Waiting for sister #4!

Waiting for sister #4!

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Our Hotel

Today we mostly stayed around our hotel. I don't know if it is travel or what, but I was so tired and headachy today. After breakfast, we swam at the pool for quite a while. Emma is warming up to the pool. She splashed a little bit and looked around instead of clinging to us. We put her in Callie's ring and she laid back and sucked her thumb and fell asleep. It was so cute. After the pool, we found lunch in our room...peanut butter sandwiches. I tried feeding Emma some rice cereal and for the first time, she didn't cry and throw herself back when she saw the spoon. She ate a little bit. She probably ate about a whole tablespoon of food! She has even been attempting to eat a few fruit puffs. And then we all took long naps. :)

For dinner, we did Chinese again with the Hyrnes and one of the Holt employees. Matt loved it. I picked at some things. Sydney ate plain noodles that they prepared special. And Callie didn't eat one bite. When we got back to our room, she ate some oatmeal. It has been hard to find anything that she will eat! One of the things we had was fish. Of course, it had the head and tail served with it and it was fried chunks in the middle. Matt thought it was great. When it was served, it came out with fire coming out of the fishes mouth. Pretty impressive!

We got in another night swim before bed. The girls think that is fun because the pool is all lit up.

Since I don't have much to report today, I thought I would share pictures from around our room so you can see our home away from home. Sydney and Callie sleep in the living room and Emma sleeps in a pack and play in our room. She continues to be a really good sleeper! I will also post pictures of the view that we see when we look out our window. There is plenty of action down there! Emma's favorite place in our hotel is right in front of the big mirror. She loves to look at her pretty little face!

3 comments:

  1. Emma is such a doll! Thanks so much for sharing. So glad you were able to relax today & take it easy. Praying you will wake feeling refreshed in the morning.
    Alisha

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  2. Hey, Lori! It's been such fun to follow your journey over in China. Thanks for taking time with all the posts and photos. I'm so glad Emma is adjusting well, but it sounds like we need to pray that either Callie gets braver and tries some more food, or that you'll find more stuff she'll eat. Have you tried "Congee?" Jillian and Jenica both LOVED Congee when we were there. It's like a rice soup, flavored with chicken broth. That's something we continue to make at home once in a while, and we were able to get it from different restaurants on Shamian Island. ("Lucy's" had it for sure.) Adoption is such a special gift for everyone close to it. I love your comparisons on being adopted into God's family and Emma's adoption into yours. :) Praying for you, as you get closer to your long flight home. Love and Hugs from Holdrege,
    Janet

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  3. Your pictures bring such a flood a such recent memories!!! Your hotel room is just like ours and I think it even faces the same direction! We will be praying for you as you travel home. Lainey loves to look at the pictures of Emma everyday and calls her Emma now too. Stay safe and see you soon!!! Laurie and family

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