Charu Faith

I love being able to look back on our blog and see how big Allie was, what she looked like when, and just have her life documented.  I hope to be able to do the same for Charu.

At 27 months old, Charu is 21 1/2 pounds and is 32 inches long.  She is and always has been very apprehensive with strangers, but once she knows you she has the sweetest personality!  She is so smiley and loves to make people laugh.  If you laugh at something she does, watch out because you better be prepared to watch her do it about a hundred times cracking up at herself as she does it!

Her vocabulary is increasing every day.  The words she knows and uses are:

dad

mom & mamma

Allie

puppy
up
go

zebra

nigh-night

ba-ba (bottle)

uh-oh

ball

help 

ucky

no

bye-bye
hello
hot

two (when I count one, she says two, and sometimes three)

Nana (for banana)

She babbles lots of other things throughout the day in Malayalam (or at least I think they are in her home language) and sings song that I know where songs that I heard at the orphanage with the correct melody too.  It's really sweet to listen to!  She loves music and breaks out in dance whenever music is playing, even the ringtone to my phone.  When I sing the ABC's to her (which I do often), she sings along...not one letter is correct but the melody is correct!  : )

Foods she will eat as of now:

Pizza

Yogurt

Tator Tot Hotdish

Lasagna 

Soups

Chicken
Fish (unbreaded only)

Summer Sausage

Cheese

Crackers
Much to her daddy's dismay...ketchup!
Pop Tarts

Roasted Chicken Breast Sub from Subway (LOVES THEM!!!)

Green Olives (a girl after her mamma's heart)

Oatmeal

Cheerios

Toast

Peanut Butter

Apples

Oranges

Pears

Grapes (skin peeled off)

Pineapple

Bananas

Lettuce

Broccoli

Cooked carrots

As far as drinks go, she likes water and a toddler formula that I have her on.  At the orphanage, the children are not eating meat.  We want her to get the nutrients that are important for her while she's getting used to American food.

I'm hoping to get some pictures today, so hopefully I can post some more pictures soon!