Yesterday's pics

This is one of the preferred poses for sleeping. I see a potential yogini!

We are on the bus en route to the civil affairs office for the adoption process. Fei is playing handsies with Anna.

This is Anna, our wonderful facilitator! I took this pic of her our first day in Chongqing.

On the left is the orphanage director, and her assistant is on the right.

Ni hao Fei Fei!

Tannis and Kate on the left, Alison and Sophie, with Brad wearing the polka dot bag. The room behind the red beaded curtains is where we sat for the passport photos. There is another room off to the left for the adoption ceremony where we sat on red leather sofas as we each took turns. There were several other families there as well - a lot of activity, signing papers, counting money and keeping the babies occupied.

They have been sleeping like this for the past three hours. This morning we had a bottle at 6:00, slept till 8:30, ran down for the breakfast buffet by 9:45 just as everyone else was finishing. After some congee, eggs and cheerios, we broke out the teething biscuits and then the real mess started! We also introduced the Key Toy this morning - a big hit for thumb dexterity and gravity experiments. Thank you Scott for picking out the perfect toy! Then we checked out the fitness center - I wanted to see if we could find a nice open floor for her to crawl around on. We sat in a small mirrored aerobic room but she still stayed pretty close to Wolfgang and did not go for any locomotion. However, we tried a new game: flying over Daddy's head. Then she got tired so we came back to the room, learned more about dealing with the collapsed nipple problem, and once they were asleep I cleaned up the place and took a shower.

Alison - sorry I forgot to wish you a happy birthday this morning! Hope you're having a great day!

Everyone else had planned to go out and shop today. We have not left the hotel. I'm going to eat a steamed bun and an apple for lunch, and then hopefully wake them up. We have to start the antibiotics, and be a little more assertive with the ear drops. I am sneaking them in while she's asleep with her head turned, but as soon as I do she flops her head over and I'm worried they are draining out.

By the way, there have been plenty of moments with me holding and playing with her so far, but the photographer hasn't been ready with the camera!