Blog Post From Mom in China #3 -Gotcha Day

Today we woke up real early to find that the electricity for our room had gone out in the middle of the night.  It appears that the breaker had blown a fuse.  We finally went down around 6 AM and they sent an electrician to fix it.  Then we decided to eat breakfast.  The buffet was awesome.  There was so much food.  We walked around the hotel area and then went to Wal-Mart.  I bought a stroller and some snacks.  We got back to the hotel around 10:00.  We stayed in the room until 2:15 when we went down to the lobby to meet our guide, Mary.  She was there, but our driver was late.  We finally got to the Civil Affairs Office and Kacee was standing in the doorway with the orphanage director.  I recognized her right away, but there was only 1 other baby in the room, and her parents were already there.  When I was allowed to hold Kacee, she cried and tried to push me away.  She cried most of the time we were there, but finally calmed down right before we left.  She was very observant during the ride back to the hotel.  The orphanage director said that she loves to be outside.  Once back to the room, she did not want me to put her down.  She did let me take off her shoes and socks.  I changed her diaper to put a disposable one on her, and thank goodness I did because she pooped pretty quickly.  (That is a great thing because many will hold the poop until they feel comfortable with you.)  Kacee looked tired, so I held her and rocked her to sleep.  She took a little nap and then woke up to go eat supper.  She ate pretty well, but she does not like watermelon.  After supper, she had a bath in which she cried the whole time.  Once she was dressed though, she calmed down.  She loves to type on the computer.  She drinks out of a bottle.  We weighed her, and she weighed 5.7 kg with her diaper and pajama on; that converts to almost 13 pounds.  She can hear some, but I am not sure how much.  She can say mama since I heard her say that when she was crying.  Right now she is laying in her crib playing with a toy before she goes to sleep.  More pictures tomorrow because she cries every time she sees the camera.  We think the flash scared her at the Civil Affairs office.  She is slowly getting used to the camera each time she sees it.