Adoption Decree:
She is officially ours according to the Chinese Government.
A close up of the new addition to our family with Mommy & Daddy.
I took this one to see if you could get a look at those eye lashes, they are really long.
This one is from lunch yesterday. We ate on top of a mountain with beautiful views. The food was really good here as well. Only a couple of people are having problems with the food choices most are finding something they really like.
Here is another Monya picture for those looking for her. Her Daddy is taking her for a walk outside after lunch.Yesterday was much quieter for us than most have been. We stayed at the hotel while the others went to the orphanage their babies came from. We did not have to choice to go to ours as it is over 6 hours away on way. Since the trip was not to our orphanage and Ashley was sick we stayed here to rest. After lunch the ladies left the babies with the men and they when shopping for baby clothes at the wholesale market. We all could not bring much for the babies since we were not sure of their sizes. It turns out that Ashley is in 18 - 24 months like she should be, right now she has been wearing 18 month old clothes most of the time. Billie used a measuring tape to measure her feet and bought her the prettiest red and gold slippers, size 6. While they were shopping this Daddy & Ashley took a long walk through the neighborhood behind the hotel, it is just beautiful. Every other street light has a speaker in it playing music softly and the trees and plants a blooming and pretty. I said something when I got back about walking her maybe 3 to 5 miles today, I estimated low as I tend to exaggerate on distance. One of the other men said I was crazy I had walked her that much just up and down the hall way that day, he had been watching me. By the end of the day I could hardly stand or walk due to the hills and distance, not that I am out of shape you know. Later last night the women set up for them to go get a massage and then for the men to go after they got back. It was fun but it hurt, they were too hard on Billie and the guide even told them to be easy. It even hurt me while they were doing some of the things but it felt good later. It was a foot, lower leg, arms, back, and neck massage for 75 minutes for like $7 in U. S. Money.
Ashley slept until 5am this morning and still is not feeling well. She has a low fever and rubs her head a lot. Today we go for the health exams (of course since she is sick) but ear infections are common they say so it should not be a problem. At least 4 of our 9 babies have ear infections. After that it is lunch and then the Zoo. She said we will not have much time there but most families only want to see the Pandas anyway. So of course a couple of us asked if we could see the Dragons too... ;7)....
Got to go help with Ashley now.

Love to all of you.

Mike & Billie