It's been a hectic month. I became the Coordinator for the Westchester chapter of Families with Children from China, and in addition to reviving a chapter that's been dormant for over a year, plans for the Chinese New Year party - February 24th - are underway.
I also made a decision to join Healthcare Innovation Partners, a consortium of 8 independent consultants and try to build a practice that will meet my financial needs but yet give me more time at home with Katerina.
Constantin's parents are visiting until the end of March and we will baptize Katerina while they are here.
NANOOK OF THE NORTHKaterina had pneumonia in December and is just recovering from RSV. Poor thing is miserable when she's sick.
DEVELOPMENT
Katerina is talking up a storm. She has begun speaking in full sentences, asking questions, and answering questions. She can recite (and sing) the entire alphabet and recognizes many of the letters. Her favorite letter is W. The other day we were driving in the car and she started yelling W, W, W. I looked all around and realized she was looking at the WALK sign. She does confuse M with W, however; today we passed McDonalds in the mall and she yelled out W.
She know parts of her body, such as nose, in 4 languages: English, Chinese (she takes Chinese language lessons and listen/watches Mei Mei CDs & DVDs, Spanish (the babysitter is from Peru and teaches her some basic words) and now Greek since Constantin's parents are visiting and speak only a few words of English.
Katerina calls herself RINA and the nickname has stuck in school, with her friends and now we call her Rina most of the time.
For the past several weeks, she has been responding to "I Love You" with "I Love You". Last night she put her arm around Joseph and gave him an unsolicited "I Love You". Tonight she walked over to Constantin, grabbed his legs and said: "I Love You". And me? Chopped liver!
