Let me start off with the fact that I can't access blogger, so I am
emailing this post and can't do any type of formatting. I also want
to thank you that have posted comments and emailed us. We love
reading the messages and agreeing with your very complimentary
comments about Elli :-)
Today was a not so busy, busy day…if that makes any sense. I don't
really think it was the activities of the day as much as it was just
the day. I am really feeling tired, especially around 5:00 pm, it
is about all I can do to keep my eyes open and then of course you
have the heat and humidity. It drains the energy out of you. It is
incredibly hot and you barely make it around the block before you
are questioning if taking a walk was really a good idea.
We went to the police station today to apply for Elli's passport.
It was a rather quick trip that just consisted of turning in some
paperwork, comparing our passports, a short interview and taking
Elli's picture. No biggie. But man, was it hot!
The mornings are still the best for me in regards to food. I have
tried "different" things which I normally couldn't do at "breakfast
time". In the afternoons, starting around 3:00 pm, nothing really
sounds good and experimental eating isn't an option! For you fellow
China adopters, you know that Lucy's is the "staple" restaurant if
are needing a taste of home...french fries, hamburgers, even
quesadillas. We ate at Lucy's quite often last trip. Well, this
time…no good! We have eaten there two times and both times I
couldn't eat my food. The fries were still good, but that was it.
They are closed now for "renovations" and won't open back up until
the 11th I believe, but honestly, no love lost. So that put us in
quite the dilemma…what are we going to eat?!!??!
Let me introduce our new best friend….La Dolce Vita! We have eaten
there for the past 3 days. It is one of those places that we would
eat at even if it were at home...delicious! We have had salad,
pizza, mushroom lasagna, spaghetti and spinach ravioli. Elli LOVES
it too. Tonight I had the spinach ravioli and she ate well over ½
of mine and then about 2 pieces of Rodney's pizza…plus salad and
bread. Seriously our grocery bill has just gone up by at least
30%...this girl can eat!
We have made it back to our room for the night and I am just about
ready to crash. Elli is playing in the floor. She is still very
timid towards Rodney at times. She likes to play with him, but
doesn't really like him to show her affection. I told him he should
take her out by himself for a walk around the floor and overlook the
balcony…she likes that. I thought they could use some time alone.
While they were out, he took her to the convenience store next door
and let her pick out some candy. He said she did really good until
they got off the elevator and then she said, "Mama" and started
running towards the room. When he opened the door, she ran in and
almost started crying as she approached me. I picked her up,
opened her candy and she was fine. It will just take a little while
for her to really learn to love Baba like the other kids.
Sorry, no pictures for today. Tomorrow we go to White Cloud
Mountain and to eat at an old Chinese restaurant, so I am sure I'll
have some good ones from there.
Carter, Jacob, Parker & Anna,
We love you guys and hope you are having a good time. The time here
is passing quick enough. Although we are having a nice time and
enjoying our trip, we just wish we were with you all. I saw
something that I thought you boys would like…Jackie Chan Shampoo!
How funny is that? It is a really cheesy picture of him on bottles
of hair care products…very funny. We will talk to you soon!!
Sending love and hugs to Carter, Jacob, Parker & Anna,
Rodney, Marcy & Elli
4 comments:
I know how tired you are....it's just all so exhausting and the heat makes it worse. I'm sorry that Lucy's has been disappointing...that is a HUGE bummer. It's the only place that kept me from starving to death last time. But how exciting to have found a new place with decent food....wahooo!!!! I hope White Cloud Mountain is fun for you...I'm sure the authentic Chinese food won't be, so I'll put my bets on White Cloud Mountain. ;) These "middle days" are the hard ones....time just doesn't pass quickly enough and I spent alot of time wondering why we couldn't do 3 of the "official things" in one day and make the trip that much shorter. It's just so hard to be away from home and the other kiddos...it's nothing against being in China, but being away from your other babies and just being so out of your element is very hard. Kelly and Sherri leave tomorrow...I hope you'll get to see each other! Have you gone to the White Swan playroom yet? We did that alot with Livi just to get out of the heat and see other families, etc. Sending you a big hug, hopefully you are sound asleep right now!
love ya,
Angela
That's interesting about Lucy's. I have heard so many Americans say that it was a taste of home, but when we were there in July 2004, it really did not remind me of food I was familiar with. I'll never forget my fruit salad. I wanted something fresh, and it sounded so good. It arrived COVERED (drowned!)with Miracle Whip, and I just wanted to cry. If you're kind of picky like me, you reach a saturation point for Chinese food!
I agree with Angela about the White Swan kids' room. It's fun, and we met lots of really nice people from all over.
I think it is amazing she already was okay at all with going with just Dad to the store - wow! It is also a great sign that she ran back to you, too. :o) Sad about Lucy's - I had 'Lucy's Special' (a noodle dish with chicken) about every 2nd or 3rd day while in Guangzhou (we were there for 9 nights)! Where is La Dolce Vita? I am looking forward to hearing about White Cloud Mountain. Are Susan's Place and Jordan's Place still open? Even in April last year it was hot - June must be oppressive. Have you tried going to the pool? Hugs, Laura Beth
I was just catching up on sweet Elli and your trip! Congratulations...she's finally in your arms! It's been great reading about your journey and I'm looking forward to following the rest! Enjoy!
Jenna - mom to Ella
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