Monday, March 23

Sasha has now been home a little over 2 months, and is doing so great! We have so much fun together every day. He can sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Jesus Loves Me, and we think his English is still coming along really well. We are working on the ABC's now. We are so glad the weather is warmer because he loves being outside. I think he could swing forever! We spend a lot of our day outside now, but the mornings he enjoys watching Sesame Street and Barney, and playing with playdoh and his trains and cars. We also visit Grammy and Gramka a lot, have lunches with his aunt Laura, and meet with friends to play.
Recently Chris' family got to meet Sasha! Last weekend Chris' parents, also known as Grandmama and Grandpapa, came for a visit and we had a wonderful time. The weekend before Chris' sister Laura and her husband also got to come out. I think Sasha won them all over!
Just wanted to update those that are still interested :)

Monday, February 19

Well, Sasha had been home for a month! He had made tremondous progress, we think. He speaks mostly english words now, which means he mostly repeats the same words over and over! I am suprised how quickly he just stopped speaking Russian, and am kindof sad to not hear him talking nonstop in it anymore. He knows his numbers 1-9 except he forgets 4 most of the time. We also were happy yesterday after Sunday School he kept saying "Jesus loves Sasha". It was sweet to hear him say "Jesus"!
We feel he is getting more attached to us, which is nice. He will let us hold him more, and wants to sit with us. One interesting thing was at first when we would say "I love you" in Russian and/or English he used to act really strange and start saying Russian curse words (I won't tell you what they are). He stopped doing that and now will say "Love you" back to us. He also has pretty much stopped saying the curse words now, and we don't plan on teaching him the English ones.
He is really a very happy child. He is eager to laugh and smile, and very fun to be with. We took him to the Creative Discovery Museum in Chattanooga this weekend with our friends, and he loved that! It is so neat to share new things with him. He just says "oooohhhh" over and over as he is amazed by everything. It is so fun.
It will be fun to see what the next month brings!