tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58500961159538486712024-03-12T18:01:26.266-07:00Mommy's Little PeanutsMissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206844392059064235noreply@blogger.comBlogger693125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850096115953848671.post-28829927728639717822016-03-25T15:23:00.000-07:002016-04-26T15:24:01.673-07:00Dyeing Easter Eggs {Easter 2016}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="goog_1233308004"></span><span id="goog_1233308005"></span><br />Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206844392059064235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850096115953848671.post-55853162966140882522015-11-13T16:30:00.000-08:002015-11-13T16:30:08.964-08:00An Adoption Analogy... makes you think...I found this when we first began the adoption process. I thought I would share it here.<br />
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<i><b>Imagine for a moment....</b></i></div>
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You have met the person you've dreamed about all your life. He has every quality that you desire in a spouse. You plan for the wedding, enjoying every free moment with your fiancée. You love his touch, his smell, the way he looks into your eyes. For the first time in your life, you understand what is meant by soul mate, for this person understands you in a way that no one else does. Your heart beats in rhythm with his. Your emotions are intimately tied to his every joy, his every sorrow.</div>
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The wedding comes. It is a happy celebration, but the best part is that you are finally the wife of this wonderful man. You fall asleep that night, exhausted from the day's events, but relaxed and joyful in the knowledge that you are next to the person who loves you more than anyone in the world- the person who will be with you for the rest of your life. The next morning you wake up, nestled in your partner's arms. You open your eyes and immediately look for his face. But it's not him! You are in the arms of another man. You recoil in horror. Who is this man?</div>
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<b>Where is your beloved? </b><br />
You ask questions of the new man, but it quickly becomes apparent that he doesn't understand you. You search every room in the house, calling and calling for your husband. The new guy follows you around, trying to hug you, pat you on the back. . .even trying to stroke your arm, acting like everything is okay. But you know that nothing is okay. Your beloved is gone. Where is he? Will he return? When? What has happened to him? Weeks pass. You cry and cry over the loss of your beloved. Sometimes you ache silently, in shock over what has happened. The new guy tries to comfort you. You appreciate his attempts, but he doesn't speak your language-either verbally or emotionally. He doesn't seem to realize the terrible thing that has happened...that your sweetheart is gone.<br />
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<img align="left" src="http://www.rainbowkids.com/Admin/Magazine/Issue/November%202006/418/1.jpg" height="200" width="200" />You find it difficult to sleep. The new guy tries to comfort you at bedtime with soft words and gentle touches, but you avoid him, preferring to sleep alone, away from him and any intimate words or contact. Months later, you still ache for your beloved, but gradually you are learning to trust this new guy. He's finally learned that you like your coffee black, not doctored up with cream and sugar. Although you still don't understand his bedtime songs, you like the lilt of his voice and take some comfort in it. More time passes. One morning, you wake up to find a full suitcase sitting next to the front door. You try to ask him about it, but he just takes you by the hand and leads you to the car. You drive and drive and drive. Nothing is familiar. Where are you? Where is he taking you?</div>
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You pull up to a large building. He leads you to an elevator and up to a room filled with people. Many are crying. Some are ecstatic with joy. You are confused. And worried. The man leads you over to the corner. Another man opens his arms and sweeps you up in an embrace. He rubs your back and kisses your cheeks, obviously thrilled to see you. You are anything but thrilled to see him. Who in the world is he? Where is your beloved? You reach for the man who brought you, but he just smiles (although he seems to be tearing up, which concerns you), pats you on the back, and puts your hand in the hands of the new guy. The new guy picks up your suitcase and leads you to the door. The familiar face starts openly crying, waving and waving as the elevator doors close on you and the new guy. The new guy drives you to an airport and you follow him, not knowing what else to do. Sometimes you cry, but then the new guy tries to make you smile, so you grin back, wanting to get along. You board a plane. The flight is long. You sleep a lot, wanting to mentally escape from the situation.</div>
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Hours later, the plane touches down. The new guy is very excited and leads you into the airport where dozens of people are there to greet you. Light bulbs flash as your photo is taken again and again. The new guy takes you to another guy who hugs you. Who is this one? You smile at him. Then you are taken to another man who pats your back and kisses your cheek. Then yet another fellow gives you a big hug and messes your hair. Finally, someone (which guy is this?) pulls you into his arms with the biggest hug you've ever had. He kisses you all over your cheeks and croons to you in some language you've never heard before.<br />
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He leads you to a car and drives you to another location. Everything here looks different. The climate is not what you're used to. The smells are strange. Nothing tastes familiar, except for the black coffee. You wonder if someone told him that you like your coffee black. You find it nearly impossible to sleep. Sometimes you lie in bed for hours, staring into the blackness, furious with your husband for leaving you, yet aching from the loss. The new guy checks on you. He seems concerned and tries to comfort you with soft words and a mug of warm milk. You turn away, pretending to go to asleep.<br />
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People come to the house. You can feel the anxiety start to bubble over as you look into the faces of all the new people. You tightly grasp the new guy's hand. He pulls you closer. People smile and nudge one other, marveling at how quickly you've fallen in love. Strangers reach for you, wanting to be a part of the happiness. Each time a man hugs you, you wonder if he will be the one to take you away. Just in case, you keep your suitcase packed and ready. Although the man at this house is nice and you're hanging on for dear life, you've learned from experience that men come and go, so you just wait in expectation for the next one to come along.<br />
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Each morning, the new guy hands you a cup of coffee and looks at you expectantly. A couple of times the pain and anger for your husband is so great that you lash out, sending hot coffee across the room, causing the new guy to yelp in pain. He just looks at you, bewildered. But most of the time you calmly take the cup. You give him a smile. And wait. And wait. And wait.<br />
