Sunday,
November 9, 2008
Today was a free day in Guangzhou except for a little
paperwork we had to complete for Maili’s visa. We met up
with one of the other families in our travel group who
adopted a daughter slightly older than Maili and spent
some time letting the kids play in the hotel play area. It
was nice to let them get out and run around since they
have been cooped up in hotel rooms for over a week.
After the paperwork was done, we rented a stroller from
the hotel lobby and hit the streets of Guangzhou on foot.
We discovered an awesome 2 story underground shopping
complex that covered an area of at least four city blocks.
The above ground buildings were dedicated to one type of
garment like jeans or underwear. Imagine four floors of
jeans. It was a shopper’s dream! Of course the kids each
had to pick out an outfit from the local wares; it was
interesting to see what they came up with. Shoes in
particular were very reasonably priced so Holt picked up a
couple of pairs of tennis shoes which were quite unlike
any I’ve seen in the States.
After shopping we came back to the room and ordered room
service since we were all too tired to go out. Maili put
away some serious servings of noodles; I think I am going
to have to learn to cook noodles and fried rice when we
get home. She eats pretty much anything but she definitely
has a preference for those two items. She eats twice as
much as Holt at most meals but that’s not saying much
since food is definitely not a priority with him. She must
be really tired because as soon as she finished eating she
headed straight for her bed and was sound asleep in
minutes without even being told to go to bed.
She is still very independent which in some ways is a good
thing but at the same time we want her to know she can
depend on us to meet her needs now so we try to do things
for her that we know she is accustomed to doing for
herself. She is letting us feed her and help her dress and
undress now when in the beginning she insisted on doing
everything all by herself and would get upset if we tried
to help her. We are seeing small signs that she is
beginning to trust us more. She will let me put her
belongings in my bag to take with us and she knows that
she will get them back when she is ready. She will even
leave things in the room all day instead of taking
everything with her everywhere we go so we know she is
learning that we are bringing her back with us and they
will be there when she returns.
Tomorrow we have her medical exam on Shamian Island and
then some shopping with the group. Hopefully they will
give her some cough medicine while we are there; She had a
bit of a cough when we got her and it has gotten a little
worse over the past few days. Nothing to be too concerned
about but I know she would feel better if her nose weren’t
constantly running and her cough didn’t wake her up at
night.
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