First of all thank you all so very much for all the encouragement and prayers. It was such a blessing to read them and in fact it made me cry. You all will be happy to know that we are making some baby steps and that things are going a little bit better. Avery and my emotional states are becoming less and less fragile (although Cam is struggling a bit since he's not getting as much attention as he is used to). Unfortunately, Avery still doesn’t like Doug much, but he did get to hold her for a few minutes, feed her a bit of her evening bottle and she didn’t scream every time he looked at her so that is progress. We are continuing to be persistent and having Doug involved in taking care of her. She still gets very upset when I try to move away from her or leave the room. The good news is that I am able to console her, and most of the time she is quite content as long as I am holding her or have her very close. Tonight she showed that she is getting more and more comfortable with us and has been a little more spunky - babbling and playing a bit more. I was even able to get many smiles and some good belly laughs as I found her tickle spots which of course made me very happy.
We are loosing our Internet access shortly and Avery keeps waking up, so I will leave you with a few photos from our day…
We are loosing our Internet access shortly and Avery keeps waking up, so I will leave you with a few photos from our day…
We went to the Chongqing zoo for a bit this morning, and despite being really hot, it was a surprizingly nice zoo.
The so called Lesser Panda:
More interesting phone booths:
Interesting scenes from the local super market:
It's hard to tell but one of the items is chicken feet. This supermarket visit made me a little sad as there was a live animal area so you can have the very freshest. There were ducks, chicken, rabbits, frogs & fish all lined up for purchase.
5 comments:
To see the picture of you holding your sweet little daughter as she slept brought me to tears!! The culmination of so many prayers and hopes. I continue to pray as you face challenges but know that these are precious challenges. I'm so happy for you and the fact that God has given you, Doug and Camden this joy, Shannon...because we sure do know that because of the rough spots we understand joy better!
I love to get on your blog and read the lastest, when it's there. You are amazing to even be taking the time give all us "followers" back home the privilege of being informed. I thank you for caring enough about us to do so. Sending you a big, "good job...you can do it/you can do all thing thru Christ Who strengthens you" hug! Have a great remainder of your visit in China...
Enjoy every moment - you guys are going to be home before you know it! I love love love the photos .. wonderful to see all the years of waiting and hoping turn into reality! xo
Hello,
My daughter Jazmyne last September who is also from Qian Jiang would not have anything to do with my husband either during almost the whole trip. But tell Doug there is light in the tunnel. Now my daughter often prefers Daddy to Mommy!
Kathy Rees
www.jazzyrose.blogspot.com
We have a daughter from China. She has been with us 1 year now.It is hard at first but before you know it she will be all smiles and hanging onto daddy.I will be praying for you all to stay healthy, safe and for you to really enjoy this special time.
Anita
We received our little girl from Qian Jiang SWI last Sept. Her paper work also indicated that her favorite thing was a bath but we found that it was not true! She loves it now but not back then. The bites are bug bites. Scabies and headlice appears to be more of an American problem. There are not screens on any of the windows and yet because of the heat they have to have the windows open so the kids get eaten up. I am working with a company right now to attempt to get the windows screened. Those marks will take quite some time to heal! You we probably find some scaring on her hips. This is caused from tieing the diapers on or using a bungy cord. That is how they put diapers on at that orphanage. Also look on her ankles you may find some smaller scaring on her ankles. They also tie the shoes on there but generally that is with the older toddlers so you may not find any. Those will also take some time to disappear. By no means am I being critical of those practices. They are ways that the SWI have to do just to survive. If you do not belong to the Qian Jiang Yahoo blog you will want to do that. Together we accumulate a lot of information about the orphanage and their needs. One drive was called "Formula First". Before we can do anything to help the babies first and for most must be feed!
Kathy Rees
www.jazzyrose.blogspot.com
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