Thursday we went on a boat ride across the West Lake. It was beautiful and relaxing. Well until Natalee decided to be a 2 yr old and got grumpy because she was tired and hungry!! A few snacks later and she settled some...
Our boat
Pagodas in the water
People were stopping us to take her photo. I'm guessing it was the flower! lol
Pagoda
SongLian was tired!
We went to a fresh pearl market and I bought her a pearl pendant necklace. This is her "special" coming from her province. We then stayed in the van with her while she napped and the Hardee's did some shopping at the silk market. When we left there we had stop by the notary office for some documents and then back to the hotel for packing.
Friday we had a free day until 2 when we left for the airport. It was sad to leave Savor. She has been such a blessing! At least we are still with the Hardee family though.
CoraGrace sat next to us on the plane. Natalee did well. No crying! It was so hot though.
We are staying at the Garden Hotel and it is gorgeous. the most amazing place we have ever stayed!
Our room
Bathroom
They gave her a panda :)
She's been sick with a cold so we've been fighting that especially at night. She's a fiesty little thing when she's sleepy. She screams and screams. The orphanage said they didn't rock her, read to her, or sing to her and all lights are out. Well...obviously it doesn't apply with us. She hates the crib. The first couple of nights she let me rock her but now she just fights me til she just gives out and falls asleep. She climbs right out of the crib. We tried last night and all of a sudden she's standing in front of us. Scared me to death! Jeremy said "uh oh little ninja!" Guess we will just be out of sorts til we can get home and establish a good routine.
She still hates the bath. We make it short and sweet and hope one day there will be no tears (&screams.) She has not said any words or made any sounds yet. She smiles and kisses us but won't laugh out loud. She loves to play and play rough! She likes to play flip and run up and pound her head up against your chest. She thinks that's so fun. Seems like boy stuff to me. Where's my sweet gentle girl??!!
We had the best breakfast ever at the buffet then went to our medical appt. I will go into detail about that later. I have to go to make it to our next meeting at 3.
A very unhappy baby at medical appt
Much love,
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I see she's wearing the shoes I sent!! Yay!! I'm so glad they worked. Now I can hook you up with 3 more pairs that we only wore once ;). I'm so glad that things are going more smoothly. Love you all and can't wait to have you home!!
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