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<i><b>How would each of us handle all these changes? </b></i><br />
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<i><b>How would this impact us for the rest of our lives?</b></i></div>
Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206844392059064235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850096115953848671.post-55224982689136207002015-11-13T14:55:00.002-08:002015-11-13T14:56:01.236-08:00care package for our 6 year old son{journey to junyu}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My friend and fellow adoptive mama was leaving to meet her new son about 2 months before we were traveling to adopt Junyu. Her son was from the same orphanage as Junyu so I asked if she would mind bringing along a care package for him. She happily agreed and gave it to the nannies that accompanied her son so that they can bring it back to him at the orphanage. We were so excited to shop for the presents ourselves this time. We sent Ruby Mei a care package as well but we used a service that time(a wonderful woman in China will shop for adoptive families and send them things you pick out on her website). We bought Junyu: glow sticks, pop rocks, a picture book about lions, a stuffed lion, a disposable camera, Cars stickers, dino jammies, a Cars shirt, and a Lightening McQueen car. I also threw in a package of gummy snacks and gum. I laminated a family picture for him to look at and our Chinese teacher kindly translated a letter for him which I also laminated. I made tags with his picture and his name in Chinese characters to attach to the camera and also the outside of the gift bag. My friend said the nannies received the package and happily agreed to pass it along to Junyu when they returned to the orphanage.<br />
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I have since found out what happened once he got it so I thought you may be interested to learn about that too. As far what he had on his person when we met him: he had the lion, the pajama pants(not the top), the Cars shirt, and the camera(the letter had told him to take pictures of his friends, ect but the camera had hardly any photos taken already when he pulled it out on gotcha day). He also came to us with a wonderful baby book full of pictures of him over the years. This was a wonderful surprise. <br />
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I recently asked Junyu(now that he knows English) what he thought of the package when he got it and what happened to everything else. Just out of curiosity! :) He said he only received the jammies, the stickers, the camera, the pop rocks, and the little car. He never saw the picture or the letter. :( He also said that the nannies put the jammie bottoms, the car shirt, the lion and the camera right into his backpack that he couldn't have until he came to meet us. He never saw the lion book, the glow sticks, or the gum, or the gummy snacks. Who knows why the nannies took that stuff out and didn't read him the letter or show him our picture. I wish they had but that's just the way it goes.Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206844392059064235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850096115953848671.post-7770016538987589242015-11-07T12:22:00.001-08:002015-12-07T13:19:42.905-08:00Toys and Activities for long International trips with Little Ones {what we brought on our adoption trip}<br />
In the months leading up to our last adoption trip, I spent a lot of time worrying and preparing for travel with a 2 year old. Ruby Mei had only been in our family for 1 year by the time we left for her new brother and she had yet to spend even 5 minutes without Mama or Baba. There was just no way we could not bring her with us unless one of us stayed home too. We decided that we were not comfortable with this option. In hindsight it was the smartest decision we could have made because our new son's transition in China was very difficult and I can't even imagine not having both of us there. But...I digress. :) <br />
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I thought I would put together a blog post including all the things we packed for Ruby and also for Junyu in China and on the flight back. Most everything can be bought on Amazon which I LOVE because Amazon means I don't have to drive around town trying to find stuff and wasting precious time. I provided links to the ones that are. I hope some of this helps!<br />
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And if you are wondering how the flights and trip turned out for Ruby- it was just fine! All that worry beforehand for nothing. Sure, if I had my choice I would not sign up to fly for a zillion hours cramped on an airplane with the busiest toddler in the planet. But it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be. She ended up sleeping for a large portion of each leg and played pretty nicely the rest of the time. We had the 3 big kids with us too so they helped entertain her a little bit. Mostly it was Mama and Baba though. She did have a couple crying episodes but they were fast and she was just uncomfortable, cranky and tired. She just did what we all felt like doing- ha!<br />
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<img alt="OMURA COLORFUL PENCIL POUCH with Mesh Window, Zippered & Standard 3-Ring Binder, Pack 6 pcs" class="a-dynamic-image a-stretch-vertical" data-a-dynamic-image="{"http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71P-MExrjoL._SY355_.jpg":[355,355],"http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71P-MExrjoL._SX522_.jpg":[522,522],"http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71P-MExrjoL._SX425_.jpg":[425,425],"http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71P-MExrjoL._SX466_.jpg":[466,466],"http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71P-MExrjoL._SY450_.jpg":[450,450]}" data-old-hires="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71P-MExrjoL._SL1200_.jpg" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71P-MExrjoL._SY450_.jpg" id="landingImage" style="max-height: 443px; max-width: 443px;" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/BAZIC-Bright-3-Ring-Pencil-Window/dp/B00PHEEW5I/ref=pd_sim_229_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=41sIjEvPHdL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=06WGYWWZRE0G9TDYK3MY">Pencil Pouches- Asst. Colors</a><br />
I purchased this set and then made them into a book of sorts with binder rings. Each pouch contained a different activity. I will list the contents below.<br />
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1. One of them had a bunch of stickers that I had bought at Walmart for about a buck a book- they are in the party supply section I think. I can't find a picture of them online. You could always just grab a bunch of random stickers you have around the house too. I got puppies and kittens, Veggie Tales, and Sesame Street.<br />
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<img alt="Product Details" class="s-access-image cfMarker" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412ATuWZ3cL._AA160_.jpg" height="160" width="160" />I bought this exact pill organizer at the dollar store. There are some on Amazon though for a bit more money. Inside each compartment I put a tiny item that the big kids and I gathered from around the house. Some examples include: a button, a jingle bell, Pet Shop Teensies, Safari Minis, ect. There are so many possibilities. We would take out each item, one at a time and talk about what it was, the sound it makes, play hide and seek with it, pretend play... because there were 21 different objects it kept Ruby busy for quite awhile.<br />
