Potty time

This picture was taken in China the first week we got Eva Mei. Although Eva was potty-trained, she was only used to squatting in a Chinese toilet (aka: a hole) so in order to get her to go on a Western toilet we had to have her strip down and squat on the seat. This was not so nice for Jason who was trying not to breath during her No. 2.
We finally graduated to using a child seat on the toilet just in time for the flight home. She was a trooper on the plane and didn't use her diaper the whole 13 hours.

Looking for time

I so badly want to update my blog, but I'm finding it hard to carve out the time. Eva Mei has been getting up at 4:30am so Jason and I are really tired. I've been putting Eva down for two naps since we've been home because she is so sleepy. This afternoon she crawled up in the chair and pulled the covers over her, so I knew it was time to put her down for a nap. It was really very cute.

Heading Home

Well, we made it out of China and back to Hong Kong yesterday. That's why I couldn't update the blog. China has a block on Facebook and Blogspot. Now for the real news. Eva Mei is amazing. I can't believe she has become part of the family so fast.

March 1 we got her at the civil affairs office in Chengsha, Hunan, China. She was in the orphanage director's arms just looking at me with a big scared look and then I took her and she freaked. I mean with a capital F! She literally screamed and cried and kicked for one hour. All the other families were cooing their little kids and thinking to themselves, 'thank God we didn't get that child.' I just kept telling her it was okay in Chinese, but it didn't work. I handed her over to Jason and finished the paperwork.

She was dressed in three layers with split pants and I was surprised at how big she was. Once we got her back to the hotel, she was drained. We stripped off a couple of layers and realized she was actually very tiny. She started playing with us right away and it was as if she had cried all the tears she had and was ready to start fresh with us.

What a blessing it was in the end. She was daddy's girl for the first three days, but now she goes to both of us with loving arms.