Friday, July 15, 2011

It is probably inevitable that on every adoption journey you'll have a few bumps in the road. Ours was minor, and makes for a good story . . .

From here on out, assume that we had a "big, delicious breakfast at the buffet." We then met some of our group for a trip to the Guangzhou zoo. We were really looking forward to this, as we love zoos and would finally get to see real, live pandas! However, breakfast must not have settled well in Anna Kate's stomach this morning, because while on the bus ride to the zoo suddenly she and Joe were wearing it. And a few minutes later, while trying to clean everybody up, so was I. Joe had no choice but to take off his shirt, and we had to strip Anna Kate down to her diaper. We entered the Guangzhou zoo feeling rather conspicuous . . . . you can imagine that a tall Caucasian man wearing nothing but shorts and crocs, carrying a little Chinese baby wearing only a diaper drew some stares. Unable to find t-shirts for sale, and unable to take the stares and pointing, I bought a bottle of water and "washed" the clothes . . . better to be damp and smelly than naked, I always say! The rest of our time there was enjoyable - - it is a neat zoo with lots of interesting animals. We lost track of time and before we knew it, it was time to leave. And we hadn't seen the pandas.

Back at the room Anna Kate struggled to fall asleep for her nap, and she was a little fussy the rest of the day . . . I think she is having some stomach discomfort, as she is eating more solid food than before.

All in all, it was still a good day, and one day closer to being home! God has blessed us immensely and we are grateful for this entire experience . . . bumps and all.

Next update will be Sunday morning, recapping both Saturday and Sunday.

Big Sis Blog

We went to the zoo today. We saw the most interesting animals. There were tigers, and ligers, and white pelicans, and whooper swans, and hippos, and white lions, and regular lions, and a cub, and a gorilla, and baboons, and monkeys that went crazy. We had quite a day at the zoo. On the way to the zoo, Anna Kate threw up.

I didn't blog yesterday, because I was too tired to remember.