Tuesday,
June 22, 2010
Today was the Consulate interview. What’s funny about that is
that we didn’t actually go to it. Our guide does that for us. So
all we had to do this morning was meet at the White Swan at
11:30 for the “red couch” pictures! We spent some time after
breakfast buying Chinese silks for the girls… 12 total! What I
love about this country is that all 12 were about $90. I love
it! I got them a variety of colors and sizes to grow into. I
also bought a place mat and chopsticks set for home. I may get
another one too. I have actually been enjoying using chopsticks,
and wouldn’t mind using them at home every now and again. The
photo session was fun, and a little challenging with the little
ones. We have 4 families in our travel group. We each took a
turn having our family picture taken, and then one with the 4
new ones, and then one where Kyra and Ryann got in with the
little ones. They are the only other siblings that are here.
Only one other couple has 2 other children, who are at home. The
other 2 couples are new parents! What an awesome Father’s Day
for them! Ryan and Danielle who have Emma, are new parents, and
she walked for the first time yesterday… and she did great with
her shots yesterday, no bad reactions! Praise God!
We went to Lucy’s for lunch, and then to Starbucks for a late
coffee for Mommy! The girls got down for a nap, and we hung out
waiting to go swimming after nap. A thunderstorm started at
naptime, but it passed in time to go swimming. Leah was not a
big fan at first! But she quickly began to love it. We headed
out for dinner to a place that we had seen when we first got
here. They have seating out near the water, and we were excited
to try it. We figured out what we wanted, but after 15 minutes
with no one coming to take our order, we waved someone over. I
said we were ready to order, and I was going to start with
drinks so I asked for a bottle of water, but after I said that,
she walked away, I’m guessing to get my water. We thought that
if we had to order each item one by one, we’d be there all
night. When she didn’t come back for 5 minutes, we got up and
left. We headed over to the White Swan to eat instead. It was
delicious, and the service was great! Much better choice! The
girls ate great, and Kyra feel asleep at the table. Aron had to
carry her back to our hotel, which is not easy… she weighs about
68 lbs.! We decided to wait and give the girls their baths in
the morning so that she could go right to bed. Tomorrow we go to
a tea shop in the morning, and take our oath at the Consulate in
the afternoon!
So remember when I told you all how quickly our Leah would fall
asleep… well apparently the more comfortable she gets, the
longer it takes her to fall asleep! Don’t get me wrong, she’s
still an excellent sleeper, it just takes her more time now to
settle down and lay still. I’ll be glad when we’re home and I
won’t feel the need to lay with her every nap and night until
she falls asleep. I’m doing that now for two reasons. One is for
bonding purposes, and the other is so that she doesn’t wake up
her sisters (they are all sleeping together in the big bed) who
fall asleep quickly. Yet another reason we are so ready to go
home! |

Ryann
reading to Leah… she knows this story by heart

Chinese silks for the girls

Our red couch photo

The new little ones!
Ling Ling (Maya), Leah, Parker, and Emma |