All about my Mei Mei (little sister) by Sierra

One week ago today we picked up Samantha from Saint Lucy’s Orphanage in Taiwan. Taiwan was very fun and interesting. They are 16 hours ahead of us so we picked her up on Tuesday there but it was Monday here!

Here are some things I have learned about Samantha:
1. She is shy around strangers
2. She likes cats
3. She doesn’t like dogs
4. She still hasn’t adjusted to our time zone
5. She laughs a lot
6. She is very small for her age (only 13 pounds at 11 months)
7. She likes other babies even when they’re mean to her (like Logan)
8. She has two teeth
9. She is a classic beauty (they all said so in Taiwan)
10. She has beautiful eyes

Here are some things I have taught Samantha:
1. When I say yea she claps her hands and laughs
2. When I say high five she gives me a high five
3. When I say HI she waves
4. When I say shake she shakes my hand

Here are some of the things Samantha has done for the first time with me:
1. Her first time meeting her family
2. Her first time in a train
3. Her first time in a taxi
4. Her first time in Taipei
5. Her first time in a hotel
6. Her first time in a restaurant
7. Her first time in Taipei 101 (the tallest building in the world)
8. Her first dessert (mango pudding)
9. Her first toast and eggs
10. Her first spaghetti noodles
11. Her first bite of donut
12. Her first bite of chocolate
13. Her first airplane ride
14. Her first time in the USA & CA
15. Her first time in a regular car and carseat
16. Her first time in a home
17. Her first time seeing animals
18. Her first time meeting her cousin
19. Her first family Christmas party (a month late)
20. Her first time watching karate class
21. Her first time with a sister!

Being a big sister is awesome. I am so happy to have her as my little sister.

This is a picture of me and Samantha at the orphanage just after we got her:
This is a picture of me and Samantha in our matching pajamas in Taiwan:

This is a picture of me doing my homework with Samantha:

Samantha watching me during Karate	Samantha and me on the ball