Thursday...tour of Nanjing with the kiddos

We went on a tour of Nanjing today and had a great time at the Brocade Museum and City Wall. We finished the day with a celebration at a local Chinese restaurant. One of my favorite meals of all time...super spicy..Yumm!

Cutie Pies

Grace with her favorite toy...a little Chinese hand drum.

Visiting Grace's Orphanage

The Orphanage Visit

We got the chance to visit Grace's orphanage yesterday. It was very good to see but emotional. We could see that Grace was very loved by her Half the Sky Grandmother and by other nannies as well. We got a chance to ask questions and take pictures. Grace's crib was a part of a large grouping of cribs so she had three friends sleeping close....

I think about how different life is for our little Grace now. She is spending most of her time making sure we are still near her. She loves to be held, but we are working on floor time and walking and she is doing well with that, though it always ends with her back in our arms holding on tighter than you can imagine.

Though we were happy to see where Grace had been cared for, walking her out of there for the last time made my heart leap.

Ellie & Grace with the goldfish...

Ellie and Grace had their first sibling issue yesterday...I bought a little hand drum along with some other little toys but of course they both wanted the drum. Ellie was not pleased and Grace was not giving it up! Hmmm...sounds like this could get interesting!

Here is a video of them being a tad nicer to eachother!

Family

Day Three...I have to stop eating noodles!

Here we are after the official Chinese adoption.