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A Quiet Book/Busy Book <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/QuteCreation">This seller on Etsy</a> has many pages and activities to choose from. And boy, are they adorable. Kids LOVE quiet books. I have so many memories of playing with mine when I was a little girl. I have been working on making Ruby more pages myself but when getting ready for an upcoming adoption trip, it is nice to have the option of just buying them already completed. Time is precious at that point and the months and weeks leading up to the trip go by SO FAST!!</div>
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This is big! I stared out the window and down the street ALL. DAY. LONG. I had everything ready on our end so we just had to sign it and then get it back in the mail to our agency with the other paperwork. Once they receive it, the next parts of the process begins which is the final stretch. It also means we are now allowed to send our little guy a care package!</div>
Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206844392059064235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850096115953848671.post-66481848323530852622014-11-14T20:59:00.000-08:002015-04-06T21:14:44.114-07:00it's a boy! {our journey to Jun Yu}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We are so excited to share with you that we officially have PA(pre-approval) from China to bring home our 5th child, our 3rd son, our 2nd adopted sweetheart: Su Jun Yu. </div>
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He is 6 years old and from Pan Hua Zhi, Sichuan Province. </div>
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I will never forget the first time I watched his video while looking through the list of kiddos that our agency has orphanage partnerships with. There was just something about him that overtook me. I began to cry while watching it and I had no idea why! I just fell in love and I knew he was the one. I couldn't wait to show John. He felt the same way and after watching all of his videos, staring at all of his pictures, and reviewing his file that we requested from our adoption coordinator we sent word that we would love to have Jun Yu join our family! We had to wait until we had been home with Ruby for 6 months before proceeding(it's our agency's rule) but it all worked out and he is now our soon to be son! Our entire family is thrilled and we are busy diving headlong back into the ocean of adoption paperwork... and I don't mind it one bit. :) </div>
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Look at this handsome fella in his fancy suit! I cannot wait to give him a million big hugs and kisses.</div>
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And oh my goodness. Here is a picture from when he was a little toddler. We are so sad to have missed such a big chunk of his childhood but we are choosing to focus on the years we have ahead with him. And there will be many! We know he will be a perfect fit- all of his information is very detailed and he is described as a kind, happy boy that loves to play games and is very active. He smiles all. the. time. We can't wait to see those smiles in person!</div>
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Our sweet adoptive friends hosted a fantastic Mid-Autumn Moon Festival party at their beautiful home last night. This was the first Chinese celebration that Ruby was home with us for and it was so special to celebrate with her. It was also the first time she wore her pretty dress we bought her in China- she was so sweet! She loves to go places and loves new experiences- she is actually happier when we are doing these things- so she had a great time! So did the other kids- I vividly remember being at this same celebration last year and just staring at the other little baby girl that came home from China a year before we went and imagining what it would be like the following year when I had my little one in my arms. I do that a lot since we have been home. It is such a dream that she is here now- we can't believe how lucky we are to have her as part of our family. It was definitely more special for our older kiddos to have their baby sister at this festival too. They doted on her and wanted her to be part of all the activities. We are so fortunate to have met this supportive group of adoptive families in our town. I don't know what I would do without them- I look forward to watching all of the little ones grow and thrive... and hopefully there will be more families that join the group as the years go by!</div>
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Here is a link to the article: <a href="http://www.inforum.com/content/instant-love-months-preparation-culminate-adoption-fargo-family-0">http://www.inforum.com/content/instant-love-months-preparation-culminate-adoption-fargo-family-0</a><br />
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We had such a fun 4th of July! It was Ruby's first of course(as an American citizen) and naturally she had no idea what all the hoop-la was about but she was a good sport and seemed to have a really fun day with us. She made it through our little party in the evening but then headed to bed so she missed the fireworks(and then, so did I!).</div>
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"Are you done with this photo shoot yet mama??" :)</div>
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The kids walked around the block and delivered some patriotic treats to their buddies in the morning.</div>
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Then we tested out the new patio set and ate our traditional red, white and blue pancake breakfast outside. It was a beautiful day out!</div>
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After John and the kids got home from watching the fireworks in Moorhead, the kids did some sparklers- we let them stay up late and do this every year. It's always something they look forward to.</div>
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I had the hardest time deciding which room to book before we left and there were NO pictures of the room- just a vague description... so I thought it would be helpful to take a bunch of them when we checked in and post them here for other families debating what to do when they go.</div>
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It was a tough decision but we ended up booking the Kingdom Club Suite after signing John up for the magic access pass. We got 25% off of our room with his pass plus 10% off our park tickets and 10% off of the food we bought in the park(which was only lunches that we shared). Our lunches each day came to about $20 for all 6 of us. The other benefit of the Kingdom Club is that we had free breakfast for all of us each morning and free drinks and snacks during the day along with free appetizers and drinks(including alcoholic!) each night. There was MORE than enough food at night to feed us and count as our supper. We figured this more than all paid for the room!</div>
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Above is our first fast glimpse as we whizzed through the property gates in our van that drove us from Guangzhou to the front doors of The Disneyland Hotel. We used Wall Top Limo Service and I set it up myself before we left for China. They picked us up at our hotel in Guangzhou and drove us through customs into Hong Kong and then right to our hotel door. It was well worth it since there was so many of us and we had no idea what we were doing or where we were going. :)</div>
