画了脸，做了气球，跳了充气蹦蹦床，玩得开心极了。

We went to daddy's company for an annual summer family party. Anna had an American flag painted on her face, enjoyed the balloons, and played in the inflatable bouncer. She had a lot of fun.

A funny girl

今天早上，我做了蓝起司（blue cheese) 烤面包，安娜显然觉得味道不好闻，她看着我盘子里的烤面包，很认真地说：“妈妈，你怎么这么恶心啊！”。

安娜是个很爱干净的孩子， 每天早上起床后都把自己的小床叠得整整齐齐。有时我们帮她弄，如果不合她的标准，她还要重叠。

I cooked some blue cheese toasts this morning and they didn't seem to smell right for Anna. She looked at the toast on my plate and said very seriously "mommy, it looks very disgusting."

Anna is a very tidy girl. She always makes her bed very neatly every morning. If someone does it for her and if it is not done her way, she will redo it.

A "relaxing" weekend before school starts

明天就要开学了， 我们昨天邀请了两家好友来吃晚饭。大人孩子都玩得很高兴。安娜很喜欢朋友给的餐具玩具，玩了好长时间。
School is going to start on Monday and we invited a few friends over to have dinner on Saturday night. Anna enjoyed the toy cookware set our friend gave her and had a good time playing with it.

Sea World night

现在还是夏天，海洋世界每周六都开到夜里11点。昨天晚上，我们总算找到时间去了。 晚间的各种表演真是好看， 跟白天的大不一样。以前都是白天去去海洋世界，从来没见过这么多人。安娜最喜欢的还是在小孩游乐场玩儿。到晚上10点，我们在看杂技表演时，她实在坚持不住睡着了。我们一直玩到11点关门时，才离开。

Sea World has been having summer nights and it opens until 11pm on Saturdays. We were finally able to go last night. The night shows were fantatic and we all enjoyed our time there. I had never seen so many people there before. Anna had fun at the playground doing the kiddy rides. She fell asleep at about 10pm while we were watching a stage acrobat show. We didn't leave until it closed at 11.

I can sing my ABC

I have to share this, she is just cute!

Zoo

今天我们去了著名的圣地亚哥动物园。大多数动物是安娜第一次见到，以前看到的动物都是在书本上看到的。她似乎特别喜欢动物，尤其喜欢狮子和长颈鹿。在这些动物前都是流连忘返，不愿意离开。只可惜看熊猫时， 两个熊猫都在睡觉， 介绍的板报上写着：“真真（两岁熊猫的名字）每天睡觉14个小时，吃饭10个小时." 哇！一天24个小时，她除了睡觉，就是吃饭，日子过得真舒心啊。我什么时候也能这样?

Today we visited the "world famous San Diego Zoo". It's Anna first time to see most of the animals in real life. Before she only knew the animals in pictures and today she was very excited to see the real ones. She especially likes the lions and the giraffes. She didn't want to move on to the next one when we were seeing these animals. The two pandas were both sleeping when we were there and the board reads "Zhenzhen (name of the 2 year-old panda) sleeps for 14 hours and eats for 10 hours a day." Wow, all she does is sleep and eat. What a life! When can I live like that?

What's mommy doing?

今天早上， 爸爸问安娜：“妈妈怎么还不下来，在楼上干什么呢？” 安娜一边闭着眼睛把手放在脸上到处拍， 一边说“妈妈在这样。” 她是在形容我在卫生间化妆。可把爸爸乐坏了。This morning before breakfast, daddy asked Anna:"Why is mommy still upstairs? What is she doing there?". Anna looked at daddy and patted her hand all over her face and said, "She is doing something like this." I was applying the make-up when she saw me in the bathroom. It made daddy laugh very hard.

Dress up time

安娜最近喜欢试穿衣服，有一天，她来到我面前，我一看，她手提裤腰，穿着姐姐的裤子，另外一天，我上楼去卧室， 看她正专心致志的穿爸爸的裤子，正努力的把腰带系上。

Anna seems to enjoy trying on clothes recently. One day, she showed up and I noticed that she put on jiejie's pants and the other day, when I went upstairs to our closet and saw her focused on putting on daddy's pants and she was trying very hard to buckle the belt.