Making progress

Today we spent a lot of time in our room getting aquainted with Jade. I could be mistaken, but given her behavior with the Nanny yesterday, I think they were extremely close. Many of the other couples here joke that the Nanny probably took her home at night. She was very attached to her in the 2 months that she was in Fuling. We took her down with us to breakfast and she ate a lot of watermelon. She just loves it. When we got back to the room she took a nap for about an hour. She woke up at about 6:00 am and I think she usually sleeps later than that. When she woke up this morning she was still very quiet. She just seems very sad. Brent held her close and she just laid on his chest. I loved it but not near as much as he did. Brent gave Jade a fathers, Priesthood blessing. He blessed her with peace to come to her. It was amazing. What a great gospel we have. I don't know how some can do it with out this knowledge.
After being in the room for a while we ordered some pizza with Scott, Nancy and True. It was from Pizza Hut. Very yummy American food. Anyway while we waited Brent was playing with Jade. She began to hit him with her toy and laugh!!!! YES laugh. We considered this a huge break through. It was truly an immediate answer to her blessing. The Lord knows her and has her best interests at hand. We gave Jade a teething toy at the Internal Affairs Office. She had not put it down since. In fact it is hard to get her dressed because she is hanging onto this toy. You can see the toy in her photos. Jade still is not interested in her bottle much. She will eat most anything however. Today I showed her my Pizza and she opened her mouth real big for a bite. She is the best eater in the group. Everyone has given her treats that their own girls will not eat.
We joke that she is like some other women that eat when they are depressed. I don't know about this, all I know is that I am glad she is eating, especially if she doesn't like her bottle. The big event for today was a trip with the group to Wal-Mart. They take all the groups their to get diapers and formula. The Wal-Mart was 2 stories high like a store in a mall. I am not sure it had any air conditioning. It was so hot. It was less hot than the outdoors. In the electronics department there were people sitting on the floor watching TV to get refuge from the heat. In the book department there were people with their shoes kicked off reading books. There were even men standing in the entryway where the fan blows with their shirts pulled up. Very interesting to see. I think we were the main attraction today. We had groups of people gather around us just staring. They love to see Americans. Li Ping our facilitator gave us a card to wear that states we are adopting a Chinese baby. We will give her a good home and take care of her. It helps all of those inquiring minds. One more interesting thing about Wal-Mart. The carts have magnetic wheels. The escalator is a magnetic ramp that goes up and down. You can wheel your cart around freely on the floor but once on the escalator it just sticks in place. Very clever I thought. After our trip to Wal-Mart we were going to go to the Panda house at the zoo but the babies were hot and tired.
We went back and most of us took the girls swimming. Jade hated it. She will have to learn to become a water lover like Bailey, Kyle and Landon. It was interesting today that when we would get on the bus Jade would cry and become visibly frightened. I am sure it is because every time she has gotten on a bus in the past it was to remove her from everything she knew. Very traumatic experiences these little girls have lived through. They are all so precious. Tomorrow I will take a photo of each family and tell you more about each one. At dinner Jade was happy and alive. She ate watermelon again and some soft pretzel. She kept throwing stuff off the table and the waitresses would pick it up and talk to her. She was giving big smiles. A tour group was at dinner and a woman from Canada came and asked us why we had all these babies. She was so excited to know about the adoptions. She was teary and very sweet. Both Brent and Jade are sleeping.
I wanted him to download more photos from the camera from today. I will do that tomorrow and just post more from yesterday. Thank you to all who have sent us comments or emails. I am so glad you are following our Journey. It is to amazing not to share. We love you all. Thank you for the support. Bailey, Kyle and Landon have fun at Tammy's. We think about all the fun you are having. Ask Tam to help you send us an email. Jade is coming out of her shell and is going to be the funnest little sister. Be safe and have fun. We love you the most.