Hey ya'll! We are finally in Guangzhou and I actually had a decent meal! I'll start from the beginning of the day but I am so excited that we're finally here.
This morning we had to pack up and it took forever. There was so much stuff and Chi Chi was so hyper it was crazy. She kept doing peek-a-boo and playing with her toy phone that if you touch the center button it sings for about 5 minutes. It's abnoxious. Chi Chi loves it though. Jasmine also came in and for some reason she's obsessed with me. But I love her! She wants me to be the fun person all the time and sometimes that's easier said than done.
We finally got packed up and we were so excited to leave. We had to go on a plane though. I was thinking,"Oh, this should go well, 10 babies who have never left an orphanage crowded onto an airplane, great!" We put all of our stuff on the bus and we were off. Chi Chi wasn't mad at me today and she was being nice to me- by nice I mean not hitting me and laughing when I made funny noises! We were dragged across the airport in which case I was dragged along with Jasmine too. It was a long time before we finally got on the plane.
All of the seats on the plane were spread apart. Some families had 3 seats spread across the whole airplane- yeah right, we can put the baby in a seat by itself at the back of the airplane. My Dad had a seat near the front while my mom and I and Chi Chi were at the very back. Chi Chi wasn't one bit scared and she was chowing down on these new sweet potatoe bite things that Kelly (a mom there) gave to her. She was trying to feed another baby too and she fed me. She was being so sweet to me! Aww!!
When the plane was taking off, most of the babies were crying, but Chi Chi wasn't. I was making her laugh so she was totally distracted. She didn't even care if her ears were popping I guess.
The flight was only an hour long so it wasn't that bad. Although, they gave us these bran cookies which make Chi Chi poop so she did a huge one on the plane. It smelled SO bad. My Mom had to change her in the bathroom on the airplane. That went well-not. She was fine after that though and pretended to read her book saying, "ba bo."
Ok, this is the most exciting part! When the airplane was landing, it hurt Chi Chi's ears. She doesn't know how to pop them so it hurts. She started crying and my mom tried to pick her up but she wouldn't let her. She then cralled over to me and climed up on my lap and put her head down on my shoulder. She was grabbing onto me and crying. I was soo happy! I was comforting her and she finally closed her eyes in and tried to go to sleep. When the airplane hit the ground and finally came to a stop, my mom and I waited till most of the people had gotten off. I stood up with her and she didn't want to go to mom or start crying or even hit me. She put her head back down on my shoulder and stayed calm. I was soooo happy. I was pointing to her and all of the parents there were giving me thumbs up cuz they all knew that Chi Chi never let me hold her. When we say Dad she still was letting me hold her and didn't grab for him or anything. I was so happy and she just mad e a desicion that she liked me or something. Yes!!
I carried her through the airport and let me tell you- she is soo heavy. My arms were burning. Ah! It hurt but I wasn't complaining! I was so happy she was letting me carry her i didn't care! She pointed at a fly on a window and I went over to it. It was on the outside of the window. Chi Chi started to blow at it to make it go away but it obviosly didn't work. It was so cute though!
We then collected our bags and went onto the bus. On the drive there, Chi Chi still let me hold her and was laughing and everything! My mom decided that she wanted Chi Chi and I handed her to my mom and Chi Chi drank her bottle. Then she immedietly wanted to come back to me! I was really tired and I was half asleep so she just sat down next to me.
The only thing I remember about the drive there is that we passed beautiful feilds and it was lovely. Then we passes over this HUGE river because our hotel was on an island. Then I fell asleep until Chi Chi woke me up at the hotel.
The hotel is HUGE! It has 28 floors and a HUMINGOUS lobby. The lobby has this big waterfall- 2 stories high! And this big cod fish lake. To get to different places you get to cross a bridge over it and they even have on for the kids where they can just look over at them. The cod fish are litteratly 2 feet long. They are giant. I'll take a picture of one and put it on the blog tomorrow! When you walk in you see tons of families with adopted children. This is the last stop and I think it is required or something. We are on the 26 floor and we have a seite. It is the best. Chi Chi loved putting the card key in and out to open the door. I love it here!
When we arrived, Chi Chi was so hyper and I really don't know why. She was like bouncing off the walls and she was cracking up. We have this wierd closet in our room that has two enterences- the bathroom and the bedroom. Chi Chi and I played in it for a LONG time. I would crawl through it one way and go "Boo!" and she would die laughing. She did it to me too and it was so cute.
After our luggage came we decided that we'd go out to dinner with the little girl named Anna and her parents.It was the first decent meal I've had in a long time. I was so excited. I had pizza and cake and it was great. Chi Chi loved this fish thing there and kept trying to feed it to me but I wouldn't take it- it looked nasty.
After dinner we went back up to the room and Chi Chi was still hyper. We played the little closet game some more and then it was time for her bath. It was so funny! She would touch the running water and it would spray her face and she'd crack up! It was adorable. I think it was the most fun bath she'd ever had.
