Tuesday

Today we went to the Notary office and finished our paperwork for Nanning. At lunch Lori ordered chinese noodles for Lili. When the food came, Lili picked up a pair of chopsticks and really went after the noodles... we were amazed at how much she ate and how great she could handle the long chopsticks with her tiny hands. Afterwards, we went to a city park near our hotel. The park had a large lake with paddle boats and an arched bridge. It also had carnival type rides. Lauren rode the carousel and then Lori and Megan rode the bumper cars with her. Lili went to sleep in my arms and we sat on a park bench for her afternoon nap. Later, Megan and I went to the Walmart Supercenter and bought some pants and pajamas for Lili. Most of the ones Lori brought are too big. We searched all over the store looking for a curling iron for Wanda before realizing that we are in a land of straight haired people. We also got Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast in Chinese for Lili. Megan did a little shopping downstairs where there are probably 100 different little stores below the Walmart.

Tonight for dinner, we went across town by taxi to KFC. Most of the taxi rides have cost us the minimum fare, 7 Yuans (about 88 cents). The KFC was a surprise... the menu was all Chinese of course, but the food was also different in the pictures and served with rice and instead of french fries. We opted for the "bucket" of chicken family pack because I could point to the picture to order. It contained several pieces of chicken that barely fed Megan, Lori, Lili and myself... We had to have an ice cream cone to top off the meal. Wanda and Lauren stayed in the hotel and ordered room service.

I'm writing this at almost 1am in the morning...Lili woke us up and hasn't gone back to sleep yet. She is doing absolutely perfect in the daytime...but really wants her foster mom at bedtime. I'm glad Lori read all the info on toddler adoption (and made me read it)... we have a better understanding of what Lili is thinking about all this. This evening while Lili was playing... she ran across the room at one point and kissed Wanda on the arm...needless to say, Grandma was very pleased. We will be in Nanning until Saturday waiting on the paperwork to be finished here. Tomorrow we will take a drive out into the countryside with Hannah just for a little siight seeing. I'm going to see if I can get the little one back in bed... right now she is sitting in a chair behind me...quietly talking in Chinese...wish I knew what she was saying.... Rick.