Well, I will try to catch up and describe what and how we have been doing. On Thursday
morning we went to a museum in Lanzhou. It was a very nicely done, modern museum
with exhibits about dinosaur bones found in the province, Buddhist art
and history, and relics from the Silk Road.
After the museum we had beef noodles at a nice little restaurant. It is
interesting that the restaurants have like only 4-5 tables in them.
The beef noodles are long skinny noodles like spaghetti only thinner
and longer. At this restaurant they were in a beef broth soup with one
piece of beef in the soup. They also brought out several different
plates of different vegetables to add to the soup. They also serve this
for breakfast at the hotel. I had it once for breakfast, very yummy.
These beef noodles are the famous food for the Lanzhou region.
Thursday
morning we saw the first of Rachel expressing her own opinion. When we
were leaving breakfast she was not ready, so she cried a little.
Amanda and I were so surprised by the tears welling up in her eyes and
spilling over onto her cute little cheeks that we tried to take a
picture, we missed it though. I was so glad that she finally expressed
some opinion. She seemed to finally trust us enough to tell us what she
liked and didn't like.
Those tears were just the beginning of many more to come. Thursday
evening we were at Pizza Hut and she dropped a cracker on the floor.
We picked it up and threw it away and she just lost it, even though she had more crackers in front of her. She cried and
cried loudly, so I took her outside and let Amanda stay and pay.
Outside, I am sure everyone passing by thought there was a crazy white lady trying to abduct a
screaming cute Chinese girl. Several stopped to try and help me. But
it is hard when I can't talk to them and explain what she is going
through. Amanda finally was able to pay our bill, and we got Rachel back in the
backpack and started moving. She felt better about that and quieted
down.
Since Thursday
she has had a harder time sleeping also. I put her orphanage clothes
back on to see if that would make her more comfortable and she has not
let me take them off since. So much for the very cute clothes I brought
for her, maybe we will get there.
One of the big things that causes her anxiety is food. She always wants
food in her hands. If she has to let go of it, she gets very upset.
We went to a grocery store and got m and m's and she kept putting the
package up to my mouth because she knows that you have to open these
packages with your teeth. She would not let them go nor would she stop
putting the package in my mouth. I finally opened them and she about
went crazy eating them! She loved them so much! She did not want to share. Raisins
however, she shares. She finds a raisin mixed in with the cheerios in
her little cup, and she feeds it to me.
We arrived in Guangzhou yesterday (Friday) and the trip basically took all day
because of driving to the airport on one end, the flight, and getting to
the hotel on the other end. We were exhausted, especially after very
little sleep the night before.
There is a McDonald's next door to the hotel, a bonus. This is a very nice hotel, the Marriott. The internet is much better. The beds are very nice. It has
a great big tub and it has English TV stations.
This morning (Saturday) was the medical exam, which went smoothly. We went
shopping a little then home for the afternoon. Rachel has just been
happy and playing all afternoon. I gave up on making her take a nap today, she made it
yesterday without one, and I just didn't want to fight it.
Overall she is still about the cutest little person I have every seen.
I am very thankful for her and she is worth all the effort. But it
will be good to get home!
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