Blackwell's Adoption Journey

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Visa Day

We had our visa appointment today, and again had to sit in a waiting area trying to entertain our sweet angel.  She is SO SO busy!  I thought I had my hands full with Will... They will be great pals.  We had an early start to today, Norah woke at 5:30 pretty upset, and wanted to be walked all around the hotel.  We rode the elevator a few times, paced the hallways and the lobby, and then back to the room.  It took awhile for her to calm down, and it seemed the more awake she got it got better.  We are trying to pick up on her cues of what makes her upset.  We have a lot to learn.  She is still taking a bottle at night and at naptime, and it's killing me... baby bottle tooth decay is all I can think of when she is falling asleep with that thing, but this is no time to correct the habit. This morning when we were getting her dressed, she wanted 5 hair bows in her hair:)  It looked so funny, but we totally went for it.  She also loves the little backpack that carries her building blocks (in pic).
She loves pressing ALL the elevator buttons, and turning the TV on and off, buttons of any kind.  We went to a busy street last night and had all sorts of amazing food.  I pointed out some fried chicken buiscut looking thing, and the man put it in a bag and poured crushed peanuts and hot sauce over it... OH MY GOSH amazing!  We had fried chicken and noodles, milk tea and fresh pomegrante juice.  We love the food here!  The street was so crowded and busy, and the kids got a little overwhelmed.  Norah did not like the baby carrier I was holding her in, but letting her walk was not going to happen, so we had to manage carrying her, all the food, keeping a watch on Sam, and not getting trampled or hit by cars.  It was time to go:)
We have a little while while we wait for our visa to be done, so we are free to see the sights until we go.  We want to see the Grand Palace, Zoo, Aquarium, weekend market, and maybe do the river boat tour too.  Or we will just see how it goes.  I am missing home and Will so so much.