Orphanage Visit

Yesterday was a long emotional day, but good. We traveled to Emma's orphanage and met her nannies and friends. It's so great to see where Emma lived, but so hard to see where she lived...if that makes sense? You could tell she was loved and that her and Jin Pei were very close. He was so happy to see her, yet so disappointed that his mama and baba weren't there. He has such a sweet smile and kind heart. I know he'll do so well when you come to get him, Cynthia. Peggy, Benjamin is also so sweet. He never seemed afraid of us and loved the frog you sent. The children all seemed very close to each other and the staff. Emma gave all the children the snacks we brought and stickers. They all loved the stickers. Jin Pei came to me with the biggest smile and pointed to the Spiderman stickers I was holding. I asked him if he liked them and wanted some and he grinned the biggest grin and nodded yes.

I've wanted to post pictures and video, but have now misplaced my cable that connects my camera to the computer. We have the day off today, so I'm sure I'll find it. I'm just so glad Mark and Shannon are with us and can post pictures and video, too. Isaiah and Emma are doing really well together, but they do keep me busy. They had such a good time sitting together and playing on the way home last night. It blesses my heart to see them bonding. Isaiah is very protective of Emma. They're both having to learn to share and communicate in a new way, but they definately love each other. Isaiah was crying yesterday and Emma started patting him and gave him some stickers. She really is such a little mama.

She's still a little stand offish with me at times, which I kind of expected. I've always felt she'd be a daddy's girl and that has proven to be true. She sleeps pretty well at night, but has a really stuffy nose and cough that makes her a bit restless. Her sight seems really good out of her left eye. She can claspe the little bracelet I gave her all by herself and can write her Chinese characters on the magna doodle we gave her. She does bring her head to the side of her good eye to see things, but other than that she seems perfectly fine.

Shannon and I were so hoping they'd let our girls hair grow, but instead we got even shorter hair cuts! I gues we'll just do headbands for awhile.