Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Different day, same beginning. We got up and hit the buffet
before the
mad rush. As the week progresses, the White Swan seems to be
filling up
with more and more families. Sophie wasn't too hungry this AM, I
think
she'd prefer to eat after she's been up for more than 15
minutes.
After breakfast we worked on our shopping list, there are a few
items I
still want to buy but haven't found yet. At 10:00 we met with
the other
family in our group to go to the toy market. I was able to get
the boys
some of the GBA games they wanted, I am sure it will be their
favorite
gift from China ;) We ate lunch afterward in the room, Sophie
never
seems to tire of Cup O Noodles. She was running around the bed,
playing and
giggling and we both started laughing hysterically at her silly
antics.
She is so much fun to be around, such a joy that I feel both
awed and
amazed at how God has blessed us with this incredible child.
She
took a
long nap, too long for me since I was cooped up in the room
waiting for
her to wake up. I've been trying to seize the opportunity to get
some
preliminary packing done so it's not such a chore on Thursday.
After she
woke up we went out shopping again, I needed to pick up some
more
snacks for Miss Sophie. She is easy to shop for, she just points
to what she
likes! Her favorites are Chinese rice cakes, raisins, noodles,
milk and
some type of Chinese sausage, similar to Vienna Sausage. I also
picked
up two more pairs of shoes for Sophie and Isabelle. The shoes
here are
the cutest, and so cheap! After we returned home with Isabelle I
realized that I had grossly underestimated how many pairs of
shoes a little
girl needs...this time I'm coming home well armed!
Back at the
hotel we
went down to the playroom and Sophie really cut loose. Her
favorite was
a playhouse door front that responds to the door opening and
closing by
saying "hello" and "good bye". She wouldn't stop until she
figured out
exactly how to make it work the way she wanted. On our way up to
the
room for the night we checked out the fish one more time, she
loves to
run from side to side on the bridge, pointing out the biggest
fish.
We were told that Sophie still takes a bottle and I have been
trying to
figure out how she takes it, with little success. Finally I
realized
she likes rice cereal in hers and she drank part of one for me
tonight.
What was funny is that she couldn't decide which she liked
better, the
bottle or her thumb for bedtime, but I think the thumb won out
;)
We
both went to bed at 9:30 and tonight she initiated some snuggle
time. She
wriggled her way over to me and flopped around until she found a
spot
on my chest. She had a hard time getting comfortable, since this
is such
a new thing for her. It warms my heart to know how many more
nights she
has ahead of her that she'll be pulled up close to me or her
daddy and
told how very much she is loved. |
Sophie enjoying the White Swan playroom
Sophie loves to hear "hello" when she opens the door
I've purchased a few pairs of shoes for the girls...
"Mom, look at that fish!"
Sophie's favorite snacks |
