I can't believe we brought Sydney home almost 6 months ago. The time has gone too fast! Sydney turned 15 months old today and she started walking on her own a few days ago! Although she has been able to walk for a while now by holding our hands (and sometimes taken a few steps on her own), she is really going for it now. She is crossing that mental threshold that says "I can really do this". She wants to practice her walking a lot, but still crawls when she really needs to get somewhere fast. Her talking is becoming more clear and she is definitely able to communicate much more effectively now. It was a bittersweet moment when we experienced her really walking on her own. While we are happy she is doing so well, we are a little sad that she is growing up so fast, especially since we missed the first 9 months of her life. I can understand that feeling of wanting your baby to stay little forever. Whenever I see that grin, hear her laugh, or witness a new milestone, I am so happy that she is ours I can't even express it. I often silently thank her birth mother for the wonderful gift she gave us and how happy it has made us. I hope she is happy and doing well.
Sydney had her final swim lesson this week and passed her level with flying colors, of course! :) We are going to hold off on any more swim lessons for a while. We may try tumbling this summer once she turns 18 mos. I think she would really enjoy that since she loves dancing, jumping and moving around.
Sydney will be getting a hair cut in a couple of weeks. Her hair is getting long and straggly in parts. This will be a first for me, although she had a haircut in Taiwan. I can't wait to see the results :) I am thinking bangs maybe.
I love this photo. She is looking so pretty and grown up.
