hi all ~
Millie is 22.5 lbs. (with a wet diaper) :-)
she does have a small palette (we think it is called something else) in the back of the mouth. it is supposed to be very small and the doctor said, "no problem, no problem". i'm sure we will find out all about it when we get home. :-)
she has finally allowed me to carry her in my "HOT SLING". :-) oh joy for me!!!! she is a back bender when fussy and it has been hard to hold her when she bolts back. she didn't like to be (nor knew how) to be close in a snuggle way and the Hot Sling was to confining for her. now she snuggles away.....still is fussy when she NEEDS to sleep, but now she will fall asleep on me. :-) BIG GRIN!!!!!!!!! oh, by the way i LOVE the Hot Sling. very, very comfortable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
she is very tactile. feels everything with great concentration.
she does wear 12 month clothing just fine. i thought she was bigger than that....but since it is warmer here in GZ and the "clothing police" (older Chinese ladies who scold you if your child is NOT bundled up with 5 layers of cloths on with no skin showing at all!! and yes, in Nanjing i was scolded several times). :-) well today, i allowed myself to put on an outfit that would possibly show some skin (meaning from the sock area above to the leggin bottom). :-) anyway, the outfit fits her just fine. i am sure it could be because Carters sizes run a little bigger than most. of course she looks VERY cute in her outfits. :-) i know proud mama talking here. ;-)
i LOVE bows on little girls head. well, like big sister (when she was Millie's age) she had to follow suit.....so today she had a big purple flower on her head. :-) the locals here, as we were walking to our medical examination ALL thought it was SO cute....and i'm sure a very funny American thing to do. ;-) also, the nurses at the medical exam had to come over and touch it to see if it was real. then the nose and throat doctor (who was a women) commented on the beautiful head band. :-) so, i guess Millie was a "hit" today looking ALL SO cute! :-)
she has had 2 baths now that she actually likes.....don't ask about the first several. :- now she splashes and loves it. i think she will be a water girl like her big sister. :-)
her favorite food is oatmeal. yep....basically that is all she wants to eat. we have tried to feed her "real" food, but she just spits it out. she wants the oatmeal. she puts up with rice cereal....but the sweeter the better she wants. no wonder the sucker we gave her at first was a big hit. :-) she drinks the formula we brought just fine. she likes apple sauce. :-) we were told she was a very "efficient" eater....not picky", but we'll see about that....so far she's picky. :-)
that's all i can think of right now...... :-)
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Mandi, and my Nanjing yahoo friends............... :-)
REGRETFULLY i have to admit that i FORGOT my list of names of those who wanted pictures. :-( :-( :-( dan asked me if i had gotten the sheet of names while we were ON THE BUS, and right when he asked me i about DIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i had left the file in our room! i could explain a 100 million reason why i forgot it.....but it doesn't really matter because i feel like i let so many down. i am so terribly sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOWEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by the GRACE of our LORD!!!!!!!!!!!
Sandra (our coordinator) came thru for us! :-) :-) :-) Praise the Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i truly have NO idea if they even would have given us permission (if i had to guess, i would say no....but) to take pictures as we were very rushed thru with lots of whirlwind confusion when we were at the orphanage. but even so, i had felt horrified that i had forgotten the list. please please forgive me!!
here are some of the details:
the schedule called for us to visit the orphanage and then to stop off for each families child's "finding place" afterwords, so you could take pictures. we were told by Sandra that Millie's finding place was very near the orphanage. when we were all on the bus and we were stopping off at the finding places we realized that the bus had gotten further and further away from the SWI......when we finally realized this we asked sandra when we would stop to take our picture. she said the orphanage director told her it would be inappropriate for us to go there (because of where Millie was found). :-( :-( of course we weren't told any of this and we had NO idea that we weren't going to see it. :-( i was SO SO very SAD!!!!!! sandra seeing how very sad i was (and being the beautiful and wonderful coordinator that she is) said she would take us that friday (on her OWN time to Millie's finding place). :-) i will explain in another post about this amazing day later........
anyway....i explained to sandra about the list and she said that she or the director would have Coco take pictures of the children next week and Coco would send them to Sonja at Hand in Hand. :-) :-)
SO, i blundered BUT God came thru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AS usual!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am SO very humbled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so, watch your emails AND maybe even explain to sonja my terrible mistake and ask her if there is anything she needs to do to make sure these pictures come thru. :-)
well, Millie is napping and we are about to meet as a group to go for dinner. i best wake her up.
