The rest of Monday and Tuesday

Chloe did really well on Monday, she went right down for a nap and slept for about 3 hours.  We went walking after that, and she loved riding in the stroller,  We ate dinner at Pizza Hut.  Then we walked some more around West Lake a famous lake in China.  Around 7 we stopped and watch a water fountain show, it reminded me of a fireworks show with the music, but it was all water fountains.

She went to sleep around 8:30 and slept until almost 7 waking only once when my phone rang. 

Once she woke up we learned two important things about her, she wakes up grumpy and she is grumpy because she is HUNGRY!!!!!  Once we figured out she was hungry we headed to breakfast where she consumed about 2/3 of a fried egg, a bowl of congee (a rice soup), cracker, bread, sweet potatoes, cheerios, etc. 

Then we headed to the Civil affairs office, and got the official certificate of adoption, so she is officially ours.  Next we headed to the local police station to get her passport, the only problem was that the guide forgot to tell us they would be getting pictures taken and both babies fell asleep.  They were NOT happy about waking up, and the photographer would not take a picture with them crying.  Very interesting time. 

She fell back to sleep on the way back to the hotel and we put her down for a nap.  We ate lunch here in the room - leftovers and soup.  Chloe woke up around 2:30 - again in a very grumpy mood - again because she was hungry.  She ate a bowl of oatmeal, and more cheerios and crackers for the rest of the afternoon.

At 6 we headed out with two other families to an authentic Chinese family restaurant, much like the one we went to on Saturday.  This time I got a picture - we had fried rice, dumplings, sweet and sour pork, steamed fish, shrimp, two kinds of vegetables, a beef dish - all for 300 yuan, or about $43, and that was for 6 adults and 3 kids.  The pictures are from dinner, one of our table and the other of Chloe eating once again. 

Chloe ate cracker and cheerios, some of the dumplings, rice and 4 slices of watermelon!!!!   Yes we think this girl loves to EAT. 

For the most part today she has been very happy, she is attaching well to both her mama and papa.  We are learning her cry cues, trying to understand when she is tired or hungry (which seems to be all the time:). 

It is now 8:45 and she is conked out in the crib, I'm in my PJs and Dennis is taking a shower, I have a feeling that lights are going out soon around here. 

FYI - just wanted to remind everyone that we can't view the blog from China, but are posting via email.  Nathan is keeping it up for us, and has set it where if you comment we will get it via email, so we would love to hear from you. 

Tomorrow we head to the orphanage, and plan to see a show at West Lake.