Today at 2:30 pm (1:30 am in TN) we will get Melanie.
We first headed to the breakfast buffet. I have never seen so much food on a buffet in my life!!!
We met Denise at 1:40 in the lobby and headed to the Civil Affairs office. Within five minutes, we got Melanie. She was content but would not look at us. She had a yellow Koala bear sipping cup, that she would not let go. She wore a coral top with a rabbit on it and baby blue leggings and red and white sandals with socks. Two staff ladies from the orphanage brought Melanie, not her nannies and director. They could not answer too many questions about her life and health because they did not take care of her. We filled out our paperwork and changed her very dirty diaper. We took her passport picture and headed to the grocery store for more diapers, wipes and bottled water. The grocery store was interesting...they had an escalator for the shopping carts. Things made in China were so much cheaper than the states. We also had to pay for the plastic bags to hold the items we bought....this is everywhere in China.
After shopping we headed back to the hotel for more paperwork. Not sure what we signed...everything was in Chinese and nothing was in English. Once we got back to the hotel, Melanie started looking at us and Jason was able to get her to laugh. We found out quickly she could walk!!! She loves to play the give and take away game. She would give us her bottle, sippy cup or toys and then take them back and stack them up on the table. Melanie loves the strawberry-apple puffs!!! She loves watermelon!!! She does not like ice cream and cold things. We walked everywhere. We walked around outside in the downtown square area and the three stories of stairs at the hotel. She would grab our finger and walk EVERYWHERE!!!
Melanie was tired when we got back to the room. We gave her a bath...which she hated. Jason walked her around the room for two hours to get her to go to sleep. Her crib was by our bed...she still screamed when we laid her in her crib. However, she finally slept all night...for ten hours... with no problems.
Jason and I crashed for the night...but woke up wide awake at 1am. Welcome to Jet Lag!
Melanie has huge bug bites around her wrists, ankles, and rear end area, which we immediately treated with a cream from the doctor. She was also very dirty in those areas. We quickly found out that evening that she had never had a bath. No lice...no scabies. She does have three Mongolian spots...one on her rear end and one on each ankle. She is 21 pounds and looks very healthy. No fever...eats good...no physical problems. Her cleft lip was repaired beautifully. Her cleft palate is open with a few teeth in the roof of her mouth. She does very well to get any food that gets caught in the palate. To our surprise...she does not have dysaudia (hearing loss). She can hear great!!!
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