Today we got to go with other adoptive families on the bus to Panda World and then to a famous part of town called Three Lanes & Seven Alleys.
Sydney is still doing surprisingly well. She is very attached to her daddy and wants him to carry her everywhere! We are also finding out she is pretty fearless. She will take off and leave us so we constantly have to be holding her hand or carrying her to keep track of her. We have also found that we need to stick to her eating schedule that they gave us when we picked her up. If she doesn't have her meals and snacks on schedule, she gets upset and cries. Once she gets her snack or meal, she is back to being happy and smiling.
Panda World was fun. They have several panda bears that you can see and also red pandas there that we got to see in a show. Sydney loved to look at them.
We then went to Three Lanes & Seven Alleys. It's an area in Fuzhou that has 3 lanes which has some of the nicest, biggest houses in the city; and then 7 alleys which has many poor families. One of the lanes is lined with shops, so we walked up and down it looking around and getting some souvenirs. We also found Starbucks! Not that I am typically a fan of Starbucks, but not having my Human Bean daily, I will take what I can get!
We have also found that Sydney needs her nap daily, so we got back to the hotel, closed all the curtains and Scott and Sydney took a nap. For dinner, we went with 3 other families to a local Thai food restaurant. The menu was very intimidating with choices like squid; and full chickens and fish with heads still attached. We managed to find some pork and rice that we ordered and it was excellent! After dinner we walked back to the hotel along the lake looking at the lights. It was very beautiful! We are also very thankful to have met so many wonderful families and their sweet children. It is so great to be able to share advice and share concerns and to be able to support each other during this time.
Tommor I will be going to Sydney's orphanage. We decided that Scott will stay at the hotel with Sydney and I will go to Nanping where she is from. She is doing so well with us, we don't want to further confuse or upset her by going back then leaving again. So, she will hang out with daddy for the day and I will take pictures of her orphanage.
Here are the pictures of our day.
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| On the way to Panda World |
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| Panda World |
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| Panda World |
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| Panda World |
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| Panda World |
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| Panda World |
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| Panda World |
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| Panda World |
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| Panda World |
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| Panda World |
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| Three Lanes & Seven Alleys |
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| 3 lanes & 7 alleys |
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| 3 lanes & 7 alleys |
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| 3 lanes & 7 alleys |
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| Nap time |
We went there! So glad you have other adoptive families there with you. We were the only ones in province the week we went and it was so lonely. Sydney has such long legs and a long torso, just like our Lena!
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