Another day in Nanchang

Today was again a different day with our Renee. She is so smart! She said her first English word, "more!" She then signed it as well. So today I started using the sign for potty. She hasn't used it yet, but when I do it, she goes to the potty on her own. She is doing very well and only have had two diapers to change. She finally found her legs and started to walk around the room. (she has been carried all the time and when we put her down she has what we call rubber legs) We went sight seeing and she even walk around holding our hand. It really was a good morning, but sight seeing is coming at bad times of the day and again we ate lunch too close to her nap time. She started to melt down so we just let our guide hold her. She is a very good guide and is good at telling her in her language that we are her mama and dada and that she is Renee's auntie. Was encouraged by a fellow adoptive parent to not take these two weeks very seriously. I knew we just had to get through lunch and that being so tired she is more comfortable with a Chinese woman. When she put us in a taxi to get back to our hotel, she started crying and finally fell asleep before the cab got to our hotel. Of course she woke up. She wasn't crying at first, but after a little bit she started crying and wouldn't let anyone hold her. So I sat on the floor while she lay there crying. She finally slowed her crying down and found something to play with and then she was back interacting with us. Later she was back giggling and playing and talking to us in Chinese. It is quite funny to watch as she is so serious. She starts to have mean moments, but when we say no (boo is no in Chinese) Forget playing peek-a-boo with this girl.:)), she listened! She fought sleep til 7:00 and finally climbed up in bed with Nathan and pulled the cover up and fell asleep. So that is today! What will she be like tomorrow? We will find out. Enjoy the pictures! We went to a pagoda.

For those of my friends that know the butterfly story look what I found today in the picture above. Yesterday was hard. I was discouraged. We weren't suppose to go to the pagoda until tomorrow. This gave me hope. Thanks God!