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Part 2 Nanjing
October 21
David Pan and Cathy met us in the Hotel lobby and we had to say goodbye to Peter.
We took off from a little airport in Beijing (not the same one we landed in) at 8:25am and arrived in Nanjing at 9:50am. We stayed at the Central Hotel for 6 nights. We were told to go to our rooms, relax and eat something for the babies were to be at the Hotel sometime around 3pm.
The call came at 3:36pm and I got Mary in my arms at 3:42pm. She is just beautiful, very quiet and looking around at everyone. We then went up to a large reception area on the Second Floor, with chairs and a few couches so we can start some paperwork. When I started to get into my folder of important papers, Mary found the one form that had to be notarized in the States and started to play with it. Luckily she did not tear it.
That night she got her first bath from me and I found a birthmark on her right shoulder. Didn't know about it but that is OK, she still is just beautiful. She doesn't cry unless I am more than an arms reach away. She didn't want anything until 11pm when she took 8 ounces of formula and went right off to sleep.
October 22
Went to get our family photo and then off for some shopping for food and other supplies at the local department store. Poor Bob had to carry the food around the store for about 1 hour. I had taken a snuggly to carry Mary but it was too hot to use it so I bought one that is lightweight and cooler for both her and me. I found out that Mary loves to be carried sideways over my right hip looking down at the floor.
We then took a bus ride to the local police department to get the papers that stated that I have full custody of Mary and that she is mine!!!! I took the COPY of the original approval for adoption as the letter stated but I should have taken the ORIGINAL copy of this form. Sometimes the wording can get confusing if someone is trying to write English when the person is Chinese but everything worked out after a lot of conversation between the police official and the orphanage director. When it was all said and done, I had to swear that the next time I would bring the right papers and of course I did enthusiastically. How did they know that I wanted to this again in a few years??
October 23
Mary would not sleep in the crib last night, she would only sleep with Mommy and on her chest sitting up and at only 45 min to 1-hour spurts. I guess she is having some separation issues. I can only hope that this doesn't last long. Good news is that she crawled for the first time on my bed this morning and started to smile.
Gail, LuAnn, Bob, and I went to the Nanjing Massacre Site Museum for a few hours. Very, very sad place but we all love history and yes this is a bad one but it is true and it did happen. The photos
in the museum showed unimaginable acts of cruelty. I am glad that they were in Black and White and most were fuzzy but they still showed what happened to the people of Nanjing during those terrible months in 1937. 300,000 soles were lost!
We then went to the Confucius temple along the Qinhuai River. Nice little temple in the middle of a shopping market so we had a lot of "Come and look. Nice things..." in broken
English as well as a lot of bargaining going on. Went back as a group that night to see the place all lit up. Started to sprinkle but we needed a bath anyhow.
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