Ginny Day two

She woke this morning crying but quieted down after a few sips of water. She started crying again when we went down for breakfast but maybe she was hungry because she stopped when we got her food. She did start whimpering when we both stood up at one point, but I was getting up to get food and Brian was moving to sit next to her, so she stopped right away.

This morning we had to go back to the Civil Service Office to get our picture taken for our adoption, and have two interviews. They all went very well. The officials were nice with good senses of humor. It was also lucky fast, which was lucky because Ginny left me her first present in her pants! When we got back on the bus our liaison informed us that our visa appointment got moved from tomorrow afternoon to this afternoon! Well, there went our afternoon, but it will leave our whole day tomorrow free!

We got back at around noon and went back to the room to try to take a nap. Let's talk about Ginny and food for a second. She will eat whatever we put to her mouth. If we hand something to her, she will take a bite and hold on to it until we tell her to take another bite. The few things that she has continued to eat without reminders, she will take the smallest nibbles and not put the rest in her mouth until she has the tiniest crumb left in her hand. She has done that at every meal today!

On to the visa appointment! We got there around 3pm and then waited around for over an hour, the lobby getting more and more crowded by the minute! Kids were running around everywhere and Ginny was watching them all. Finally the officials came down and we got rushed up, got our picture taken again and were handed out adoption certificate and we were done!! All that waiting for about 30 seconds in front of the officials! Oh well, we're free tomorrow!

We came back around 4:30 and decided to meet the other two families back in the lobby for dinner in an hour. We went back up to the room and I decided to give Ginny a few things and ignore her. She has this plush toy thing that my friend Cindy got (anyone reading this from tkd, please tell her this!) that she hasn't let go of since I gave it to her. I also gave her a coloring book and crayons and a Winnie-the-Pooh board book. I showed her how to color, she took the crayon, swiped it across the page a few times and looked at me like "are you happy?" Then I read her the board book and then let her keep in in her hand. She was the cutest thing looking through that book, opening it, closing it, flipping through. You can see her looking through the book in a pic at the bottom.

Dinner was delicious! We went to an Arabic restaurant right next to our hotel. We had hummus and shish kebabs. The other two little girls are pretty amazing as well. Anna, who is going home to four siblings, one of whom is three weeks younger, it string willed and super funny. Joanna, whose parents are first-timers, is very sweet and easygoing. Ginny is definitely the conundrum of the group.

We are gently trying to crack through Ginny's shell without traumatizing her any more than she already is. When we got back to the room, I gave Ginny a bath, sat down with her on the bed, put her head on my chest and she was out! Tomorrow we're going to Shamian Island so check back for all the fun!

PS~ enjoy the pics below and try not to OD on cuteness!!!