It's now time for the dreaded bedtime so I gotta go help. She's already crying so I'll write about bed time tomorrow. I miss you guys so much and tell people to reaad this stupid blog because it I'm doing this for nothing I'm gonna be real pissed-lol! Look down at the bottom of the blog for the pics!!
Friday, November 16, 2007
Nanchang- Orphanage!
Hey ya'll! I miss you guys sooo much. For some reason I forgot to publish a couple of posts so I'm publishing them right now. I really miss ya'll and you better miss me. Scroll down cuz there's lots of new pics! Go on the youtube thing too and I'll try to put more videos up there but it takes 4EVER!
Today we went to the Nanchang Orphanage where Chi Chi has been. Before that though we had breakfast downstairs and Chi Chi was adorable. She was blowing me kisses!! Awww! She is so cute and she just sits there stuffing her face and laughing. She loves it now when I look back and forth with just my eyes... it's hard to explain. Jasmine also came over and played with Chi Chi too! Chi Chi is the smartest baby in the whole group and I love her!
This morning I was sitting on the desk and she picked up the hair dryer and then pretended to dry her hair! It was soo cute! I turned it on and blew it in her face a little bit and she cracked up!! She is soo funny.
Then it was time to go to the orphanage. The orphanage that Chi Chi was staying at is the only one that they let you tour because our agency (Holt-adoption agency) funds it. We loaded the bus and it was a long ride there.
When we got there we could see the huge building. We were first looking for Chi Chi's abandonment spot. It was near the gates of the orphanage somewhere but Lisa told us that the mother wouldn't be able to go in that far. So she probably abandoned her by the road leading there. We didn't know the exact spot though.
We walked into the orphanage. It was very clean and it was HUGE! It's nothing like I would have expected...dirty, small, full of lice. No! It was really pretty and it had a big play ground. Chi Chi ran right towards the big sea saw. She was playing and having so much and she wouldn't leave. All I could do was video tape it because Chi Chi was angry at me again and only wanted to hit me.
Then we went upstairs to the baby unit. This is where Chi Chi probably was. There were tons of baby girls and they were so cute. There were only a couple- about 6- care takers though. All of the babies were sleeping- nap time! They were so cute.
After that we went to a place called the group homes. It is this big building with 3 floors that holds like... 24 people or so. There are 2 'parents' on each floor with 6 'kids.' This teaches them to live in a family and do family jobs and such... It is very neat. While we were in there, a lady recognized Chi Chi. She told us that the foster mother had come to the orphanage to ask how Chi Chi was doing in her new home. They told her that she was very happy and that she had 2 older sisters and young parents. Young? Ya right!-lol!! Anyway, she was an experienced foster mother (unlike the others I think) and she knew she could not see her because the transition would be even harder. We can send her pictures though and gifts which is good. She was a really good foster mother though because Chi Chi is sooo trained.. she shakes hands, walks well, runs, runs and walks upstairs, cleans up after herself, knows if she does something wrong, and is very aware of her environment. I am very thankful to her.
Then we went to the knitting group. It is where some specials needs kids are taught to knit. These people aren't kids though, they are older and they stay there if they haven't been adopted- sometimes they stay in the group homes. This way the girls with special needs can make some money. We all bought a quilt and it made their day!
As we were leaving the orphanage, Lisa came up to us and told us that she had gotten a copy of the birth note from one of the ladies there. The words on the birth note broke my heart. I cannot remember it word for word but it basically said:
My husband left us and I have no job. I really want to keep her but I cannot. This is the only way. I hope one day kindhearted people will keep her (-or something like that, I can't really remember... something about adoption.) She was born July 23 at 3:30 pm.
Isn't that sad! My parents started crying and my dad was holding Chi Chi really tightly and he was crying 2. Ok, this is the third time I have seen my dad cry over Chi Chi. To tell you the truth the whole situation was very sad, but it was very awkward because everyone was crying. I love her so much and I am so happy that her mom loved her enough to leave her at a nice orphanage and really wanted to keep her. It's so sad but I am so happy that she is with us now.
After the orpahage, we went to the hotel and ate lunch. Chi Chi was stuffing her face, as usual, and I made her giggle. After that we took a nap and played outside with the other babies for a while. Then we went out to eat at this restaurant and Chi Chi let me feed her and everything. She was nice to me there and let me walk around with her with the occasional slap in the face.
When we got home we gave Chi Chi a bath and she went to sleep with a fuss again. For some reason she keeps crying every night when we put her to bed. It is so sad. She cries Mamamam.. not just mama. It's so sad. But during the day she is fine.... weird.
Tomorrow we are leaving for "The White Swan Hotel" and I am soo excited! I am so happy to get out of here! The hotel is soo westernized and they have American restaurants and everything. I just found out that I can watch 'Alias' on the TV. Yeah Leslie, I know what you're thinking! Lol!! jk! I am so tired and I miss you guys so much. Katie- I can't wait to get back and I actually miss you-lol-jk! I know you miss my 24 hour singing right-lol! Sorry Lester, I can't send you any of those texts cuz it costs a fortune! Tell everyone I said hi ok!
