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We took Grace to have her medical exam today. It was clearly her least favorite part of the trip. We have to have a medical exam to show fitness to travel before the U.S. Consulate will issue her a travel visa. She was miserable throughout the exam mostly because they kept taking her from us. We discovered that she still has a small hole in her palate right behind her front teeth. It's unclear whether it was never fully closed during the surgery or whether it has just reopened post surgery (mostly likely the later). This explains why she still has some food coming out of her little nose. It happens mostly when she sucks on her food because she pushes it against her front teeth where the opening is located. Other than that they said she appeared healthy. In fact she weighs 29.9 pounds (only 10 pounds less than Katrina).
We met with Kenix and Susan from Chrisitan Action today. They are the not-for-profit, christian agency that co-manage
s the Xining Children's Welfare Institute (Grace's orphanage). They travelled all the way from Hong Kong just to meet with us and say goodbye to Grace. They brought along pictures of all the different children at the orphanage, as well as an album showing pictures of every child, with their adoptive families, adopted to U.S. families from Grace's orphanage. It was so nice to see how much effort they put into keeping in touch with the children adopted from Xining. Once again we were reminded of how lucky we are that our daughter was placed in a orphange that worked so hard to provide the best care possible for the children. Thank you Susan and Kenix for your visit and all your hard work (Susan is the one on the far right and Kenix is on the far left).
We ended the day with dinner at the hotel. We had a great time because the food was good and Grace really loved the music. The band came to our table to play and Grace was mesmerized. We requested Hotel California and Margaritaville and it was a fun taste of home. We all sang along and wished we were drinking margaritas and eating Mexican food. I think we've all decided that we want Mexican food as our first meal when we get home.
Grace's taste in food runs to the exotic. She was drinking orange juice and milk at the same time (two straws in her mouth drinking from both at the same time). Donna was prett
y grossed out, but I gave her the benefit of the doubt and suggested that it probably tasted like a dreamsicle. I made Joe taste it (he's pretty easy to persuade) to see if it did taste like a dreamsicle. He said it wasn't that good, but it wasn't disgusting either. From the look on her face (see picture to right), it looks like she certainly thinks it tastes pretty good. I guess that's all that matters in the end. Regardless, I'm pretty sure she won't be a picky eater . . . she'll try anything and likes most everything she trys. Hopefully she'll stay that way.
We took Grace to have her medical exam today. It was clearly her least favorite part of the trip. We have to have a medical exam to show fitness to travel before the U.S. Consulate will issue her a travel visa. She was miserable throughout the exam mostly because they kept taking her from us. We discovered that she still has a small hole in her palate right behind her front teeth. It's unclear whether it was never fully closed during the surgery or whether it has just reopened post surgery (mostly likely the later). This explains why she still has some food coming out of her little nose. It happens mostly when she sucks on her food because she pushes it against her front teeth where the opening is located. Other than that they said she appeared healthy. In fact she weighs 29.9 pounds (only 10 pounds less than Katrina).
We met with Kenix and Susan from Chrisitan Action today. They are the not-for-profit, christian agency that co-manage
s the Xining Children's Welfare Institute (Grace's orphanage). They travelled all the way from Hong Kong just to meet with us and say goodbye to Grace. They brought along pictures of all the different children at the orphanage, as well as an album showing pictures of every child, with their adoptive families, adopted to U.S. families from Grace's orphanage. It was so nice to see how much effort they put into keeping in touch with the children adopted from Xining. Once again we were reminded of how lucky we are that our daughter was placed in a orphange that worked so hard to provide the best care possible for the children. Thank you Susan and Kenix for your visit and all your hard work (Susan is the one on the far right and Kenix is on the far left).We ended the day with dinner at the hotel. We had a great time because the food was good and Grace really loved the music. The band came to our table to play and Grace was mesmerized. We requested Hotel California and Margaritaville and it was a fun taste of home. We all sang along and wished we were drinking margaritas and eating Mexican food. I think we've all decided that we want Mexican food as our first meal when we get home.
Grace's taste in food runs to the exotic. She was drinking orange juice and milk at the same time (two straws in her mouth drinking from both at the same time). Donna was prett
y grossed out, but I gave her the benefit of the doubt and suggested that it probably tasted like a dreamsicle. I made Joe taste it (he's pretty easy to persuade) to see if it did taste like a dreamsicle. He said it wasn't that good, but it wasn't disgusting either. From the look on her face (see picture to right), it looks like she certainly thinks it tastes pretty good. I guess that's all that matters in the end. Regardless, I'm pretty sure she won't be a picky eater . . . she'll try anything and likes most everything she trys. Hopefully she'll stay that way.
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Hi Joseph & Sherry,
We are so happy to meet with you. Tiffany is a happy baby. Hope we can meet in HK in the future. Take care.
Chuckle! Glad to see there was only one health worker and not more to hold her down. Poor Grace, she had gone through so much medical surgeries in her life that people in "white coats" do freak her out. And, when the doctor takes out their stethoscope to put on her, there were occassions she will bawl her lungs out and cling on like a "koala" bear. Chuckle! not sure if your US doctors could something about their white coats and the appearance of their stethoscopes.
Yes, music does appeal to Grace. Sherry, she absolutely loves to be sang to, carried and rock to before being tucked to bed, watch you back though, she's heavy. She loves watching her Hi-5 and Barney vcds and following their dance routines. After observing us a few times, she started operating the disc player and tv on her own (very observant and smart kid).
"Milk and orange juice!" Oh My! seems gross but the picture taken of her clearly tells us what great joy, bliss and contentment, happiness she is experiencing now. Chuckle! we all know it is you all and not the "drink" but Boy! does that last picture of her really "sell"/ entices me to want to try that drink combination too.
It warms our hearts looking at the pictures you have posted on the blog and we Thank God for answered prayer for blessing Grace with a wonderful family to be with. We also thank the Christian Action Organisation and the Xining orphanage who had done their very best to keep us posted about Grace it has been a real comfort to us to know what a wonderful family she is with now.
Clarissa has been mentioning about Katrina and will like to say hi! to her, and pray that she is adjusting well being the wonderful "Jie Jie" (big sister)to Grace now.
Lot's of love,
Wai How, Gwyneth and Clarissa.
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