Daughter Duo

Scott and Evelyn went to the pool and I am here in the room with Emelia who is napping so this one might get a little long. The weather is still good but really hot. We went and made "red couch" photos earlier today while on our way to make the visa photo and medical exam. Emelia did fairly well. She did not like it at all when they made her lay down. It was a much better experience than we had when we did that with Evelyn. The lines were not nearly as long so that made it better. I am not sure the conversion on her height but she weighed 25 lbs. That is about what we had guessed when comparing her to Evelyn who weighs 35. Emelia's last update had said 30 lbs. We knew that would not be accurate. Anyway we are still doing well. She still shows that temper but Scott Kimball is beginning to work on that. The last two nights she has slept with us. Yes we need a king size bed at home and even that is crowded. The fact that she went to sleep with us shows she is trusting us more and more. It was not so easy getting her down last night. We were all wiped out and she still wanted to ramble the room. When Scott made it clear that she could get in the crib or lay down on the bed, she chose the bed but layed down at the lower end not near us. : ) Whew, but she did make the right choice. It is also fun to watch her copy Evelyn. It makes lots of things easier. If Evelyn changes clothes she is ready to as well. The last two nights when she got in the bed by Evelyn she put her thumb in her mouth just like Evelyn. Lets hope she is just copying sister and does not make that one a habit. She repeats tons of words and knows when to use a lot of them already. At first when we were out she would pretty much not mix with people but now smiles and waves to almost everyone. It is so fun to introduce her to things she has not had before. Today she shared a slushy with Evelyn and liked it. We have not found a lot that she does not like. Even though we are homesick there are some nice things about being here. There is one particular girl at breakfast who is just so sweet. She asked did I want more coffee and I said yes please amd then thank you. She responded, "Oh, it is my pleasure," and came back later and asked, "how is the service today?" You will not get that in the states. We have gotten a number of stares from the locals but also a number of very big smiles. Another neat thing here is the packages you get food to go in. It looks like presents. We ordered pizza to go from the Italian restaurant last night and it was in a fancy box with ribbons around it. Today we got some scrumptous desserts from the deli here at the White Swan and they were packaged the same. I took photos because they were so pretty. I bet ya'll are thinking we are eating terrible. We have eaten local cuisine but we have to mix the other to make it. When we were waiting for the pizza they insisted we come in a sit at a table. Emelia had fallen asleep and one of the girls came with tissues and wiped her sweat so that the air conditioning would not make her sick. They also brought us water while we waited. I could get spoiled. Now for one of the neatest experiences we have had, we talked with Shiyan yesterday evening. Adele and our Pandamonium family will be as pleased as we were. Shiyan was our representative here when we came to China for Evelyn. We did not get to chat long but she was very pleased to see Evelyn and how well she is doing. Her son finished college and got some prestigious sounding scholarship in Germany. Her daughter has completed one year of college. She is just as we remembered. It is funny because Scott has called our guide Grace Shiyan several times. Evelyn is doing much better. Thanks for praying for all of us.

P.S. - We have borrowed a second stroller. Emelia has taken to it now. We originally had a double and took it back now we have two singles. Evelyn always like to ride.

Just a note to Yovita - yes I picked up two for you. Hope you like them,