We had a great time at the Zoo. We did not stay very long but it was long enough! We were all tired. All of the children in our group fell asleep but Kinsley.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Cruise
The cruise had beautiful views of all of the city. It was so colorful!! The pic's don't do it justice.
Dinner Cruise
She did not have a nap yesterday so she was a little ill on the Cruise, but we did have a good time!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Break-through Morning!!!!!
This is the first time she let us give her a bath/shower without fighting and crying!!
We showed her before we got in, that we would put the wash cloth over her eyes and then she shook her head ok! She got in the tub (she still will not sit) and she let me soap her up and spray her off! Then, time to wash her hair. She did great! We put the wash cloth over her eyes and wet her hair with the sprayer then washed it and rinsed it! NO TEARS- Yea!! Yea!! We have done this every time but she would cry! But I guess she figured out that the soap would not hurt her eyes. She then would NOT get out! She played in the tub for about 20 minutes (standing of course).
We showed her before we got in, that we would put the wash cloth over her eyes and then she shook her head ok! She got in the tub (she still will not sit) and she let me soap her up and spray her off! Then, time to wash her hair. She did great! We put the wash cloth over her eyes and wet her hair with the sprayer then washed it and rinsed it! NO TEARS- Yea!! Yea!! We have done this every time but she would cry! But I guess she figured out that the soap would not hurt her eyes. She then would NOT get out! She played in the tub for about 20 minutes (standing of course).
Dinner
Last night we ate at a restaurant that had American food! It was so good. Wayne has been craving a hamburger this whole trip and I wanted the grilled chicken. We fed her from our plates! She loves French Fries!!!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Nap Time
Back at the hotel! Time for a nap!! She loves to go to sleep with her 2 fingers in her mouth, but as soon as she is completely out, her hands fall to the side!
Miss Independent
After a long hot day, we bought her some vanilla ice-cream!!
She loves to feed herself- Miss Independent!
She loves to feed herself- Miss Independent!
Public Restrooms
You just thought it was hard to take a little kid to a public bathroom in America. Well, look at their toilet. This is the squatty potty! I had to hold her up with her legs out to the front for her and hover her over the toilet for her to go. I'm sure there has to be a better way to use that thing but that is the second time we have had to use one like that and I don't know what else to do. This is how all of the toilets are in public places here and also in everyone's home. We have a "Western" (American) toilet in our hotel room, Thank goodness!!
TB Skin Test Check
She did great going back to the examination place. Her TB skin test turned out to be negative! yea!!!!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Note to Chasity
Chasity, I don't know how to find Christy Puckett. We both have Skype but when I type her name in to find her, there are about 4 or 5 with her same name. There seems to be about 100 families here and there is no way to know which one is her. If you talk to her family tell her to look me up on Skype my user-name is sandra.hairell
Rebecca
Our guide Rebecca and some other families from our adoption agency. The other pic is of us after the long day of shopping. She was so tired (we were too).
Shopping!
Our guide took us to a mall close by for some shopping. We had a good time but it was very crowded.
Traditional Chinese Clothing
This is one of the outfits we bought her. After we dressed her in it, we went to the hotel lobby to take pictures and she wanted to wear her back-pack!
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