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Saturday, March 11, 2006
GUANGZHOU DAY TWO
Well, it’s our first full day in
Guangzhou and it’s been as full as all the others. It is
almost 11 p.m. here and Zoe has been playing for the last 2
hours as we try to get her to bed. She’s finishing the last of
the 3 – 4 oz bottles and that seems to be doing the trick, but
that’s what I thought about the 2nd of the 3 – 4 oz bottles!
She seems to be asleep though, finally!
Let me respond first to Sofia. Yes, she is now saying “Bye
Bye”, “Ma Ma” and “Da Da”. She also said “Mom” today. We are
now working on “Hello.” She loves to be hugged so I think
you’ll be able to hug her. Watch out for your toys though as
she definitely likes bright colored new toys.
Zoe has opened up to Steve the last two days and the morning
started out with Steve taking Zoe out of the crib. Steve
started the morning feeding, but could only get down 2 ounces
before Mom had to complete the feeding. Zoe did let Daddy
dress her (don’t worry, Mom picked out the outfit.) and it
took a lot longer than usual as we played quite a bit with the
picture on the wall, standing up and the clothes she
eventually wore.
Then it was off to breakfast at the White Swan. Wow, the
number of adoptive parents and babies here is quite amazing.
The food was much better this morning and Zoe had porridge,
cheerios, eggs, some noodles, banana and watermelon (which she
has taken to sucking the juice out of and spitting the rest
out on whoever the lucky person feeding her happens to be.)
She also liked the yogurt and drank it from a straw at the end
of breakfast. The White Swan is beautiful with a waterfall and
fish pond that Zoe spent quite a lot of time staring into this
morning. She also liked looking at the other babies and older
children.
Next we went to get her medical exam – a serious of questions;
temperature, height and weight; heart and skin check; and
ears, nose and throat exam. She weathered everything quite
well except she didn’t like having her right ear examined. All
the tests were normal and that was the day for Amy and Zoe as
far as the adoption went; Steve filled out some additional
paperwork in the afternoon.
After the exam, shopping seemed to be the big topic of
discussion. We went back to the hotel to change rooms
(originally they had us in a king smoking and yesterday we
switched to 2 twin bed nonsmoking because they didn’t have a
king nonsmoking available until today.) and threw everything
back into our suitcases and a grocery bag. The room we are in
now is spectacular and has great views of the Pearl River.
While Zoe slept, we did some work on the computer as Amy
eagerly wanted Zoe to wake so that her shopping time could be
maximized. So around 4:30 p.m. Amy went shopping with Zoe
while Steve did paperwork and brought Zoe back to the hotel in
squeaky shoes (for those of you not familiar, they are shoes
that have a squeaky device in the heels so that every time she
takes a step, the shoes squeak. This is to help teach them to
walk.)
Dinner at a Cantonese restaurant was at 6 p.m. The food was
great, although there were a couple of dishes that some people
in our group didn’t care for much: Pigeon (yes, it tastes a
lot like chicken) and a whole fish (fish eyes and all). As
dinner was winding down, I started to play with Zoe and she
really enjoyed her squeaky shoes. Then Amy took Steve and Zoe
both shopping after dinner. Let’s just say that there was
quite a bit of purchasing happening as everything appears so
inexpensive. I’m afraid there will be lots of shopping done in
the next several days including the purchase of at least one
more suitcase to haul everything in.
Back at the hotel Zoe appeared to have been sleepy while we
were out and about, but she definitely woke up in the hotel
room. Two hours of playing and she was still going strong;
she’s finally gone to sleep. And so has mom…
All in all it was a very good day. Steve and Zoe were able to
play, change clothes, feed Zoe, and pick her up without her
screaming. All definite improvements. Tomorrow we’ll go to a
Temple to get the children blessed. Until then, enjoy today’s
photos.
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White Swan Breakfast
Zoe and Daddy
Medical Exam
Violin already Mommy?
Play mode
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