We have a whole new baby today! Last night was much better. Abby slept more soundly and so did we. We have this night-time bottle thing down now, to get it to her ASAP to keep the screaming to a minimum. This kiddo has lungs-just like her momma. We started her on some antibiotics yesterday and we think that made a huge difference. She's still feverish on and off all day, but her personality REALLY came out today! We have a walker on our hands and man, is she everywhere. After 3 days of not even wanting to stand on her own, today Sara encouraged her to walk a bit holding her hands and that was all she needed! It's not the most steady walk, but she can certainly move now. This is a heads up for Pa Pa and Nai Nai, that they will have to baby proof our place for us as much as possible before we get home. She's also quite the monkey, climbing all over Sara during our 2nd KFC dinner on the floor of our hotel room. This was all the while holding a half of a very sticky banana in her hand. After she was done Sara looked like she was covered in snot! She's also laughing a lot for us today, even allowing David to blow zurburts on her tummy. That's a HUGE trust step, so be impressed. But we find she seems to still be quite tentative with most men she encounters including David. Today our guides took us to the Nanchang countryside to a small village that they think is a lot like the countryside of Ruijin, the girls' hometown. Wow! To see what it might have been like for Abby all of those months...this is one tough girl. It was incredibly interesting and touching to see how simply these people live and how happy they are even in such poverty. Abby did very well with the tour until the end when we could tell she was getting a little stressed out (she and most of the other babies scratch their heads and torsos when agitated or stressed) so Sara took her back to the bus a little early and this seemed to clam her down quickly. On the way to lunch one of our guides, Kiki sang the most precious song to the babies about the little abandoned girls and the new parents who need them. She had many of us in tears and David caught it all on video. We then had another group lunch consisting of 10+ dishes and again it was very good and for such a little price (we're talking $4.00 per person). Our favorite item was the deep fried "Twinkie" dessert. But today Abby loved the watermelon, rind and all!
Tomorrow we get Abby's passport making us 1 step closer to bringing her home. It's hard to believe we are almost 1/2 through with our journey and yet we are so ready to get Abby home and settle in to our own routine - not living out of a hotel room that looks like a hurricane hit it and having to boil water for everything we need it for. We are not looking forward to packing it all up tomorrow evening to fly to Guangzhou on Saturday afternoon. So, if for some reason we don't update the site tomorrow it because we're packing like crazy! We're also having some issues with our photos and having enough web space. We're trying to work it out so bear with us. We love you all and can't wait for you all to meet this energetic, stubborn, funny, iron-willed kid we now know as our Abigail!
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