Our 6th Day in China/October 21st

Hey everyone! I was able to sleep till 2:30am tonight!  I am gaining a half hour a night.  Ha Maybe by the time we leave I will be able to sleep until 5am.  I surprisingly haven't been that tired somehow.  We have been taking a nap with Brennan in the afternoons a lot.

Today was a free day for us.  We got up and ate breakfast at the hotel buffet.  The breakfast here is growing on me.  The first couple days I was not so sure.  Now I am looking forward to the fried egg and egg rolls and strawberry juice I have every morning.  We decided just for something to do we would go to the RT Mart (a dept store not far from our hotel) just to look around and get out for a while.  It is such a nice clean store.  My only complaint is that it is so hot in there.  I was told by our guide that come October they turn the air conditioning off for the year. It was almost 90 degrees the other day.  Needless to say I was sweating to death and our trip wasn't as long as I would have liked.

The weather was rainy and windy so after our adventure to the RT mart we came back to the hotel.  B was kind of fussy.  He wanted held then wanted down.  I tried to get him to sleep for a while with no luck.  After what seemed like forever Keith said why don't you sing to him.  He seems to like music.  So I sang rock a bye baby to him and he laid his head down and went right to sleep.  I slept a couple hours and woke up feeling so much better.  B was still sleeping.  He slept for almost 4 hours.  I don't know what his life consisted of before but I think we are keeping way more busy than what he has been used to.  When he woke up from his nap he was soooo happy.  I took a bunch of videos I am going to post bc when he is happy he is crazy funny!!

We are absolutely astonished by how quickly he is picking up on stuff.  His first trick is shaking his head when we say no no no.  When he doesn't want something I am trying to feed him he would always do that.  Now we are to the point that he knows I think that's funny so he does it almost every time I give him a bite of anything.  He also is clapping his hands and he can say Uh-Oh.  He loves to throw things off the bed or off the tray of his high chair and I would say Uh-Oh.  It wasn't long before he started repeating it.

He is very attached to me.  He loves Keith and loves playing and rough housing with him but he needs me with him most always.  Especially if he is tired.  He will play with Keith while I go in the other room or take a shower as long as he doesn't see me leave.  I love it.  I love that he knows I am going to take care of him.  We put him in his crib to sleep tonight and it lasted about 20 minutes then he was in bed with us again..We will have to figure something out when we get home.  I feel like things are so different with him.  I don't feel like I can parent him the same as I have my other kids.  I really don't know what he has been through or how many nights he spent crying wanting someone to come and get him.  We will establish some boundaries at some point but for now I want him to feel safe and secure with us.  We absolutely love this little boy more than I ever could have imagined.  People would say to me when we were contemplating adoption that they couldn't do what we are doing bc they could never love a child that wasn't biologically theirs like they do their own children.  Sadly that fear crept into my mind as we got closer to the date of meeting him.  I wondered if they would be right.  I should have trusted my heart and the plan God had laid out for me from the start.  From the second we saw his picture in March of this year Keith and I knew he was our son.  Since the second I held him the first time I never felt like I was holding someone else's baby.  I knew he was mine to love and care for from here on out.

We are heading to the orphanage today.  I should be meeting B's foster mom too and hopefully going to visit the spot where he was found.  I have mixed emotions about the whole thing.  I hope B isn't upset and worried that we will leave him there.  That will probably be confusing to him.  I also feel like this is something we need to do so he we can tell him about it when he is older.  I will let you all know tomorrow how it has gone.

 We are getting to know the girls at the breakfast buffet pretty well.  We stick out like a sore thumb.  The young girls that work there are always talking to him and saying how cute he is.  Today one of them came and put this bib on him.  It is so cute.  It says Galactic bc our hotel is called Galactic Peace.

 Here he is with his famous no no no trick.  He is so goofy.

 I give Keith a hard time about everything bc I feel like it is my wifely duty but all I can think looking at this pic where you can see how much B loves his daddy is that I am so lucky.  When I told Keith I think we are supposed to adopt he was like you are crazy;) But after prayer and consideration he was like you know what you are right.  All the reasons I have for saying no are selfish reasons.  I am so glad he has such a loving and caring heart.  I am so blessed.

 Taking a bath.  Our stinkin bath tub drain won't hold the water in so he never gets to stay in very long but he doesn't mind taking a bath at all.  Even getting his hair washed is no big deal to this guy!

 Aunt April we have decided the Batman PJs are our favorite so far.  They couldn't be any cuter!!

 I hope this video works.  This is him when he is really happy eating some Ramen noodles.

  Here he is showing off his clapping skills.

Mag, Connor, and Sam daddy and I are counting down the days till we will be home with your brother.  We have been telling him all about you guys.  Connor and Sam-we have been telling him about Power Rangers so he will be ready to jump right in with you guys when we get home.  We will have to get him a baby Power Ranger costume;)  Love you all so much!!!