Feeling better!

Our little girlie is on the mend! She ate breakfast and 2 packages of cream of wheat for lunch. She took a bottle this morning, as well. She has been pulling on her neck and ears less and less as the day goes on. She is not crying when she swallows. She still has some sores in her mouth but as long as the food item is runny she will eat it.

She is feeling more curious and daring today....such a blessing to see her feel well enough to do so. She is cruising around the furniture; she climbs in the side table. She spent a considerable amount of time playing with 2 partially filled water bottles. We are getting more smiles this afternoon. She enjoys playing peek a boo. She has been making more babbling sounds today, too.

It is still a love/hate relationship with me...so common for this stage of the transition during adoption. She started wanting to go where I am..ie bathroom, yet 10 minutes later she wants held(screamed even louder when I tried to set her down) and is thrashing and hitting at me. She had a 1hour screaming and thrashing moment. When it was done, I told Mora this is the real part of adoption. It breaks my heart for Maeve to have to go through this. I know this is not how God originally intended for things to be...orphans...brokenness. I am continually praying that He will help me be gentle-spirited, patient, and have the emotional and physical strength to parent her the ways she so desperately needs. He is trustworthy. He is my strength.

This morning our guide took us to a pagoda. She said it is one of the four famous ones in China. Mora was anxious to see it; she had studied about them in 6th grade. It was really interesting and massive. When we are with the guide I am continually asking her questions about this area of China...I want to be able to pass down information about Maeve's birth province to her. Maeve slept through most of the tour.We ate lunch in our room; we do this at least one meal a day. There is a hotspot to boil water in each hotel room so I brought things like: Mac and cheese, ramen noodles, oatmeal, etc. After lunch we had to go over some paperwork with our guide...these are papers for the Consulate next Tuesday.