After leaving Andrea Zhi Bei’s finding place yesterday we made a quick trip to Walmart for some milk and a few more Chinese CD’s and DVD’s for children. Not sure I could tell you what the difference was in a Chinese Walmart from one in the US accept for the squid, jelly fish and seaweed in the fresh food section, the shopping carts are about the quarter of the size of a US shopping cart, and it is three stories. It was a good day for Zhi Bei all and all. We did try to put her down for a nap which was entirely unsuccessful and resulted in a 30 minute tearful pout until we finally gave in.
Today is our first day on our own. I am sure Lynn is ready for a day off. We went for a walk down a pedestrian street lined with small shops and bigger mall type stores which runs from our hotel at one end to the river at the other end, about 15 blocks in length. Bei Bei, children in China nicknames are typically the last part of the name just duplicated, was perfect. She stayed close to us, did not wander off, and did not approach strangers like they were her best friends. These are all positive indications in her attachment process with us. We walked about half way up the street and came back.
Our guide made a point to us to not talk to anyone that looked like they were a reporter. This was not an issue as we were approached by no one. Just received several curious looks when people saw the child we were with, our daughter, was Chinese. One photographer did snap off a few shoots of us as we passed by.
We were very pleased with Bei Bei’s behavior while out with us without Lynn. The way she ran around the snow park yesterday caused us some concern with our adventure today. But as noted above, she was perfect.
Tomorrow Steve and I will go visit the orphanage while Ann stays with Bei Bei.
Today is our first day on our own. I am sure Lynn is ready for a day off. We went for a walk down a pedestrian street lined with small shops and bigger mall type stores which runs from our hotel at one end to the river at the other end, about 15 blocks in length. Bei Bei, children in China nicknames are typically the last part of the name just duplicated, was perfect. She stayed close to us, did not wander off, and did not approach strangers like they were her best friends. These are all positive indications in her attachment process with us. We walked about half way up the street and came back.
Our guide made a point to us to not talk to anyone that looked like they were a reporter. This was not an issue as we were approached by no one. Just received several curious looks when people saw the child we were with, our daughter, was Chinese. One photographer did snap off a few shoots of us as we passed by.
We were very pleased with Bei Bei’s behavior while out with us without Lynn. The way she ran around the snow park yesterday caused us some concern with our adventure today. But as noted above, she was perfect.
Tomorrow Steve and I will go visit the orphanage while Ann stays with Bei Bei.
1 comment:
I am so happy for the three of you. David and Ann, you all will be awesome parents and you daughter is the luckiest little girl to have parents as wonderful as you. I can't wait to see you all.
Hugs,
Kellye
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