Wednesday,
August 8, 2012
Free day! I will admit I do not have much to report
tonight as EmmeClaire and I have not left the room since
we came back from breakfast. But maybe I will make some
stuff up and you will not know what really happened…..
So EmmeClaire was STILL asleep at 8:30 AM (that part I
could not make up if I tried). When she finally did get up
we got her ready to head downstairs. We found out the
other family also slept in so we went to our “usual” table
ready to hit the breakfast bar. Gee, we have been here
long enough to have a “usual” table. EmmeClaire got quite
the sampling of breakfast foods this am to see more of
what she might eat. She ate eggs, pumpkin, rolls, congee,
and watermelon. We hung out in the lobby to watch the fish
and turtles. I guess we were not very entertaining because
pretty soon EmmeClaire was asleep though it was only a
quick catnap.
We went upstairs so the dads could prepare for their trip
to Lotus. We made a list and off they went. EmmeClaire and
I hit the bottle….of formula that is….and she was out for
2 hours.
Lunch came late for sleepy girl – noodles….she put away a
whole adult size plate of noodles. Not sure WHERE she put
it because her clothes are not any close to fitting than
before she started the noodles but she was happy. It was
time for more work with her personal trainers (aka mom and
dad) and we have moved from being able to put her on the
bed and she would not move to needing bedrails because she
rolls and scoots all over the place.
The big field trip was planned for late this afternoon to…drumroll…PIZZA
HUT. However when the time came it was getting close to
yet again naptime so EmmeClaire and I stayed back and
everyone else hit the road. Well, EmmeClaire had other
ideas (I think she has been talking to her brother). She
slept about 15 minutes when her coughing woke her up. That
was it. She would not go back to sleep for anything…..
By the time the Pizza Hut search team came back, over two
hours later she had eaten about every snack we had and
played with all the toys (which usually means throwing
them across the room). Most importantly MOM was starving.
Yeah….what came through the door was NOT “piping hot
cheese on a lightly sauced bread, hold the meat because
you just never know”….NOOOO what came through the door was
a crumpled up KFC bag and a weak excuse about getting lost
and never finding Pizza Hut. Really? I do not eat KFC in
the US…..why would I here? So it was peanut butter
sandwich time….again….
We decided to get EmmeClaire some rice since they assured
us yesterday she loves rice. We were doubtful since the
other night we tried it and she spit it out all over me –
literally. Well, apparently she wants to join the
“Rice=Ants” club with mommy and her friend Karol because
she did the same thing again. So we tried Cream of Wheat.
This was our second attempt since the first had been so
successful we were hopeful but this time it was plain, old
original kind with not a spot of brown sugar in sight. She
was not crazy about it. So we decided to work some more on
our exercises….and that included LAUGHING. She is one
ticklish little thing. It was really quite funny to see
her laugh so hard….and nice to hear her really get going
laughing.
She is back in bed and sleeping hopefully until morning.
Tomorrow we are going to a museum with our guide. We have
NO IDEA what kind of museum but as long as it has ac, I am
good with it. Jim found online tonight that there is a
Zhengzhou City Zoo nearby….and if it was not like 100+
plus humidity we might go but just do not think any of us
want to attempt that.
One thing we both forgot about in our dazed and confused
state last night was being handed a cd of pics from the
social worker from Florida. Jim looked on it this
afternoon to find pics of EmmeClaire dating back as early
as June 2011. These were all pictures that we had not
seen. There were also pictures of the orphanage. I am so
very happy, and surprised, to have these pictures. I think
this is just another example of the kind people that are
working at this particular orphanage. We also got a camera
back yesterday that we had “sent” through a care package
service back in June. I am anxious to get it home so we
can see what kind of pictures they took for her.
As for the photos tonight….we did not leave the room much
remember….so limited. (This is not admitting defeat to
Team Lucy…and getting a third party to enter pics does NOT
meet the qualifications!! Nice try!) One of the pictures
is from Monday. It was on our little camera that did not
get used much after she got there. I forgot we even had
pictures on it. The picture was after EmmeClaire came in
the building with the orphanage escorts. I was fairly
certain it was her but was afraid to go over until we got
the go ahead from our guide.
In the one of her with the Cheerio in her mouth (yes, she
is always eating) she is proudly displaying a bib that was
passed on to her a few years ago….See over 11 years ago
our family welcomed the first of the current “youngest”
generation with the arrival of a certain little girl, code
name Special K. That is when Nana P’s (aka my mom) started
her little “only family and special people” bib
production. It has become at times the source of amusement
in my family as to what might show up on a bib for the
current baby (…and more will show up on EmmeClaire in the
coming days so keep an eye out for them!) One of the ones
she made for this little girl is the one in this picture.
It was given to HER Nana (aka AJ – my mom’s sister) who at
the time still lived in Ohio. The bib was to be used when
the “little” girl visited Ohio. That “little” girl grew
up…and will be starting middle school (yikes) in a few
weeks. Along with some other things, like some crib sheets
and baby bath towels, the bib was given to us before Adam
came home. I put it aside and it has been in hiding for a
few years with the intent to bring it here when we finally
made it. Nana, I told you I had things up my sleeve…. :)
So that is all for now….told you it would not be much
tonight!
Adam: Hey Buddy! One more week and we will be home! I
hope you are willing to check out of Camp Aunt Jill and
Uncle Mike….I told Aunt Jill they need to stop doing such
fun stuff or you may not want to come home!! I know you
are having a great time and I hope you are behaving. Have
fun!! XOXOX Mommy
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Laughing
Playing with my cups waiting to be served breakfast
For MY nana
First glimpse of EmmeClaire Monday
Making octopus cookies
at “Camp AJ and UM” |
