Today was a crazy day!  Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork.  I cried off and on during the entire process.  So did Ari.  Just her eyes would leak like mine.  Funny we are already alike!   The bank took an extra hour and they wouldn't take some of our money.  Hopefully we will have enough to cover everything.  Got passport for Ariana.  Then Aaron and I hit KFC to gather food for the family, rested a little, then went to Walmart, oh what a crazy place this is in China!  We think ours are crazy HA!  I have to laugh now.  Then we took an adventure to a authentic chinese restaurant.  It looks reallly really good but..... hmmmm.... I just can't explain it.  Completely different tastes and noone spoke English so very hard to order!  My boys and Mike have had it already.  So it looks like pizza hut and KFC for the next few days!!! :) LOL  Ari loved it.  She is a good eater!!!

She is still doing very well considering.  She is really warming up to us all.  Her Babba was a big hit today.  Even warmng up to the boys and playing with them.  I am so blessed with my older boys who keep reaching out to her, as she was afraid of all the boys yesterday!!

Anna I am so impressed with!!  Yes some acting out but NOTHING like what I thought.  She wants to take care of her, and continually is giving herself, unselfishly, to Ari and also letting her have her Momma's attention!  I am blown away and so thankful.  I make sure to give her extra attention and praise!!  So thankful!!!

Mike's birthday's today and the guide ordered him a cake.  Yes a sweet gorgeous cake with "tomatoes" on it.  Yes tomatoes!!  So strange!!!  But Mike got the best birthday present of all, Ari's love!  :)

I did get the first kiss today!  She is so sweet.  Well she's a bit sassy but I guess that runs in the family!  LOL

Its late and I need to get better pics off Aaron's camera.  So far these are just from my phone.  I will do it tomorrow because we have a down day.  We are hopefully meeting Rena, our foreign exchange student that stayed with us.  So excited!!

Thank you again for all your prayers and encouragement!  They are really needed and they are working!

Much love!

Nancy