"I am sending an
angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I
have prepared."
Travel
Day 7
Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - Panda Reserve
It's been a great day. The best so far. Kya has been officially/legally our
daughter for 24hrs now. She is finally starting to settle into identifying us as
her parents and will now go to both Dale and I. She will sometimes cry if we are
not both in site. And, she's intrigued by the hair on Daddy's arms. She actually
reached out and touched a few of our travel mates on the bus today. Actually,
she strained to reach them. Then she laughed and giggled for a while. it was
nice to see that side of her.
We went to be early last night, or Kya and I did, about 7:30. I woke up at
9:30 and ate more pizza and back to bed. Kya woke up around 11 and I gave her a
bottle. She woke up at 12, 1 & 2, then slept the rest of the night. Good
thing I went to bed at 7:30 because I am not so tired today.
Today Kya allowed me to eat my breakfast. Yayy!!! The stroller is a huge
help. She likes it and sits in it while I get ready or while I eat and as long
as she can see me and I'm close enough, she's fine. If I get to far, she freaks
out. You still cannot touch her face or kiss her. She doesn't like that at all.
We left the hotel around 9am to go to the Panda Reserve. It was so wonderful.
We loved it. We took lots of video and lots of pictures. We'll try to upload
some today. We actually had our picture taken with a Red Panda, like a large
raccoon. I sat in a chair with Kya on one knee, asleep and the draped a blue
hospital gown over my lap and gloves on my hands, then sat the Panda on the
other knee. Dale stood beside us. Kya woke up and tried to kiss the Panda. It
was caught on video. I can't wait to see that because I missed it. We had to pay
50 Yuan, to take a picture with our own camera. But, you can sit as long as you
want and take as much video and pictures as you want. It was a little chilly,
but not too bad.
*Click the below photos see larger
image.*
We just got back to the hotel. It's around 2pm. We are going to walk the city
and go to McDonalds for a late lunch.
Pictures of the city
New buildings and
old housing
Lots of bikes and
mopeds.
Oh, I also wanted to tell everyone that ALL the Sichuan babies are perfectly
healthy. No colds, no rashes, nothing at all. They are all well fed but tiny
because they are Chinese, not from under eating. I'm not sure if I told you this
before but Kya is teething so she tends to be cranky from time to time. But, she
loves her Children's Motrin, so that's a good thing. Other than that, there is
no other health updates. Kya cannot stand on her own yet but she can with help
and likes to. She can sit up once you sit her up but cannot do that on her own.
She can roll over onto her side by herself. Hopefully, we can get her a little
stronger soon.
Also, Chengdu is smoggy too but not as bad as Beijing. You cannot taste it on
your tongue, so that's been a relief but really we've not been outside as much
as in Beijing, so we'll see after our afternoon stroll.
Well, time for lunch and some laundry in the bathtub....
Dawn
