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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
We had a leisurely morning as we didn’t have to meet the group
until 2:30 p.m. Lilia basically slept through the night, waking
up just once around 11 p.m. (which Lance slept through – must
have been the two Tsing Tao at dinner). Dolores even made it to
the hotel gym for a workout this morning! After breakfast we
finally ventured out for Shamian shopping. Today I was bad cop
to Dolores’ good cop in regard to price negotiation. She spent
money; I did not since we have 10 more days here. The shop
people are really smart. They hand Luke toys expecting that he
will not give them up, forcing me to buy them. Fortunately we
have trained our boy well.
After an early nap, Lilia slowly started coming out of her
shell. We got our first official smiles from her and she really
enjoyed kisses from Luke.
At 2:30 p.m. the bus took us back to the Civil Affairs office
where Cici jumped out to pick up our formal adoption decrees.
Cici ran upstairs to get them while the bus drove us around the
block in Guangzhou traffic. Adoption decrees in hand, we then
traveled to the Public Security Office to apply for our baby’s
Chinese passport. Cici worked her magic yet again. Our numbers
were called before those of families already waiting when we got
there. This is also where Lilia had her first poop. We were so
excited, we started taking pictures of this long-anticipated
event, then got scoldings since photos are not allowed in this
office.
After dinner we attempted giving Lilia a bath in the bathroom
sink. This went slightly better than last night. She is still
congested with frequent coughing and sneezing, but is ten times
better than Monday. In addition, her appetite is slowly
increasing. (SF Johnson’s – this is today’s only indirect
reference to food) |
This is serious stuff. See the glasses on her nose?
It is great to finally see the
real Lilia beginning to emerge.
So sweet. We love our kids. |