with much love to all,
marna
Millie is 22.5 lbs. (with a wet diaper) :-)
she does have a small palette (we think it is called something else) in the back of the mouth. it is supposed to be very small and the doctor said, "no problem, no problem". i'm sure we will find out all about it when we get home. :-)
she has finally allowed me to carry her in my "HOT SLING". :-) oh joy for me!!!! she is a back bender when fussy and it has been hard to hold her when she bolts back. she didn't like to be (nor knew how) to be close in a snuggle way and the Hot Sling was to confining for her. now she snuggles away.....still is fussy when she NEEDS to sleep, but now she will fall asleep on me. :-) BIG GRIN!!!!!!!!! oh, by the way i LOVE the Hot Sling. very, very comfortable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
she is very tactile. feels everything with great concentration.
she does wear 12 month clothing just fine. i thought she was bigger than that....but since it is warmer here in GZ and the "clothing police" (older Chinese ladies who scold you if your child is NOT bundled up with 5 layers of cloths on with no skin showing at all!! and yes, in Nanjing i was scolded several times). :-) well today, i allowed myself to put on an outfit that would possibly show some skin (meaning from the sock area above to the leggin bottom). :-) anyway, the outfit fits her just fine. i am sure it could be because Carters sizes run a little bigger than most. of course she looks VERY cute in her outfits. :-) i know proud mama talking here. ;-)
i LOVE bows on little girls head. well, like big sister (when she was Millie's age) she had to follow suit.....so today she had a big purple flower on her head. :-) the locals here, as we were walking to our medical examination ALL thought it was SO cute....and i'm sure a very funny American thing to do. ;-) also, the nurses at the medical exam had to come over and touch it to see if it was real. then the nose and throat doctor (who was a women) commented on the beautiful head band. :-) so, i guess Millie was a "hit" today looking ALL SO cute! :-)
she has had 2 baths now that she actually likes.....don't ask about the first several. :- now she splashes and loves it. i think she will be a water girl like her big sister. :-)
her favorite food is oatmeal. yep....basically that is all she wants to eat. we have tried to feed her "real" food, but she just spits it out. she wants the oatmeal. she puts up with rice cereal....but the sweeter the better she wants. no wonder the sucker we gave her at first was a big hit. :-) she drinks the formula we brought just fine. she likes apple sauce. :-) we were told she was a very "efficient" eater....not picky", but we'll see about that....so far she's picky. :-)
that's all i can think of right now...... :-)
-------------------------
Mandi, and my Nanjing yahoo friends............... :-)
REGRETFULLY i have to admit that i FORGOT my list of names of those who wanted pictures. :-( :-( :-( dan asked me if i had gotten the sheet of names while we were ON THE BUS, and right when he asked me i about DIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i had left the file in our room! i could explain a 100 million reason why i forgot it.....but it doesn't really matter because i feel like i let so many down. i am so terribly sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOWEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by the GRACE of our LORD!!!!!!!!!!!
Sandra (our coordinator) came thru for us! :-) :-) :-) Praise the Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i truly have NO idea if they even would have given us permission (if i had to guess, i would say no....but) to take pictures as we were very rushed thru with lots of whirlwind confusion when we were at the orphanage. but even so, i had felt horrified that i had forgotten the list. please please forgive me!!
here are some of the details:
the schedule called for us to visit the orphanage and then to stop off for each families child's "finding place" afterwords, so you could take pictures. we were told by Sandra that Millie's finding place was very near the orphanage. when we were all on the bus and we were stopping off at the finding places we realized that the bus had gotten further and further away from the SWI......when we finally realized this we asked sandra when we would stop to take our picture. she said the orphanage director told her it would be inappropriate for us to go there (because of where Millie was found). :-( :-( of course we weren't told any of this and we had NO idea that we weren't going to see it. :-( i was SO SO very SAD!!!!!! sandra seeing how very sad i was (and being the beautiful and wonderful coordinator that she is) said she would take us that friday (on her OWN time to Millie's finding place). :-) i will explain in another post about this amazing day later........
anyway....i explained to sandra about the list and she said that she or the director would have Coco take pictures of the children next week and Coco would send them to Sonja at Hand in Hand. :-) :-)
SO, i blundered BUT God came thru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AS usual!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am SO very humbled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so, watch your emails AND maybe even explain to sonja my terrible mistake and ask her if there is anything she needs to do to make sure these pictures come thru. :-)
well, Millie is napping and we are about to meet as a group to go for dinner. i best wake her up.
with much love to all,
marna
1 comment:
Marna,
PLEASE do not feel bad about the list. I am sure you had more important things on your mind so it is very understandable. You need not worry. Honestly! I will e-mail Sonya to let her know that she MAY be receiving pictures from Coco. If we get them, GREAT, but if not, we will soon be holding our kids in our own arms. Please, do not worry. Your main priority should be sweet Millie.
By the way, Kelli is in Nanjing and will get her little girl either Sunday or Monday!!!!
God Bless,
Mandi
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