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This room was the Kingdom Club Suite. There were 2 rooms and 2 bathrooms. Mary Beth slept on that couch and then we moved that coffee table and the boys slept on the air mattress that we bought and used in Guangzhou. A door separated this room from the bedroom. They had a little Minnie Mouse sitting on a chair when we walked in with the tags still on. This became a very hilarious story...</div>
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We didn't really know for sure if it was complimentary and we didn't want to just assume it was and then get charged for a $35 stuffed Minnie later on our bill- ha! so when we went downstairs later to explore John went to the front desk to ask them about it(as well as a few other questions we had). He told them we found a Minnie Mouse stuffed animal in our room and was that ours to keep.. did it come with the room/complimentary? The sweet lady at the desk misinterpreted a little bit and started apologizing and ran to get the manager. She told him something in Chinese and then the manager started to profusely apologize for there being a mouse in our room! HAHAHAHA John quickly realized that they thought he meant a REAL LIVE mouse and had to try and explain again. We sure got a good laugh out of that later! Those poor people- they were probably so mortified for us thinking there were mice running around their fancy hotel! By the way, yes, the Minnie Mouse was complimentary. :) So if you find one don't worry about asking- ha!</div>
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This is the master bathroom off of our bedroom.</div>
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Master bedroom- we requested a king bed instead of 2 double beds. And then of course Ruby stayed in here with us. There was a patio off of both the bedroom and the living room.</div>
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So amazing!! We will never, ever forget it. None of our kids had ever been to Disney before so this was an experience of a lifetime for them(tacked on to the tail end of their other experience of a lifetime... a trip to China!) :)</div>
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Each night there was turndown service & fresh robes & slippers for all of us every day! I will share more about the other perks of this room in another post.</div>
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Today was our last full day in Guangzhou. I was so bummed. We were excited to go on to Hong Kong and Disney of course but this was the last leg of the trip where it would really feel like we were in China- since we were staying at a Disney resort. I had grown to love this country and now I felt like it was going by way too fast. I seriously do not want to go home! I especially felt like our time here in Guangzhou was way too short. I actually just kinda wish we could move into The Garden! Wouldn't that be nice? Ruby's VISA would(hopefully) be ready for Elvin to pick up today and that was all that was on our list of things to do: meet him at a certain time in the hotel lobby and get it.</div>
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We wanted to walk around some more in the city and look for some small, local shops that weren't touristy. We also needed to go to Walmart and stock up on some more of Ruby's formula and baby food. First we enjoyed another fabulous breakfast and fed the fish afterwards. It is sweltering to eat outside like this but who can resist the beauty of the courtyard while inhaling our favorite spicy, boiling hot noodle soup for breakfast? Apparently we cannot.</div>
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Ruby stuck with her congee, eggs, fruit and sweet breads while the big kids devoured plates of dumplings, steamed buns, fruit, and anything else that struck their fancy that morning. We are living it up while we can! Breakfast is going to seem so horrible when we get back home. :(</div>
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Ruby fell dead asleep out of nowhere which she always does. No set naptime since we are all off schedule and spend most of our days on the go. She does great napping where ever we are and we get extra snuggle time with her that way too. :)</div>
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I thought this was interesting... hunks of meat just laying out and then you can bag your own! ha!</div>
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Back at the hotel later we met up with Elvin, received Ruby's VISA(yay!) and took some pictures with him. We will never forget our guides on this trip, I'm already hoping to come back soon to Elvin again! He has taken excellent care of us and he has the best sense of humor. It was easy to see right away why he is a favorite among all the families with our agency.</div>
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Elvin offered to set up a night cruise for us this evening but we decided to pass. We have heard mixed reviews about it and we also needed to get some packing finished and get some good rest for our journey to Hong Kong tomorrow.</div>
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Most of these pictures are from Mickey. Today, after the consulate appointment we would be going the the Safari Park. We had heard it was unbelievable and boy, was it.</div>
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We love the translations on the signs in China. LOVE.</div>
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These animals were so close. We could have touched them- seriously!</div>
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A big CanCan kiss for Mama! She actually said "Mama" for the first time on this day. And while it was a Monday in China, it was Sunday in the US which meant it was MOTHER'S DAY!! :)</div>
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Jeffrey had been looking forward to this moment since I first told him it was a possibility. He was in 7th heaven. Looooovvvvessss tigers. It was a bit pricey, I'm not going to lie- especially because it went FAST. But it is something he will always remember and they let us take a picture without paying an additional fee which was nice.</div>
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This sweet peanut- I cannot believe how lucky we are!!!</div>
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This is Mickey's most prized picture from the Park- a mid air shot of a tiger catching a steak in mid-air. So cool.</div>
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This morning was baby girl's medical appointment. Every adopted child has to have one in Guangzhou. Ruby slept in and we didn't have the heart to wake her after her rough evening on the plane last night, so we called Elvin our guide and asked if it was ok to go a bit later. Normally we would never have done that but when we left him the night before he have us the impression that we didn't really have a set appointment time. So, we thought it couldn't hurt to ask. He was totally fine with pushing the departure time back an hour! We decided that I would stay back with the big kids and John would take CanCan. We are trying to evenly distribute the time spent with each parent(for bonding purposes) and she is with me a bit more- plus takes the bottle better from me, so we thought this would be a good time for him to be with her- especially if she was scared and needed comforting... good bonding.</div>
