Cole, Alex, & Anna Grace

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Just hanging out in Zhengzhou

Anna Grace's little personality is coming out more and more each day. She loves to laugh and play little games with us. You know she is done eating when she reaches for a napkin, wipes her mouth, and then blows her nose. She uses the potty just like a big girl and rarely has a wet diaper- even if it has been several hours since she has been to the potty. Even though she is almost potty trained, she is still on a bottle and takes a pacifier- which is fine with us. She loves to be cuddled while she takes her bottle and when she is falling asleep. She is still a baby in many ways.
Anna Grace has the cutest little facial expressions. She will wrinkle her forehead when she is trying to concentrate and make a grimace when she can't open her snack. She has a sparkle in her eyes when she is laughing her deep belly laugh, and she narrows her eyes at you and puckers her mouth when she is saying "no!" (She says no in Chinese of course). She has her daddy wrapped around her little finger already!
Anna Grace's province does not have much to do for tourists, so we have been hanging out at the hotel alot. We did go to a museum yesterday though. Anna Grace fell asleep in the taxi on the way there and slept through most of the exhibits. That is, she slept in my arms until I sat down to rest on a bench and became surrounded by curious Chinese families who wanted to try to find out why an American was sitting there holding a sleeping Chinese baby! Before I knew it, I was surrounded by at least 15 people all pointing and talking loudly. Our guide tells us that the Chinese people are happy for the children who get adopted and are given a better life than the orphanage can give.
Last night we went to the little Italian restaurant in our hotel. We ate there several nights ago and it was very small and quiet. This time we went with another family in our travel group. As we were ordering our meal, the other travel group starting coming in. They just arrived at the hotel yesterday, and they have 15 families in their group. Before we knew it, the entire little restaurant was full of American adoptive families! Everyone wanted to meet Anna Grace and ask how she is doing. I know how excited they are to prepare to meet their children today.
We are hoping that it will stop raining today so that we can walk down to the park just down the road. We have 2 more days here in Zhengzhou before we will leave for Guangzhou. Thank you so much to everyone who has been praying for our family. We can definately tell that God has chosen this special little girl to be a part of our family, and we feel so blessed that we have so much support from our family and friends.

1 comment:

  1. Thank you so much for keeping us updated. Anna Grace is sooo beautiful! It is very encouraging to be able to see how God is working in your lives. I can't wait until you are back home with her. The boys came to play yesterday, they seem to be doing great!
    We miss you and we pray for you daily, : )
    Melissa

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