Oh, by the way, Chi Chi is an amazing singer. She walks around singing ba bo ba bo. Yep, she'll fit in great! Bye!!
Today we went to the Nanchang Orphanage where Chi Chi has been. Before that though we had breakfast downstairs and Chi Chi was adorable. She was blowing me kisses!! Awww! She is so cute and she just sits there stuffing her face and laughing. She loves it now when I look back and forth with just my eyes... it's hard to explain. Jasmine also came over and played with Chi Chi too! Chi Chi is the smartest baby in the whole group and I love her!
This morning I was sitting on the desk and she picked up the hair dryer and then pretended to dry her hair! It was soo cute! I turned it on and blew it in her face a little bit and she cracked up!! She is soo funny.
Then it was time to go to the orphanage. The orphanage that Chi Chi was staying at is the only one that they let you tour because our agency (Holt-adoption agency) funds it. We loaded the bus and it was a long ride there.
When we got there we could see the huge building. We were first looking for Chi Chi's abandonment spot. It was near the gates of the orphanage somewhere but Lisa told us that the mother wouldn't be able to go in that far. So she probably abandoned her by the road leading there. We didn't know the exact spot though.
We walked into the orphanage. It was very clean and it was HUGE! It's nothing like I would have expected...dirty, small, full of lice. No! It was really pretty and it had a big play ground. Chi Chi ran right towards the big sea saw. She was playing and having so much and she wouldn't leave. All I could do was video tape it because Chi Chi was angry at me again and only wanted to hit me.
Then we went upstairs to the baby unit. This is where Chi Chi probably was. There were tons of baby girls and they were so cute. There were only a couple- about 6- care takers though. All of the babies were sleeping- nap time! They were so cute.
After that we went to a place called the group homes. It is this big building with 3 floors that holds like... 24 people or so. There are 2 'parents' on each floor with 6 'kids.' This teaches them to live in a family and do family jobs and such... It is very neat. While we were in there, a lady recognized Chi Chi. She told us that the foster mother had come to the orphanage to ask how Chi Chi was doing in her new home. They told her that she was very happy and that she had 2 older sisters and young parents. Young? Ya right!-lol!! Anyway, she was an experienced foster mother (unlike the others I think) and she knew she could not see her because the transition would be even harder. We can send her pictures though and gifts which is good. She was a really good foster mother though because Chi Chi is sooo trained.. she shakes hands, walks well, runs, runs and walks upstairs, cleans up after herself, knows if she does something wrong, and is very aware of her environment. I am very thankful to her.
Then we went to the knitting group. It is where some specials needs kids are taught to knit. These people aren't kids though, they are older and they stay there if they haven't been adopted- sometimes they stay in the group homes. This way the girls with special needs can make some money. We all bought a quilt and it made their day!
As we were leaving the orphanage, Lisa came up to us and told us that she had gotten a copy of the birth note from one of the ladies there. The words on the birth note broke my heart. I cannot remember it word for word but it basically said:
My husband left us and I have no job. I really want to keep her but I cannot. This is the only way. I hope one day kindhearted people will keep her (-or something like that, I can't really remember... something about adoption.) She was born July 23 at 3:30 pm.
Isn't that sad! My parents started crying and my dad was holding Chi Chi really tightly and he was crying 2. Ok, this is the third time I have seen my dad cry over Chi Chi. To tell you the truth the whole situation was very sad, but it was very awkward because everyone was crying. I love her so much and I am so happy that her mom loved her enough to leave her at a nice orphanage and really wanted to keep her. It's so sad but I am so happy that she is with us now.
After the orpahage, we went to the hotel and ate lunch. Chi Chi was stuffing her face, as usual, and I made her giggle. After that we took a nap and played outside with the other babies for a while. Then we went out to eat at this restaurant and Chi Chi let me feed her and everything. She was nice to me there and let me walk around with her with the occasional slap in the face.
When we got home we gave Chi Chi a bath and she went to sleep with a fuss again. For some reason she keeps crying every night when we put her to bed. It is so sad. She cries Mamamam.. not just mama. It's so sad. But during the day she is fine.... weird.
Tomorrow we are leaving for "The White Swan Hotel" and I am soo excited! I am so happy to get out of here! The hotel is soo westernized and they have American restaurants and everything. I just found out that I can watch 'Alias' on the TV. Yeah Leslie, I know what you're thinking! Lol!! jk! I am so tired and I miss you guys so much. Katie- I can't wait to get back and I actually miss you-lol-jk! I know you miss my 24 hour singing right-lol! Sorry Lester, I can't send you any of those texts cuz it costs a fortune! Tell everyone I said hi ok!
Oh, by the way, Chi Chi is an amazing singer. She walks around singing ba bo ba bo. Yep, she'll fit in great! Bye!!
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