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We were instructed before we left on the trip that this is not the time where you want to bring anything up and have a big chit-chat about any concerns. The biggest fear that comes out of this appointment is that the doctors will be alerted to something that will in the end prevent you from leaving the country on time. Ruby has had a cough and runny nose since we got her which of course they noticed but John didn't make a big deal about it. She checked out totally fine but did not like being weighed as you can see. 7.4 kg... that is about 16 lbs... and that is after eating like crazy for the last week! What a tiny peanut.</div>
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All done and ready to go! John said Elvin was so awesome... that he kept getting him in before other people and you could tell he had some connections and pull there. We love him already!</div>
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Super blurry but John tried to snap a photo of the vending machine full of wine on his way out. He asked Elvin why on earth that was there and Elvin jokingly responded it was for the parents that just find out their child tested positive for TB and would have to stay in GZ for 6-8 weeks. Oh boy!</div>
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Meanwhile back at the hotel, the kids and I had discovered an amazing courtyard with a waterfall, ponds, koi fish, and gardens. We were so excited to show John and Ruby when they returned!</div>
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Happy to be back with the rest of the family!!</div>
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Ruby loved the fishies and kept reaching for them.</div>
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Look at this waterfall! Isn't this cool to have right in the middle of your hotel? I love The Garden!!</div>
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Below is the view from our hotel room. I kept wondering what was going on on the roofs of those buildings! It is so muggy here that things look almost mossy.</div>
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Ruby's preferred way of sitting in her stroller. I'm sure it has a lot to do with her having very little core muscle strength... funny story: a woman came up to John pushing Ruby and leaned over talking in Chinese and took Ruby's legs and put them in leg holes of the stroller. I wonder if she thought we didn't know how a baby went into a stroller?? The kids were fit to be tied about it but we just laughed because as soon as the lady walked away Ruby pulled her legs out and plopped them on top of the bar again- ha! She must like how it feels. She was probably thinking: what was that lady's problem?? :)</div>
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It was time to get out of the hotel and explore Guangzhou! Since we got in late the night before, we hadn't seen a thing. We are so excited to be in our 3rd city of the trip and look forward to all there is to experience and discover here. Nobody is sick, nobody is homesick, and Ruby is doing great!</div>
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It was time to say goodbye to Fuzhou, Fujian. I was sad to leave the place where Ruby was probably born(we will never know this for sure unfortunately) and where she had spent the last 16 months of her life. I knew we would be back someday when she was older but it was such a strange feeling to take her from there. </div>
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We headed to the airport in the late afternoon along with our new friends that had been in Fuzhou adopting their little boy at the same time. All families have to complete the second part of the adoption process in Guangzhou. It is basically the American side of the adoption process.</div>
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Another flight- another anxious John. Ha! Airports and catching planes really stress him out- especially on this particular trip. Plus we always had several pieces of luggage to worry about.</div>
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It was sad to say goodbye to Maggie, our guide- she was really great and she had been with us through all the important events of the past week.</div>
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This picture of Ruby cracks me up!</div>
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After farewells with Maggie, our whole group headed to eat supper at McDonalds before boarding our plane. It was Ruby's first time! We let her try a fry but she didn't seem to like it. I got a Big Mac but it didn't taste the same. Plus, ironically, this would end up being one of the most expensive meals we would have on our entire trip to China.</div>
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Seated on the plane and ready to go! Oh how blissfully unaware we were of what was to come...</div>
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Ruby would scream literally the entire flight- 1.5 hours. A lady behind us kept insisting we give her a hard candy to suck on(for a baby!?!?) and then at one point she asked to hold her so she could try and calm her down. Ha! I told her sorry but we just adopted her so we aren't supposed to let anyone else hold her for awhile. She didn't seem pleased about that.</div>
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Here is our first glimpse of The Garden Hotel. I have to say that out of all the (really, really nice) hotels we stayed at on this trip, this one was definitely my favorite. It was SO GREAT! Many adoptive families stay here so right off the bat it feels different because there are others in your same situation all around that you can talk to and relate to. We met some really neat families during our stay there.</div>
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Here we are walking down the hallway to see our room for the first time.</div>
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Unlocking the door in anticipation...</div>
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Oh my goodness. We couldn't believe how great it was. We had what is called an executive suite(because there were so many of us)- it was a better, less expensive solution to having 2 rooms. I forgot to take pics of the bedroom but that was just a room with a king size bed. There were 2 bathrooms. This is the main, master bathroom. Crazy!</div>
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The toilet seat was actually heated. I'm not even kidding. And there was a TV in there too.</div>
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This was the office off the master bedroom. We used it for Ruby's bedroom. There were doors that closed between our room and her's and we figured out after a bit that we could turn a fan on via the thermostat. All of this was more for me than her since she could sleep through ANYTHING.</div>
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Then between the office and the master bath was a dressing room/closet.</div>
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More master bath: (sorry, the pics got out of order).</div>
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This was in the living room:</div>
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There was a big couch in the living room that Mary Beth slept on and then we had a queen size air mattress delivered to the hotel and waiting for us by Ann from Red Thread. The boys shared this on the floor of the living room. They had a TV in there and we had another one in our room but we never used ours. The kids watched Boonie Bears on theirs every evening(in Chinese). They loved it.</div>
