Tuesday,
December 22, 2009
A LONG
ROUGH DAY
FOR
ALL OF US!
The day started off with Mia vomiting (projectile) all over
me...fun. The good news is she hasn't vomited since. She came to
us with a very nasty cold and cough and has been pulling on her
ears a lot. I am suspecting she might have an earache. I have
started her on an antibiotic and some Motrin. I hope she feels
better soon. Even though she has been sick, she still seems to
be adjusting well.
After we all got cleaned up, our guide said she would pick us up
at 9:00 in the hotel lobby to take us to the Inner Mongolia
history museum. When we arrived, our guide walked us to the
front doors and then said, "I will be back to pick you up at
11:30." Okay...I thought she was coming with us. When we went
through security they confiscated Mia's sippy cup...I am not
sure why, because nobody spoke english. In the Museum, only half
of the exhibits were written in english too. All of the exhibits
were written in mandarin and most were also in arabic. The
museum wasn't very much fun because everyone kept staring at us
and taking our pictures. This was more of an annoyance to Nathan
and me, but was scary to Lexi. When our guide came back, we were
stopped by 3 large groups of people on the way out just to take
pictures with us. Keep in mind they were huddling around us and
touching us. Our guide said they don't get many foreigners
around here. Uh...I
wonder why!?!
The museum is only 2 years old and the entire inside is marble
and it
still has squatty pottys!?! At least these squatty pottys were
clean.
We also learned that "Inner Mongolia had many problems before
China
communism and now the mongolian people are no longer crude, but
a happy
people under China's communism." That is what the sign written
in
english said. I wish I would've taken a picture.
Also, Mia didn't seem like herself. I originally thought it was
because she didn't feel well, but now I think she might have
been scared we were leaving her (breaks my heart.) The last two
car rides Mia has gone on were back in October when she went
from the foster home back to the orphanage and then when they
brought her to us. Now that we are back in our room she is all
smiles.
We had requested for our guide to take us to pick up some baby
supplies because our agency said to just bring a couple of days
worth and your guide will take you to Wal-mart or Carefour. The
agency does this to save room on packing since in-country China
flights have a very low luggage allowance. Instead of taking us
to either of these places, we were taken a block from the hotel
to a tiny little expensive shop where we were told to get what
we needed. Then our guide left us there and told us she would
see us tomorrow at 9:30. We were a little prepared this might
happen from a previous family that had her, but our guide in
Beijing was wonderful and I know there are many good guides in
the different provinces. I guess you can say we are a little
disappointed with today. It is just really hard when nobody
speaks english and YOU are a museum exhibit (a hungry one at
that!)
When we returned to our hotel room the toilet was leaking.
That's just great! We had to repack all of our stuff and move to
a different room. The silver lining however is we were upgraded
to a suite. There is a lot more room for the girls and we don't
have all the clutter here because there are two bathrooms and
multiple drawers! Another good thing...we received Mia's
passport from the Chinese government and our official adoption
papers so we can leave with her!!! I am not really sure why we
have to stay an additional 3 days since it seems like we have
completed all the adoption paperwork for Inner Mongolia. |
Mia always wants to be by Lexi.
She actually fell asleep this
way last night.
She was so worth the wait!
Mom why do they keep pointing and staring at us?
Yep, they are still staring!
Squatty potty anyone? At least this one is clean! |
