*Coming to you from our hotel bathroom at 4:30am (so I don't wake the crew) I wanted to do a post where I answered some
of your questions.
Yes, we are very jetlagged.
I have quit trying to work on it though.
T sleeps a lot during the day and we can too. This will hopefully help us all to adjust better once we are home… or not?
Yes, it is so much
fun to dress T in sweet girl clothes.
She did actually wear THREE hats yesterday on our outings. She really loves to play with them so once we
get home to the real cold (not sure if they make it above single digits today)
she will be sporting some super cute and functional hats with flaps that have a
neck strap that attaches.
We learned that it
is indeed OK to not tip in China, whew!
We learned that the
beverages and ice at KFC go through a sanitation process and are fine to
drink. Whew!
Yes, I did get a
little sick after my cabbage meal. Not
awful and possibly worth trying again as it felt so great to be full.
T seems to be
wearing 6-9 month clothes quite nicely.
The PJ’s were 6-9mo. She did wear
a pair of 12mo leggings, but when I held them up to the 9mo at home they were
the same length so I am going with 6-9mo.
She is pretty set with onesies, but we don’t have many pairs of pants in
either size. Not that you all want to
give us gifts of course, but someone did ask… and I am sure the grandmas are
curious. She is swimming in most of the
6-9 onesies though so she could totally do a smaller size of those. I am not sure of her head circumference, but
we can safely say that she and big brother both share large heads! As I said before she has bigger feet than I
thought so 12mo size socks are on the shopping list for sure!
We have been spoiled
(at home) with non-smoking sections and really a lack of smoking in many
places. Wow, how did I not know about
the amount of smoking that happens here.
I guess it is a part of the experience, I was just surprised.
No big grieving yet
from T. We are hoping that the dark
nights happen before we get home so we can both be there to soothe her and not
disturb M. Also, we just really want
that behind us. She did cry a little bit
last night, but I don’t think that was grief.
She totally was
(maybe is) a daddy’s girl. I think she
really liked the orphanage director who is male and she seems to respond great
to Brandon. He is so fun, so really who
wouldn’t. Also, I am the nose cleaner,
bath giver, diaper changer, lotion applier and all things that are essential
yet not as fun. Saying all that, she and
I had such a great time together last night that when Brandon tried to put her
to sleep. (because I was blogging the last post) she got a little sad. It seems that she really does like both of
us, whew! Actually, I had little fear
because M liked Brandon way more at first too, but I quickly won him over.
She is a great
sleeper and eater and a generally super happy and low needs baby… here… sound
like anyone else? Yes, M was the same
way. Once home everything headed
south. We are enjoying the full nights
of sleep now!
Speaking of low
needs, this makes sense of course. As we
show her what it means to have parents we will also teach her that we will
respond in a positive way to her needs.
By the end of last night it almost seemed like she was reaching for
Brandon once. This is a milestone as
reaching to be held didn’t seem to be something she considered.
The flipping the
camera to see yourself trick worked so well for M, so far T just gives a blank
stare then too… since she likes to hand out smiles to us, I am pretty sure they
will eventually come for the camera too.
Yes, I totally
forgot lots of things. I am making do
without, but with that I would have remembered a little container of dish soap
to wash bottle nipples. I can’t say
enough about Playtex drop-ins for Intl travel.
It is so nice to only have a tiny part of the bottle that is actually
dirty. I have learned that washing them
in the sterilized very hot water seems to be killing and cleaning
everything. We also have pacifier wipes
for added cleaning. I also forgot
drooling bibs. We have lots drool bibs
that M never wore at home and we are going to make it without them, but she
loves to drool and we only brought one food/plastic bib. Brandon wishes he would have packed more easy
mac and other food that can be made in the hotel room with a hot pot. We are going to have to get some noodle bowls
today, but a small taste of home is nice for one smaller meal a day.
So far I anticipate
us using most of what we brought (while except hopefully all the meds,
right?). One thing I would not have
needed to bring was a blanket for T. The
hotels and airplanes supply them, but it might still be helpful in airports or
other chilly places. I am glad we didn’t bring any more dressy clothes than we
did because it seems we simply won’t need them in province.
Yes, we have taken
other photos from our travels of the area we are staying, funny signs, and
things of interest, but I am focusing on getting the T photos up. Maybe sometime I will post the other
photos. While they are interesting to
document, if you are like me when I read adoption blogs you would be scrolling
through them hunting for T photos, right?!
OK, this is enough
for this post. Sorry that it is boring
and has no photos. We continue to treasure your comments (which we will copy into a file for T) and your prayers!
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