Day 8

Today we woke up and had slept in to 8:00am, it felt so good! Myah sleeps all night long, she is such a good little girl. She is really blossoming today. Every day she opens up more and more to us.. She is actually very happy, only crying when she is hungry. She is so precious, we are so thankful to have her in our family. She has just fit in perfectly. We have found her to be ticklish and she giggles so hard. She is going to be a bruiser I think, she likes to hit! I think it is just because that is all that her arm muscles can do so we let her get away with it right now. Good news, my cousin Steve and Trudi arrived today! We were so excited, I can't tell you how cool it was to be in the lobby and at first see an American and then have it be your family! Wow! Their room is right across the hall from us on the baby floor. We met the families in their group. They all are pretty tired after that long flight. Our group was glad to see them arrive, they get their babies in the morning. We have an appt. at Civil Affairs in the morning at 9 and theirs is at 9:30, we might see their babies there. Today we woke up and went to the East Lake Park, it was just beautiful, and huge. We all loved it there. I had to laugh as we had stopped for ice cream and drinks for a minute and I pushed the stroller away from everyone so they could have their turn, then Mark walked up to me and I looked down at his stroller and Myah was looking at me, it took me a minute to realize I had walked off with someone elses stroller and baby! We all laughed, the funny thing was, her parents hadn't even noticed she was missing! Thankfully it was someone in our group! We then went to a Turquoise factory. In Hubei it is the only place in China were this gem is found. The craftmanship and detail that goes into everything over here is unreal. Tonight we went for another walk in the huge park across the street. There is a beautiful fountain show everynight and crowds gather there. People just like to hang out together. Little kids play in the middle, riding bikes, babies walking, people fly kites and some just stroll together arm in arm. The best part is the ladies dancing to music, it is kind of line dancing, tai chi, aerobics. It is so cool! Old ladies and young gathering and just dancing. We are quite the site when we are in public, tonight we had a huge crowd gather around us, a young man knew some English and was trying to talk to Dr. John. People are so sweet. Everyone wants us to see their children, I have learned to say hello and a few other things, I so love interacting with the locals. I guess I am a Chinese social butterfly too. Dayton on the other hand freaks out. He gets worried, I am trying to help him understand that many people have never seen Americans before. Seriously, there is one other man here that is American and that is all that we have seen. We have to pack tomorrow for Guanzhou, it is going to be quite the chore. I have really settled into this place. Our first home with Myah. I love the people that we are here with so much and our little girls have shared so much together already. We have so enjoyed your messages, it is the first thing we do in the morning and the last thing we do at night. Sounds like Dayton's team is doing so good! He can't wait to play again. He is the hit here, all of the little brothers really look up to him. He went on a roller coaster today at the park with Grady and Cameron, he thought that the cars were hooked together until Grady's car took off and Dayton was left in the next car alone! We laughed! Our Chinese outfits came today, they are so beautiful! The ladies are so shy when you try to compliment them. Tomorrow we go and get more paperwork signed and get her passport before we have to leave Wuhan. We are also going to have our last dinner here as a group, we are going to celebrate one of the babies birthday's also. We are going to go put this little girl down to bed, she doesn't need her beauty sleep but we do ( have you seen my hair? I need a major conditioning Cindy!!!) This water and humidity have turned me into a Dolly Parton, Shirly Temple want-a-be! Goodnight!