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Wednesday,
April 11, 2007
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Shannon from Ainsley, David, and the
“traveling grandmas!”
Today was a beautiful day here in Guangzhou! The sun finally
came out and the temperature was very nice. This was the best
weather so far. We spent as much time as possible outdoors
walking around. Ainsley once again spent some quality time with
the “traveling grandmas” while David had a little time to
himself in the morning and took care of some important paperwork
in the early afternoon
With the completion of this paperwork, everything is now ready
for Ainsley’s visa application at the US Consulate tomorrow.
David and Ainsley don’t have to go; instead, Shiyan, the
adoption coordinator in China, will take all of the visa
application paperwork to the US Consulate for them. The next
day, Friday, April 13, David and Ainsley must go in person to
pick up the visa and take an oath. Then, finally, everyone will
be headed back to the US soon!
In the meantime, we have lots of packing and planning to do as
we prepare for the long journey home with Ainsley along for the
ride now (which adds a whole different dimension to air travel
for 20+hours)! (This will be good practice for our
soon-to-be-planned vacation to the Caribbean sometime this
coming fall. Of course, that trip will involve Ainsley AND
Griffin, but the Clubb family is determined to continue to enjoy
our love of travel, even if it will be much different with two
little ones – party of four instead of party of two! Our
friends, Sean and Bonnie, are an inspiration as they recently
went to Hawaii with two little ones! So, it CAN be done!)
During our free day tomorrow, we plan to try once again to head
out of the city to White Cloud Mountain Park for some hiking and
new scenery. Let’s hope we have another warm, sunny day like
today!!
Ainsley had a great bath time last night, so all of the pictures
today will try to tell that story (as much as possible in six
pictures or less). It is very clear that Ainsley LOVES bath
time! She lets herself go during these times and her curious and
adventurous personality really comes out! She likes to stand and
walk around in the tub (not too safe, so Daddy has to be on high
alert), splash around, play with her bath tub toys, investigate
every faucet or handle, put her nose and mouth underwater, make
crazy noises, and much more. Enjoy the pictures and video below.
“FIRSTS FOR THE DAY”
(some of these may or may not really be the first time
Ainsley has done something, but right now they are definitely
“firsts” with her new family)
• Ainsley stuck her nose and mouth under water in the bathtub
• Ainsley pooped in the afternoon when Daddy was completing
paperwork (way to go girl!), so one of the “traveling grandmas”
(David’s mom) got the distinct privilege and honor of changing
Ainsley’s diaper for the first time!
• Ainsley clapped her hands
UPDATE
FROM HOME (04.10.2007)
Griffin decided to give Mommy an early birthday present by
sleeping from 11pm to 5am and then again from 7am to
10:30am the night before!! After an exhausting day, Mommy
took the extra sleep she could get! Today we had a little
date and enjoyed a trip to the mall for some exercise and
lunch. This was the longest day we've had on our own so
far and we survived. Hoping tonight is another good sleep
night! |
See you soon!
VIDEO FEATURES
Click
here for a video clip of Ainsley putting her mouth and nose
under water.
Click
here for a video clip of Ainsley splashing around and washing
her hair.
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“I love bath time! But I am very curious…”
“Where does this water come from?”
(Ainsley likes standing up and walking around in the tub)
“And where does the water go?”
“Maybe the water comes from here…”
“Or maybe it comes from here?” |
