Hello again,
Derek and Wen Ling are napping (yes, she still naps), so I thought I'd write and share a little more about her. Jane asked her this morning why she was crying last night, and she said it was because she missed her foster mom. Jane reminded her that we will be seeing her foster mom tomorrow and Wen Ling replied "I'm going to tell her that this (pointing to us) is my mama and baba now." We asked Jane to tell her that it is OK to cry and miss her mom and that she didn't have to try and always be such a big girl. She just smiled and said "OK." We can tell she is trying to be very brave in front of us. Last night before she cried, she got up and shut the curtains in the room (to make it darker) and hid under the covers. It nearly broke my heart to hear her quiet sobs, but it is good that she is letting her emotions come out. We just sat with her, rubbing her back and arms and told her we loved her over and over. I can't even imagine going through such changes at such a young age. She is our little trooper.
We took a taxi (not nearly as scary as the ones on our first trip) to an open market today and shopped for a little while. We bought Ling Ling a cute pink Mongolian princess headband and a few other things for her hair. Mom and I both picked out pretty bracelets for ourselves, and I bought Jaden a very cute purple jade bracelet too. The market had all sorts of interesting things, including live fish, turtles, rabbits, parakeets and Ling Ling wanted us to buy her a bird and a fish! Jane had to explain that we couldn't get those on the fei ji (airplane), but that we had a fish at home she could see. She was satisfied with that and we moved on. :) I'm really surprised she hasn't asked for more than she has when we have been shopping. She tried to sneak a few small things into the basket yesterday at Wal Mart, but really hasn't asked for much. She even told one man at the market today, "No, I don't want that, I am just looking." There will be a lot more for her to choose from in Guangzhou than there seems to be here, so we will do the bulk of our shopping there.
We ate a delicious Chinese lunch at Food Street, a giant restaurant where you just walk around and point to what you want. We ordered 3 different noodle dishes, a fried eggplant, corn cakes, jello, 2 cokes and milk and the whole bill was $12! We are still amazed how inexpensive things are here. Nanning is a very beautiful city and is much less polluted and congested than Changsha in Hunan (where Jaden is from). I can't wait to go the park this afternoon with Ling Ling and take some pictures there. Everything is so green and lush here, sometimes I forget we are in China, it looks more like a tropical island than a big city.
Well, I guess that is enough for now. I think Derek posted more pics this morning, and we will add more to the folder today after the park. You will notice that Derek and I will be in more of the photos and that is at the request of Jaden back home. She likes the pictures with Mommy and Daddy in them best. :)
Thanks to Karen for the quick reply about the Mandarin words, you'd think I'd have learned more before we came. She is doing much better today about staying with us, and I think is even starting to understand some of the commands in English. We have started calling her Wen Ling (instead of Ling Ling) when we mean business and she is responding well to that. I'm not sure how soon we will start to call her Jacey, she has a little trouble pronouncing it, so we will probably just start to gradually work it in. We're really going to just leave it up to her.
Thanks for all the messages from home, we miss you all!
Love,
Mama, Baba, PoPo, and Ling-Ling
Beautiful park near our hotel
Love to watch her color with both hands
Is she cute or what?
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