Last night instead of screaming bloody murder for an hour, she fussed off and on for several hours, not sure which is worse, but feeling tired with less sleep, so in my book, more sleep is always good, so tonight I guess I will vote for screaming for an hour...we'll see what happens!
Today we got to go to an old part of town that is now a shopping area. It was really nice and fun to look around. Bought a Starbucks cup that says Fuzhou, the city we are in and where Noelle was found. We also enjoyed an icecream cone. All the people watch us and take our pictures. Naomi is a good sport about it and feels famous that everyone always wants to take her picture.
We came back to the hotel for awhile and then met our guide and took a taxi to the orphanage. This one has 200 children, 100 of them are in foster care as Noelle was. But she spent her first 2 mos. of life in the orphanage. It is similar to the one that I saw in Wuhan when we came to get Caleb. It is eye-opening and heartbreaking, just no way around it. Naomi brought candy to pass out to the kids, they were excited. It breaks my heart to see the rooms full of cots! Breaks my heart to see the older kids who have spent their whole lives there! It breaks my heart to see a baby looking at us from a crib, beggging to be held! It breaks my heart to watch 3-4 babies sharing one bowl of rice all sharing the same spoon. Its just not right! But I know God is there and He sees and He is their father.
Naomi and Rod also got to go on bummper boats today with another family on the lake. We have really enjoyed this beautiful city. We are anxious to meet all the new kiddos from our group. In the morning will just be at the hotel. Tomorrow afternoon we will pick up our kids passports and then fly to Guangzhou in the evening.
Last night instead of screaming bloody murder for an hour, she fussed off and on for several hours, not sure which is worse, but feeling tired with less sleep, so in my book, more sleep is always good, so tonight I guess I will vote for screaming for an hour...we'll see what happens!
Today we got to go to an old part of town that is now a shopping area. It was really nice and fun to look around. Bought a Starbucks cup that says Fuzhou, the city we are in and where Noelle was found. We also enjoyed an icecream cone. All the people watch us and take our pictures. Naomi is a good sport about it and feels famous that everyone always wants to take her picture.
We came back to the hotel for awhile and then met our guide and took a taxi to the orphanage. This one has 200 children, 100 of them are in foster care as Noelle was. But she spent her first 2 mos. of life in the orphanage. It is similar to the one that I saw in Wuhan when we came to get Caleb. It is eye-opening and heartbreaking, just no way around it. Naomi brought candy to pass out to the kids, they were excited. It breaks my heart to see the rooms full of cots! Breaks my heart to see the older kids who have spent their whole lives there! It breaks my heart to see a baby looking at us from a crib, beggging to be held! It breaks my heart to watch 3-4 babies sharing one bowl of rice all sharing the same spoon. Its just not right! But I know God is there and He sees and He is their father.
Naomi and Rod also got to go on bummper boats today with another family on the lake. We have really enjoyed this beautiful city. We are anxious to meet all the new kiddos from our group. In the morning will just be at the hotel. Tomorrow afternoon we will pick up our kids passports and then fly to Guangzhou in the evening.
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