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I have many more pictures of the outside of this hotel to come!</div>
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As I had mentioned in a previous post, we loved Old Fuzhou so much(and felt quite rushed while we were there) that we decided to us one of our free days to go there again- this time without our guide. Even though we were driven there the last time, we found our that it was actually in walking distance from our hotel. Not a super short walk mind you but totally do-able. Ruby is so easy going and the big kids are always up for anything so we set off on foot on what had to be the hottest, most humid day of our stay in Fuzhou- ha! This also ended up being a fantastic opportunity for us to really see the streets and life of Fuzhou. We walked slowly and really took everything in. We wanted to be able to share all of this with Ruby Mei someday since this was possibly her birth city. </div>
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So the photos I am sharing here are mostly from the walk to and from since I shared so many from Old Fuzhou already. Above is an apartment building. </div>
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Below is... a man walking a turtle?!?!? I love China. </div>
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Below is a little (shop?) where a man was literally going to be butchering these chickens and ducks on the side of the road. We stared at these cages for quite awhile. (the butchering had not begun yet)</div>
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There were no birds left on our walk back.</div>
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The streets are very clean but then we passed by this little alley and saw this... it seemed like it was from some demolition maybe?</div>
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More apartment buildings... there are so many tall, tall apartment buildings. This is so different from where we live so I was always very intrigued. I loved how they dry their clothes from the balcony although it must take forever considering the humidity here! We found out that most people do not own dryers so this is how they have to dry clothes all the time.</div>
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Here is the entrance to 3 Lanes and 7 Alleys(Old Fuzhou).</div>
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Below are the most amazing dumplings. Our guide pointed to the place that sells them when were there with her and told us that they are delicious and very popular and to be sure to eat there if we came back on our own. Boy, she wasn't kidding. It is super cheap(I think about $1 for 4 of them) and we kept ordering "1 more plate" over and over again. They make them right there in front of you. It got to the point that the people there were laughing and anticipating John coming back to the counter again. We could not get enough. Even Ruby was gobbling them up! If you are visiting here please do yourself a favor and eat these. I do not know the name of the place but it is easy to spot(they make them in the front and it's open to the street. I think it was near the entrance?</div>
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A little tip: they are scalding hot so don't just take a big bite into them unless you want 3rd degree burns. We cut into them or took tiny nibbles. :)</div>
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A dentist office is pictured below!</div>
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We were so happy we decided to go back. We had a wonderful time there(and on our walk!) taking our time and finishing our shopping for Ruby's future birthdays. I can't wait to bring her back here someday when she is older- this city is so beautiful and interesting- I am so happy that she is from such a gorgeous part of China and that we all got to experience it together as a family.</div>
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After our emotional morning at Ruby's orphanage. we decided to hang out back at our room for awhile and rest. Since Ruby had napped already she was in a very happy, content mood. It was a perfect opportunity for some quality play and bonding time!</div>
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She does not know how to play with toys or even how to hold them but we keep showing her and we know that eventually she will learn. She watches everything so intently- we can tell she is very smart- she just hasn't been exposed to much yet. Plus we know that this is quite a traumatic time- her whole world has just been turned upside down! I don't think we can fully understand how and in what ways that is effecting her at this time. So we aren't worrying and are simply enjoying this special time of learning about each other, </div>
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Ruby Mei love bubbles- she is so amazed by them! I just had to grab my camera and capture her facial expressions while we talked to her and blew bubbles.</div>
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She took a quick break to check out her trusty hand. :) Her hands have been a special companion and a stimulus for her during her time at the orphanage. It will take awhile for her to not need to do that anymore... but we think it will eventually happen as she is exposed to more language, nurturing activity and stimuli. We are so excited to watch her learn and grow!</div>
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She is just so precious and beautiful- we cannot get enough of our sweet baby girl.</div>
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How on earth did our family get this lucky? We keep asking each other this and marveling over our amazingly wonderful Ruby Mei.</div>
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This morning was very emotional for us. We all went to visit the orphanage that Ruby lived at for the last 16 months. The van took both families and our guide. We had several questions prepared and we thought we were also mentally prepared. I don't think we realistically could have been looking back. We just had no idea what to expect or how what we saw and heard would make us feel.</div>
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We were instructed that we could bring cameras and while it was fine to take pictures of the outside and the entry-way, it was not permitted to take any of the children or any rooms that we would see. Above is the mail building- it was really big... bigger than I imagined. To the left was this building:</div>
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We were told this was where the older kids lived.</div>
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This is the front of the building.</div>
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Here is the entryway. It was clean but felt depressing. There was no activity anywhere... no noises(which I thought was strange). There was playground equipment to the left when you walked in. I have some pictures that we received from the orphanage of Ruby sitting at the top of the slide crying. Now holding her I realize that she never, ever could have actually gone down a slide. She is way to little and weak. I sincerely hope she didn't.</div>
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We got to go up and see the room where "the sick babies" were. These were rows of babies that were laying in their cribs, most of them crying and looking at us with pleading eyes. I started silently crying myself and went to several of them and touched their sweet face and talked to them.</div>
