Carol here. Uh yeah, we've been kind of busy being a new family and such, so sorry about slacking on the updates. Hah! Who am I kidding?! I'm not sorry at all; I'm enjoying our time together. But sorry we can not respond to all your e-mails.
The first 1 1/2 to 2 days Jack has been clinging to us, not wanting to be put down, and has fallen asleep on our chest before we cleverly (really carefully and slowly) sneak him into the crib for the night. Right now he is afternoon napping on the bed. I swear he sleeps with one eye open half the time, like he does not want to miss anything. Later in the afternoon yesterday and today, we started to see some signs of greater security, independence, and /or anger; he slapped Chris on the chest when Chris was holding him, he walked to Chris a few times (other than that, he hasn't walked although it is clear he can), he took bacon off the plate this morning, and for his nap, he would lie next to Chris to fall asleep, but not on top of him. All this is great to see and experience, as we are sure it has been an exhausting few days for the little man!
Jack is unofficially weighing in at about 20 lbs. Gee, I forgot to bring the tape measure so I don't know how tall he is. We went shopping for some shorts and tank tops for him today because even though we brought the smallest clothes we had from home, some are still too small. I would guess he is wearing 12-18 month size clothes and will quickly outgrow the 12-month sizes -- especially given the chow he's been getting from us.
Speaking of chow, We are loving the Chinese food here. OK, so Chris needed to break out for a burger last night, but other than that, it has been veggies, meats, noodles, rice Chinese-style. The breakfast buffet does have some Western food, but it could all be Chinese as far as I know - well, maybe not the croissants. And you know what follows chow...
Poop. I woke Chris and Jack up just after 5am to change a poopy diaper... a big one...one that couldn't quite be contained... almost, but not quite. A second pair of pajamas were bought this morning, too. And what follows a mess is a quick bath. He is not thrilled to be in the bath, despite one of us being in there with him.
The pictures are:
1. Cathy and her little smiling girl, Keri Dong Rui. This little peanut is a ham! Cathy's got her hands full and is super capable!
2. Us waiting to catch a cab after quick bargain shopping for clothes this morning. Jack loves his Daddy!
3. The Ezzelles (us!) shortly after getting Jack Yiyun. We are at the orphanage in this picture.
4. The three new mommies and their babies at the orphanage. The other couple is from Pittsburgh, and we will all be in the infamous-for adoptive-parents White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou Friday night - Thursday.
5. Family photo at the Civil Affairs office here in Chengdu. We expect to get Jack Yiyun's passport tomorrow.
Panda base tomorrow morning, and on Friday eve we fly to Guangzhou. I am guessing it is somewhere around a two-hour flight. It will be Jack's first airplane ride... I think it will all go well.
Our son is so wonderful!!!! It is hard to believe it is only day three!
3 comments:
This is amazing. We're all so thrilled for the 3 of you!
The Herreras
Thanks for the great updates, Carol... the masses are dying of curiosity! :) Hope you all have/had fun at the panda reserve and on the plane. cmr
Thanks for answering the questions that I'm sure more than one person has been asking. I'm loving the updates like everyone else but I'm not AS anxious now that I know you got him and everything appears to be going smoothly. Enjoy your time together :o)
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