Sunday, June 19, 2005

Happy Father's Day

The Chinese believe the harder the bed, the better the bed is for your back. Well, we will have the best backs in America when we return. Literallly when you flop down on these beds there is NO rebound. So the goal is to make ourselves as tired as possible, then we won’t have problems going to sleep. We will see how that theory plays out.
Mia is so cute. She laughs and smiles a lot now. She slept through the night last night until 7:15. Most all of the other babies do this already but because of the sickness it threw her schedule off. She doesn’t feed herself but hardly any of the babies do. We think they were taught not to put things in their mouth. But she likes to have something in each hand. Her favorite toys are the room card and a water bottle cap. She sits up very well but she can’t walk yet. We were also told they don’t put the babies down on the floor. So they haven’t even had a chance to learn to crawl.
Today was a good day with Mommy. I held her for a long time this morning while we toured a folk art museum (old, very hot temple) Then we went to a department store to get some groceries and things for the group. At one point I lost David when Mia and I went to get diapers. I finally found him in the middle of the store, laid out in a massage chair.($2,700) He was in heaven. I told him it could be his father’s day present but it just wouldn’t fit in the suitcase.
We had lunch at good Old McDonalds. (I’m lovin’ it!) Those French fries tasted sooo good. The food has really been good but it’s just not the same. Tonight we ordered food in with 2 other families and all had a good time letting the girls play. One of them can walk and she has one speed, full blast. Mia loves to watch her cruise around the room. Mia laughs out loud and smiles at her.
Finished up most of the paperwork today. We had a 2 hour paperwork party this afternoon with all the families and I think we’re done. Today’s work was for US Immigration. Our guides will file it all soon and we will wait for Mia’s Visa and the swearing in ceremony later in the week.

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