Two seemingly small, but very enouraging, occurrences during our first full day in Guangzhou

Yesterday (Saturday) a couple of very encouraging things happened.

The first, we were getting ready to go out walking around and I told Silas to get his shoes on and to find Rachel's shoes.  I did not look at the shoes or point to them or anything and a minute later Rachel brought me her own shoes.  Maybe she saw Silas putting his on but either way, there was communication there.

Also, she was upset at bedtime, pretty upset, but when she started calming down, she let me hold her and give her a bottle and a banana.  She was very relaxed in my arms.  She has always let me hold her, but doesn't usually relax enough to fall asleep, and she did last night.  And then she let me lay her down in her crib and she stayed asleep all night.