19 - 21 months

What a little delight Eliana is growing into! Since I don't know where to start with her, I'm just going to blurt out random facts about her. She has adjusted very well to having Lilah around, thanks to living with Grandma and Grandpa and having Daddy around 24/7. She is very nurturing and loves to pat Lilah or rub her back like we do. She also loves to name Lilah's body parts. It's very cute, but we have to be on the lookout as poking eye's seems to be Eliana's favourite part of body naming!

We recently went on a trip to Sydney and Eliana was a champion traveller! She is turning into a bit of a talker and a social butterfly. She was quick to make friends on the buses into the city and lit up the tired city people's faces.

Eliana has started copying everything we do. She will repeat new words often and imitate our intonation as we speak. She also copies our actions and the way we move. It makes us laugh everyday.

She cuddles just about anything with eyes - even faces we make out of play-dough. She also loves to pretend to talk on the phone and will turn just about anything, from a playing card to a block of cheese to a glasses case into a phone. She paces up and down "talking" and laughs to whoever she is talking to. We're not to sure where Eliana picked this up as Nate and I aren't big phone talkers.

Another favourite thing for her these days is watching Bob the Builder with Grandpa. They also love to watch a DVD of children singing and Eliana knows all the actions to the songs.

She is developing her own little personality, and every day it seems that we discover something new! What a blessing it is to have this little girl (and now Lilah too) placed in our care. We pray that we will guide them well with godly wisdom as they grow.