Ok so I posted enough yesterday for the next 3 or so days so the next few days will be lighter. Yesterday it became official that Eme is ours legally. She's always been ours but now China agrees. So... good for them. Doing all the paperwork and pomp and hoop hopping took most of the morning and we were back around 11:30am? Eme had her bottle with us at Mamma Mia the italian joint. I've not given up on eating the local nom's but the days are getting longer and any comfort I can get, I'll take.
Eme has started to react to Erin less than pleasantly. She cries when Erin comes near or when I give Eme to her. She's bonded quite strongly to me but I believe it's a girl / guy thing. She likes Joe and reaches to him but gets upset when I get near Rita our guide. Erin and I both knew that the odds were very, very good that she'd bond to one and be wary of the other but knowing and feeling are always different things. No shock there. I know things will work out just fine in days or weeks but it's no fun for Erin to be the 'TearMaker" and those of you who know me well know that there are times I just want to get out of the room to get away or run an errand (Erin is NOT a fan of the local Wal-Mart's chaos). So, add that to your prayer list. God's given us what we need to handle it but its not fun.
The second half of the day was Eme and I in the room playing with hair bows, stacking cups and whatever else we could find. She is one cute but wobbly baby. She has a lot of catching up to do developmentally (which is great cuz we'll get a lot of milestones woot). But I'm constantly surprised by this. We had tons of fun. Erin went with Valerie to the local hospital as Valerie needed an unforeseen renewal on a prescription. One of the reasons I love Erin. Just up and offered w/o a thought. Took them quite a while and she got back as I was about to start climbing the walls being worried. They were with Rita so I know they'd be find but that's just me.
Supper was a little chaos in deciding where we'd all go. Erin and I can never decide and frankly nothing sounded good to me as I was getting super tired being with Eme all day. I'm a wuss as a parent. Totally. We ended up going to the hotel next door to their noodle restaurant. Not bad again but I hardly touched my 8 gallon bowl of noodles. After I got it my stomach said meh. Eme was great at the table. She even let Erin hold her for a while.
We got back and Joe came down as we fed Eme her night night nom nom bottle around 8pm. He was trying to use the VPN i setup for us before we left. No luck for some reason. We'll keep trying.
We all slept much better. Eme is still sleeping. I think her diaper is about to burst so I'm gonna get off here and remedy that and get her a bottle. Today is a free day. I'm hoping for a Wal-mart trip (Eme needs smaller diapers and I need diet coke equally as bad). I'm also hoping to find some green tea powder to make green tea frappachinos! HAPPY DRINK!
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