Gia Rose & Mia Leila
These high school kids wanted to make friends. They offered us candy and took our picture. We did the same.
Making a wish for Mia
I love this picture!
Here is a video of Mia walking with her Daddy at the Tao Temple. She's a riot. I love her silly giggle.
We had a nice day visiting the Tao Temple. We made an offering and lit incense to make a wish for Mia. It was very breezy and a very peaceful place. We don't have such remarkable sights back home. Some of the pictures look like backdrops. It's so beautiful!
Our guides take us to lunch everyday to different restaurants. Everything has been delicious!!! We have ventured out 2 nights in a row to a restaurant next door for dinner but we haven't been as lucky. I do miss home food but not as much as I expected. Mia loves to eat! She will eat eggs, noodles, rice, soups, squash and she loves bananas and watermelon too!
Mia has a mark on her nose. The result of a new mommy booboo. I'm sure the first of many. Overall, she's doing extremely well and adjusting nicely. She doesn't like strangers and she doesn't play nice with the other girls in the group. She pushes poor Gia's hands off her stroller. It is funny though but hopefully she'll learn to play nice. She was the baby at the foster home and boy was she treated like a little empress!
Bed time routine is getting better although she has a tough time sleeping through the night. She will go back to sleep when I pat her back but she does wake up several times. I'm trying not to nap today so I can be tired enough to sleep more than 3 hours at a time. All the men in the group are catching a colds, but everyone is doing well.
We get Mia's passport tomorrow and then we are done with the China part of the adoption. The next part is the U.S. part when we return to Guangzhou on Saturday. 1 more day in Nanchang. Tomorrow we're going back to Walmart to buy her a stroller for the ride home. Note to the Grandparents: You don't know what you are in for... LOL!!
