November 11th- 9:15PM
We are begining to feel a little more at home here in Gaungzhou. Yes, our room is itty bitty but it is nice to have lots of other Americans around. We went down to breakfast this morning and there must have been at least 50 other American families with Chinese babies. This sight really pulls at my heart. How wonderful that so many Americans are blessed to welcome these little girls (mostly) into their homes. However, I cannot even imagine how many tens of thousands of these little girls are leaving their home country. The laws here just baffle me.
After breakfast I took Eliza down to the playroom. Mattel has donated the playroom here and it is VERY NICE. All kinds of toys, swings and games for babies and toddlers. There were about 10 other children down there with us and I enjoyed talking to several other parents. I am fascinated by the various families and each one of their stories of how they ended up here in this moment. I do think we win the award (this might be the Crazy Award) for having the youngest child at home. However, there are lots of other families here with young biological children who, like us, have chosen adoption to grow their family. I love each persons very personal, very different story.
Mattel also does one other really cool thing for all the adopted children. They give each child her own White Swan Barbie. It is PRECIOUS!




Now is that the greatest keepsake! I am thrilled Eliza will have this!

Eliza took a two hour nap and when she woke up we took her shopping for a bit. We bought the coolest "chop" with our address on it. It is a big Budda and then the man cut out our name and address on the bottom. Look above to see the pictures....