Monday, September 21, 2015

Pearls, statues and shopping


I am updating my blog from yesterday and today with a glass of wine and watching the one of only four English channels on TV. Yesterday (Sunday) we did the ultimate tourist thing in Guangzhou. We went to the pearl market to buy Brooklyn a set of pearls for her wedding day. It was an entire mall 5 floors of shop after shop selling jewelry and other items unique to China. We purchased a beautiful pearl necklace  and matching earrings for the day her daddy gives heraway! I also boought myself a pair ;-) We then headed on to a bus to Shaimain Island. It is literally means "sandy surface" and is surrounded by water. Its a beautiful area with outdoor vendors, shops, a church, hotel, parks and hotels. We bought the infamous squeaky shoes for Brooklyn in a tiny shop which she LOVES! She literally grins from ear to ear every time it squeaks. We will see how long this last before we take the squeak out ;-) We ate lunch at a placed called Lucy's and it had many American favorites. I had a club sandwich and it was pretty tasty. You have to understand here in China, NO ONE is EVER in a rush, the food takes forever and you have to wave someone down to pay. We then headed to a famous little statute I have seen on so many adoption blogs, it is a statute of little children walking and a empty spot for your child in between to pose. IT was so cute, we put Brooklyn in between the two kids and she was just the perfect height. As we started to take pictures, we looked to our left and noticed literally about 20 people taking the same picture of her. Nathan took a pictures of them taking a picture of her. It was pretty funny!! She was the perfect model!

We were pretty worn out and headed back to our hotel.Brooklyn had a mini nap and was ready to party so we took her to a children's area inside the hotel. Another little girl was there and it was funny to watch Brooklyn interact with other kids. She can definitely express herself without using a single word. She points to the kids to sit with her and pulls them by their hands. She loved the slide. We also noticed we will have to work on sharing and NOT throwing toys. She can be such a girly girl but she can be super feisty when she wants to be. We are teaching her how to be gentle and removing things she throws until she understands. She is so smart, its not taking long!

We met our friends for dinner at an Italian Restaurant but ufortunately  her kiddo wasn't feeling well and had to take him back to the hotel. Come to find out today that 3 of her kids and husband had to visit the clinic here on the 5th floor for antibiotics. I am praying everyone is feeling better as they leave a day before us.


Brooklyn cried for the first time when I laid her down for bed. Thankfully she sleeps pretty hard and falls asleep pretty quickly I rocked her for about 10 minutes and she was done for the night. Definitely makes me think what might be going on in her little head? I read on a blog yesterday about adoption. She described it so well. Imagine someone coming into your home late at night, taking you with your family to another country where you don't know the language and them leaving you there? Its pretty much is what happen to her.... She is a tough girl!

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