Day 2 in GZ

The White Swan:


The White Swan:

At the Cow & Bridge:

This is Eme's little friend. The orphange nanny told us their foster families were neighbors and they spent a lot of time together. Phoebe is simply adorable and she is doing great with her new family as well:

School children:

Beautiful Guangzhou:

More school children:





The look when she is out of my arms:

Coming back to me:

We are day 2 in GZ….& it’s fab~u~lous! I really love this place. It’s quaint and everyone is so nice. We are loving all the cute little shops along the beautiful roads. Emerson continues to be my little chimpanzee. She is coming more and more alive with her little personality and we think she is really sweet. She does *like* her Daddy, as long as he doesn’t pick her up. She did allow him to bathe her yesterday and we considered that a huge step. We are not forcing the issue. So far, I am the only one that holds, feeds and soothes her….not that I mind one little bit. I am hoping that she finds Daddy’s lap a little more appealing by the time we board the plane for the long journey home. My muscles are sore from carrying her everywhere, but I wouldn’t do it any other way. She might enjoy the stroller, but I believe it’s more important for her to be close to me than checking out the world. She sees it all anyway, she just has a different viewpoint ;0) I wouldn’t trade all those sweet little moments that happen between us for nothing…even my aching back. Daddy went for the 45 minute massage, because I guess carrying around all my shopping goodies is just as hard on the muscles as the 18lb chimp.

Yesterday we went to get her visa photo and today was her medical exam. She did great up until the strange man took her from me to inspect her, you can tell by her face in the photo, poor baby. The little squirt ways 18.4 lbs. She doesn’t eat like a lot of the babies do. She does have a shut off valve and she shakes her head no when she is done. She has also mastered saying ‘all done’ in sign language to go with her shaking head. She’s a very fast learner. She is working on saying ‘more’ in sign language. She whispers ‘up’ when she needs help sitting back up. She has the most stinky tooties and we blame the odor on the steamed egg and congee=0). She loves bacon, tater tots and now scrambled eggs. We have yet to succeed in getting any fruit in her, except jar baby food. She loves the yogurt, but will pick the tiny pieces of fruit out with her tongue. Last night we went to Cow & Bridge and she wouldn’t even eat the Thai banana pizza, which was smashing because of the banana. The rest of the meal really sucked, but she enjoyed the noodles off my plate. We thought about ordering the ostrich intestine, but opted for the chicken congee to which she inhaled.

Eme has woken up and it’s time to play!