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Next we saw the older toddler room. There were little kids, ages 2 and 3, playing and walking around a small room. They immediately ran to the gate at the door to interact with us. There was one boy in particular that really loved John. He had down syndrome and looked to be about 3 years old. John played with him as long as possible while I sidetracked the nannies with all of my questions. They kept urging us on but we kept stalling... to give this little boy a bit more time. Finally it got so long that we just had to move on. John said goodbye- we all did- to all the kids- but the little boy just crumbled. He fell to the floor, crying uncontrollably. It broke our hearts in a million pieces. Our kids came up to me and asked why we just could adopt him too? I told them we would in a heartbeat if it was that simple. </div>
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Then they took us to see the older baby room(little ones Ruby's age) and told us that is where Ruby spent her days. There were several walkers(missing wheels) and a few other toys in there. The nanny sat in the middle. Some kids were in bamboo seats and some in walkers. Almost every picture we have of Ruby she was sitting in one of these walkers. Other kids were out playing on the ground or walking around. They also showed us her crib in a room across the hall. They pointed to this one and gave me permission to take a picture of it. I wanted us and our kids to take it all in... I wanted us to remember all the details so someday we could share it with Ruby. There will be so many pieces of her past that will be a mystery to her and we want at least to be able to tell her about this part.</div>
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We were also shown her finding spot. I feel that is part is very personal for Ruby so I have decided not to show it here. I will leave that part of her story for her to share someday if she so chooses.</div>
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We are thankful for the care that the nannies provided for her for 16 months. Yes, it was basic life care- not like a family would provide, or even close- but because they took her in and provided food, medical treatment and shelter for her, we were now holding our sleeping, snuggling baby who besides being undernourished, was in good health. I had our guide express our appreciation before we left and we also left gifts for a few of them. We were so thankful to have the opportunity to visit where our daughter had lived up until we met her.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"> We've eaten here the last 3 nights. We love it! ***UPDATE: I recently asked our Chinese teacher to help translate the name of this restaurant for us and this is what she said: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Pronunciation of the restaurant in Chinese is "Xiao Xi Bang Yuan Wei Guan". Xiao Xi Bang is town's name or some place in the area, "yuan wei" means original or local, and "guan" means restaurant.***</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><br />
She said your best bet if you are trying to find it is to just print this picture and show the concierge at your hotel and ask for directions. If you are going to stay at the Lakeside or the C&D though, it is very easy to walk here. </div>
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When you walk in there is a huge table with assorted seafood laying out for people to point to while they order. Then there are aquariums on the back wall for the same reason. We did not chose our dishes this way... but Mickey did love taking pictures of everything!</div>
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Our friends that traveled before us discovered and loved this place too. That is how we found out about it. She told me that we will know we are in the right place if it reminds us of a pet store when we walk in. Ha! And indeed, that is how we knew! (just because of the aquariums, ect- no other questionable animals so don't worry!)</div>
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We always get fried noodles, fried rice, orange glazed pork, and then we choose something new for the 4th item. Oh and sprite and Chinese beer. Yummy! Our total is always around $12 and we have leftovers every time. We are really going to miss this place...</div>
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After our group trip to Old Fuzhou in the morning, we went back to the hotel, ate some snacks and leftovers, and then decided to make the most of the fact that it wasn't raining and try to find the Panda Zoo by ourselves. We knew you could walk there by way of the trails around the lake and we just assumed it would not be an issue to follow some signs along the way.</div>
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We set out in the direction we knew we had seen it mentioned on a sign and enjoyed the scenery along the way. It was to become an epic adventure.</div>
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It was a beautiful time of year- there were so many flowers blooming everywhere(so nice after leaving cold Fargo where spring hadn't quite emerged yet) and everything around the lake is in pristine condition. You can tell the grounds are very well taken care of. In China there are sweepers everywhere- they sweep all day and keep everything so nice. We always said hi to them and smiled but it seemed like they weren't accustomed to being spoken too. I wonder if they are just a fixture in the background that everyone is used to?</div>
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We kept taking little breaks to look in the lake at the fish.</div>
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Then we stumbled upon the most interesting, out of the ordinary thing ever. There was a crowd of people all gathering around a man that was holding a trash bag. He set it down and we approached to get a better view. People had begun praying and chanting. I got a good visual and what it appeared to be, although it makes no sense to me, was a bag of wiggling, writhing eels of some sort. You can see the bag in the picture below(but not a great shot of what was in it- sorry) and then the people praying. I would have taken more pictures but I didn't want to be disrespectful since it seemed spiritual in nature. I hope to find out someday what this was all about!</div>
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Look at this amazing tree!!!</div>
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Ok, so here was one of the signs that we took a picture of so that we could show people if we got lost. We quickly became unsure of which direction we should go in and so we tried to ask people. No one spoke English and no one seemed to have any clue where Panda World was! It was strange since it was on so many signs.</div>
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Finally an older man who was out for a walk with his radio playing music from his bag(many people do not bother with earbuds here) took pity on us. He motioned for us to follow him. Which of course we did. He was so sweet to help us.</div>
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Like many of the men his age in Fuzhou, he was very smile-y and friendly. And he really liked Ruby. The older women, on the other hand, mostly glared at our family or blatantly gave us dirty looks. I am not sure why. I tried to ask our guide and they guessed that maybe they disapproved of how many kids we had or that we were adopting a Chinese baby and then taking them away. It is hard to guess though really. It was only the older women who did this. And not so often that it bothered us. I always just smiled and said hello to them and kept walking.</div>
