Thursday, December 21, 2006

Nap time!











Well, Fred, Sophia & Alena are all napping right now. For us it's 2:00 in the afternoon.
We went on a sight seeing tour of Qingxiushan park today. Very pretty, but I prefer People's Park!
Alena is teething with a vengence right now!! Her poor gums are so swollen and about four teeth are ready to make their debut. She gets some relief with Motrin, but she's definetely uncomfortable at times. She's also a bottomless pit! For breakfast she eats watermelon, congee and one of these little tiny oranges that they have here. Her foster mom sent her with a bag of them and we had to buy some more. For lunch and dinner she eats noodles, congee and an orange. She has also had rice cereal, prunes, eggs and a croissant which she didn't like. She just eats and eats and eats!! (You should see her thighs!!)
Our guide is meeting me at 3:30 to take Alena and I to her finding spot. Fred and Sophia are going to have some alone time together and walk to the market.
Alena was found at the gate of the Kengmei garden which is a gated neighborhood. In her original translation it said Kengmei park and I couldn't find any info on it. I spoke to our guide and she explained it. Evidently it's not far from here at all. Makes you wonder when you see people on the streets if they are a relative.
The people here have been really curious, but friendly. They walk right up to you, take a look, sometimes gather round, sometimes touch the baby, talk to her, us etc.. If they feel the need to they will pull her pant leg down to cover her (they BUNDLE the babies and don't want anything exposed), etc.. For the most part it's been a good experience interacting with them.
Pictures later, my battery just died!!
Love,
Jenni

2 comments:

Tiff said...

Oh she is just so damn cute!! Her smile is just contaigous!

She seems to be fitting right in for you guys :)
and i am glad to hear she is eating well!

enjoy your trip-
you have taken some gorgeous pictures!!!!

Anonymous said...

She is very cute, hope all 4 of you are having a good time. Its nice that Sophia could go with you to see a country like that and to bring her little sister home! Lori & Larry

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