Last night we ventured through town with Lilly and took in Nanjing. My, did we get A LOT of attention. Most people just take my picture without asking, but a few families wanted to get pictures with me and Lilly (they don't really care about Dave). There are a lot of stares and questions, which we don't understand. Most of the time women come up to me and say, "beautiful hair!" I kind of feel like a celebrity.
This morning we got to Skype with Liam and my family!!! The sound wasn't working on our end, but we could hear them and they could see us. It was so good to hear Liam's little voice! We miss him terribly. We really just want to go home and start life all together. We know Liam is doing well though, because he sat still for maybe 2 minutes and then decided he would rather play with his cousin Verona than talk to us. If Liam loves Lilly half as much as he love Verona, we'll be in good shape.
Today, we stayed in the hotel, which was nice. We just spent time bonding with Lilly and taking a break from all the people and attention.
This is how we get around in the business outside. Lilly loves her carrier.
Lilly slept through the night last night! She went down at 7:30 and woke up at 6. She moved around a lot though.
Lilly is a good little eater. We were concerned that she didn't want to take a bottle. However, she would rather eat regular food and whatever mom and dad eat - which is good. She fills up on fruits, vegetables, and noodles, so she doesn't have room for formula. She does drink water from her bottle throughout the day and occasionally we give her juice with her snack.
playing - I love this outfit, but her skirt kept falling down. It's 18 months and too big. We were surprised how little Lilly is, her pictures made her seem so much bigger.
Mmmm - snack time
so beautiful
We had cookies for dessert. Lilly was fascinated to watch Dave eat his cookie.
Here are some things we have learned about our Lilly in the past two days -
She doesn't like to wear socks. She is ticklish on the bottom of her feet and her tummy. She has learned how to eat almost everything, despite her cleft palate. She loves to flip through books. She loves being kissed on her cheeks. She sings a little song in her sleep and while she is playing. She wants to walk so badly, but has to hold Mommy's hand to do so. She is unsteady and should hold two hands, but refuses to (Miss Independent). Daddy is fun to play with if Mommy is near by, otherwise he is a little scary. She likes to tease Dad by offering him her food and then taking it away suddenly. She can say Mama. She wants to use a spoon and is trying to figure that out. She likes to be rocked and sung to at bedtime. (Her first night we let her put herself to sleep the way she was used to, but it broke my heart to see her rocking herself to sleep, so the next day at nap-time I rocked her and sang to her. Now, that's all she wants when it's time to sleep. After rocking for a couple minutes I can lay her down and she will put herself to sleep - as long as I am sitting next to the crib).
Tomorrow, we will go to the War Memorial. In 1937 Nanjing was attacked by the Japanese (Nanjing was the capital at that time). They massacred 300,000 Chinese, including women and children. It is a sad part of Chinese history. The Memorial is the sight of the mass grave for those 300,000 people. After that we will visit a park where Lilly can play and take in nature. We will be back at the hotel by lunch and nap-time.
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