Day #2

Getting our little China doll up this morning was not easy. She was tired and wanted nothing to do with either me or Wayne. She apparently is NOT a morning person...just like her Momma. :-) After a little persuasion, she decided that she would like to visit Isaac and go for a walk. We headed to breakfast around 8:00am. Julia was not the happiest little one. She ate so-so and just wanted to be held by Wayne. I won't sugar coat this...but it hasn't easy. We are struggling a bit to make sure that she knows that both of us are here for her. She tends to cry easy and seeing other Chinese women is hard for her. We wish that we could just come home now.

We were meeting Roselind in the front lobby again at 9:30 for a trip to the Hubei museum. It was very interesting. All of the artifacts came from one tomb. The largest set of chime bells. They call it the 8th wonder of the world. :-) They are in the process of expanding their buildings, so there is construction everywhere. Julia wanted to be carried again by Wayne, but we decided that she needed to get used to depending on Mommy as well. I'm sure there are therapists that are going to scold be but, OH WELL! That scolding can't be worse than getting scolded by older men and women because Julia's legs were exposed. Her little pants were riding up as I was carrying her and well, an older man came over and said something, then tried pulling down her cuffs. It wasn't too much later that I bought some heavier cordouroy pants to wear over her regular pants.

Rosalind took us to some small children’s clothing stores. Liz needed to pick up some more pants for Isaac. I had brought enough clothes for Julia seeing how we had clothes left over from Anna. We did purchase a stroller. Julia seemed to enjoy riding in that. We then went to a "grocery" store of sorts. I wanted to get some small bowls for cereal/soup for us and some other snacks for Julia. We bought a small pack of 9 Chips O’Hoy cookies, 3 20oz Cokes, 2 packages of these cookies/cracker things that Julia likes, 4 packs of gum, a 2 liter bottle of water, 12 bottles of this Wahaha milk stuff for Julia, a bag of M&M’s and the plastic bowls all for 40 Yuan...which is $5.00 USD.

After shopping, we went to McDonald’s for lunch. Julia LOVES McDonald’s. We think she defiantly went there with her foster mom. I will post some pictures of that. Right now Julia is taking a nap and sleeping rather well.

I need to give my fingers a break, so I will go post the pictures. Cameron and Anna, I love you both and miss you very much. So far we haven’t shopped for a whole lot of stuff for you. I will make sure that we have some really cool things by the time we come home! Please be good for Gramma and Poppa. ~hugs and kisses~

So sleepy after a busy morning! 

Isaac enjoying his french fries too! 

Happy moment inside the McDonald's 

Julia says, "Peace, Love and McDonald's is all we need!" 

Julia offering a french fry to the guy that sat next to us. He was super nice! 

Picture of the Chime Bells  

Map of Hubei 

Putting on lotion with Mommy...so far she doesn't eat it like Anna does!! 

Doing bubbles with Mommy 

After breakfast this morning 

Our little walk

We had went for a walk earlier today (yesterday for us here in China). We took a small street right next to the hotel that has many street venders. This is also a street that leads into at least 2 schools. The kids seem to be upper elementary to maybe even junior high kids. Lots of great food on this street! Spicy noodles (Hey, Mark and Ann K.! We were told that we have a SPICY Hubei baby girl! Can't wait for our little spice girls to meet!!), all types of fruits, some pizza dough bread that was spicy flavored, doughnut rings (much like an elephant ear, but a ring covered in powered sugar...Aunt Theresa does that sound good?) and I saw a few big woks willed with fried rice. We know that Julia loves watermelon and grapes. These grapes are HUGE! She likes to peel the skin off with her teeth and then eat the flesh part. She also is very proficient in spitting the skin and seeds out.

The Brooks family and us had a great time checking out the shops along our street. We do get many looks as we are American couples with Chinese babies. Most of the kids just smile, some try out their english skills. Our walk then lead us up the main street that hotel is on. The sidewalk in under repair so we took a small side street and risk being hit by cars, bikes and scooters. We ended up at a 8 story shopping mall. 7th floor were kids clothes and toys. We made our way to shoes and Julia was right at home. Anna, Julia loves shoes as much as you!! Speaking of shoes...can someone measure Anna's feet for me and email me the size? I need the measurement in centimeters. Thanks! I posted a picture of Julia's new shoes. They squeek like a dog toy when she walks. She loves them!!

Well, it's nearly 6:00am here and I need to get moving. We are headed to the Hubei Provincial Museum today with Roselind. We have decided not to visit the orphanage. We feel (both us and the Brooks family) that the visit would be too hard on the kids. Director Lu is currently very busy with moving from the old SWI to the new one and we just think it's best not to go.

Have a great day/night! We miss you all and can't wait to get home!!

More grapes with Daddy 

Has everyone had enough Julia pictures yet?? 

Julia and Daddy sharing some HUGE grapes spitting the seeds in the trash 

View from our hotel room 

Anna, do you like Julia's new shoes?? She loves shoes just as much as you do!! See the little white dot near the heel? It's a squeeker. Her shoes make noise when she walks! 

Sleeping Beauty 

Daddy and Julia taking a small afternoon nap after a major meltdown. 

So far this morning...

I wanted to post more pictures...Just for Auntie Cheryl. Here are a few from our morning so far. We had breakfast with the Brooks family before heading to the Civil Affairs building to do more paperwork. Julia became upset when seeing the assistant director, Mrs. Wong leave. We think that Julia knew her very well.

After paperwork at CA, we went to a notary office. We plan on doing some small shopping this afternoon. We need to get a stroller.

Well, there is not a whole lot more to write about. Julia did sleep from 8:30 last night till after 8:00 this morning. She never wet the bed and seems to let us know when she needs to use the toilet. Once awake, she pottied and a small while later, let me know that she had use the toilet again. This time, it was a giant poop. Sorry about that for all you that are reading this over breakfast. I was totally surprised that she seems to be trained! WOW!

Ok...have a good night/day and I will post more later! Love you all!