CheesyGrin

It has been a long and wonderful day that began at 430am. Then a 40 minute van ride to the airport and a 2 ½ hour flight to Guangzhou, topped off with another 20 minute ride to the hotel. The little one was very squirmy and certainly did not want to take a nap despite the fact that she was quite tired. However, thanks to her favorite toys – Charmin travel toilette paper holder, stacking blocks - and treats we made it to sunny, less smoggy warm Guangzhou. They compare it to southern Florida and so far that has been true.



Well, we know we disappointed yesterday with no pictures so we will try to make up for that today. Olivia has been very entertaining and has kept the three of us in stitches. If you’ll remember yesterday’s blog; John described Olivia’s sleep habits. So, here’s a picture of that event we affectionately entitled “sleeping acrobat.” Despite her falling to sleep rituals she has been sleeping through the night and Karis has had to wake her nearly every morning. Even still Olivia wakes up happy - truly incredible.



When in China, you do as the Chinese do…that is you dress them in multiple layers of clothing that don’t match at all. As you can see, Karis has fallen into this pattern. Thankfully there are many wonderful clothes awaiting Olivia once she gets home. The last photo is one of my personal favorites.

Since the beginning Olivia has been known to flash cheesygrins. Sometimes they come out of no where and every time they make us crack up. Karis is blessed to have such a cheerful, happy baby. Even though she is quite happy she still can throw a tantrum and scream and make noise with the best of them. In fact, her grandma has described her as Bam Bam. Thankfully, there have been none so long or as bad as that first one.



And finally, we are including a bonus. Yes, you get to watch another video of dancing baby. This was taken this afternoon while eating at McDonalds. She is the only one I know who can get three adults to dance along and look totally silly in a public setting.



As for tomorrow (Saturday), we will first be going to see the doctor. I mean first thing is we’ll be going to Starbucks :) Then we’ll go to the doctor. This is standard for all of the adopted babies. We are glad, because if we had to guess, we’d say Olivia has an ear infection. She’s constantly pulling on her right ear. She also definitely has a little cold and a pretty deep cough. Hopefully we can get some of that cleared up before we leave on Wednesday.

After that we get to go do some shopping. It is much easier to have food in the room and eat here once in a while. Oh yeah, more peanut butter crackers and Ramin Noodles. We’re not sure what the rest of our time here looks like yet, but we’ll keep you posted as we know. Thanks again for your comments. It is just as fun for us to read those as I’m sure it is for you to read the blog.
With great joy,
Christine