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Our journey was full of beauty but it ended up being very long. Way longer than we anticipated. A few times we thought we knew what we were doing(by where we thought a sign was pointing) and started to walk that way but then our helper(who after awhile fell back but still followed us) started yelling and pointing a different way. John became leery of his directions but I basically insisted we listen to him. Obviously he knew better than we did!</div>
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We FINALLY arrived and waved goodbye to our new friend. He smiled and left. I felt so bad that he had to walk so far for us but we were so thankful. I really don't think we could have found it on our own! He was like our guardian angel for the day! :)</div>
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So here's the deal about Panda World: it wasn't worth that long walk. I'm sad to report that it was very run down, depressing and concerning. I do not recommend going there. We were the only visitors there besides the workers(which there weren't many!) and it felt eerie and a bit like you were on the set of a scary movie. By the pictures we saw, we surmised that this had once been awesome during it's hay-day. That day has long since passed. The conditions were not great and things had not been kept up. In the museum there were jars of human fetuses. I'm not kidding. That is when I was like: aaaallllright, let's get going... and steered the kids out of there. What on earth!?</div>
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As you can see, there were indeed pandas. But not many.</div>
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We stopped and watched some red pandas doing tricks for awhile but we have those at our zoo in Fargo so it wasn't super exciting. Although ours do not do tricks I guess.</div>
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Ruby mostly just hung out in her Ergo with Baba.</div>
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Here's MB wearing her panda attire and indicating that yes, indeed, there are pandas here.</div>
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Sidenote: the other group of people in the park helped us to know how much to pay when we got there- the young man knew English and was very helpful. He argued down our admission price with the gate attendant because he said they were charging us too much for the kids. He was probably in his late 20s or early 30s and was there with his parents. His mother became very interested in our family and after we had all gone in and started walking around, she kept making him approach us to ask questions. He was so apologetic but you could tell he had better obey his mama- ha! She wanted to know why we had so many kids, why we would want more, did Ruby have a cleft lip, why did we want to adopt a child with special needs, on and on. She wasn't being mean but just matter of fact. After this went on for a bit(going back and forth) he approached us one last time and said that his mother thinks we are a wonderful family and that she wishes us well and thanked us for taking care of Ruby and giving her a family and a good life. I was very surprised and looked over at her after he translated all of this to us and she had a huge smile on her face and was waving at us. </div>
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I guess we won her over!! :) I told him to tell her thank you very much and we feel very fortunate to have Ruby as our daughter and that we promise to always take good care of her. They all smiled at that and kept waving at us. This exchange did not upset me, it actually left me feeling very happy that they seemed to understand how much we loved Ruby and that we didn't believe that having more kids was a negative- but really a positive... that our big family only meant more love.</div>
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The kids posed in front of the impressive bamboo.</div>
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The final "show" we watched on our way out was the park's oldest panda. Here's what he did: he SLOWLY walked to a tree and a keeper put an apple on his belly. Then he promptly fell asleep. I think Mickey has it recorded. We all just stared at the panda then at each other. It seemed a fitting end to the weirdest "zoo" experience of our life. Ha!</div>
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Well, at least we have another interesting story to tell! And I guess the adventures on our walk there made it worth it in the end. But right after this picture we thought, crap- now we have to walk ALL THE WAY back to the hotel! Ha!</div>
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Even in her sleep she had her favorite hand out. :)</div>
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Back to the hotel- conked out again. She just kept taking a bunch of little cat naps all the time- plus we were on the go these first few days. She never cries or fusses. She is as sweet as can be!</div>
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After we visited Ruby's orphanage this morning, our guide Maggie took both families to "Three Lanes and Seven Alleys" which is also referred to as "Old Fuzhou." Click on the link below to find out more about this beautiful, historic area of Fuzhou, Fujian.</div>
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<a href="http://english.cntv.cn/program/journeysintime/20110920/105152.shtml">Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, located at the centre of Fuzhou City, is the well preserved architectural complex of the Ming and Qing Dynasty.As a famous ancient block, Three Lanes and Seven Alleys is an important symbol to show the long history of Fuzhou city. It enjoys a reputation of "the Museum of the buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasty“. Nowadays, some of the local people are still living there.</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSL3DDy9jVLvR55a-8rZaY5u0Thp_GvmZ0pw5fTnb1DLSM20BxxOiJT44ALEGC9I0YVE1_uHJ4Eo4pUsz9xaGjs2PVpzHdYOnLyWbU0FgyQ2b131SCgnCJehTcTIsTIBCTXTRlCRGIcZWi/s1600/IMG_0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSL3DDy9jVLvR55a-8rZaY5u0Thp_GvmZ0pw5fTnb1DLSM20BxxOiJT44ALEGC9I0YVE1_uHJ4Eo4pUsz9xaGjs2PVpzHdYOnLyWbU0FgyQ2b131SCgnCJehTcTIsTIBCTXTRlCRGIcZWi/s1600/IMG_0001.JPG" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
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There was so much to see and food to try- we didn't have near enough time!! Plus, we were on a mission to buy 17 gifts for Ruby... one for each of her birthdays until she is 18. I wanted them to all be from where she is from so I felt like this was where I had to do most of my shopping. We will definitely have to go back here another day by ourselves and take our time!<br />
This little peanut was still snoozing by the time we got back to the hotel. Look at her sweet arm. :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoFycISv5JKIZDB6GGMImdC1IuFYtOwjT31XA7WUIu-PSMVVOHbq8gAdg0aBVRdS5w3UzNOCDBMMrKEKE9thHvgndaNg3Lf6lmLRpg1mwahiJYVRcTTPTPMhxqyKLOyddrEWYoqkvr2Os/s1600/DSCF0761.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoFycISv5JKIZDB6GGMImdC1IuFYtOwjT31XA7WUIu-PSMVVOHbq8gAdg0aBVRdS5w3UzNOCDBMMrKEKE9thHvgndaNg3Lf6lmLRpg1mwahiJYVRcTTPTPMhxqyKLOyddrEWYoqkvr2Os/s1600/DSCF0761.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a></div>
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