Travel Day

It has been a very long day. We left Chongqing this morning at 7am for our 8:40 flight.

Maya was an angel on the plane, she played and had a little sleep, no problemo. A lot of the other babies were screaming, but not our girl. Once we landed in Beijing we were taken to the SOS clinic for the babies to have their medical exam. There were so many of us that we had to go in different groups because there wasn’t enough room in the waiting room for everyone. We got put in the last group (lucky us) and so the guide took us to a tea house. We got to stop at a Subway on the way there and let me tell you that was the best tasting sub of my life!

The tea house we went to was awesome! We all sat around a table and the lady told us all about the different types of tea and what it is good for and showed us how it is prepared in China. It is quite a ritual and we got to sample several different types of tea. Anyone who knows me knows I love tea and so I was just in heaven! I bought a beautiful Chinese tea set and some tea. Maya was again an absolute dream while we were there. I cannot say enough what a wonderful child she is. She is so pleasant all the time, she rarely cries and she sleeps and eats well.

We finally got in to see the doctor and Maya had a brief check-up and is doing very well. We didn’t get back to the hotel until 6:45 and even though it was a long day for her she was in good spirits. She was a little fussy tonight, I think she was just way over-tired as she didn’t get a real good nap today. She is now sound asleep in dreamland and Mommy and Daddy won’t be long behind her.

Paul has been doing most of the blog so I haven’t had much of a chance to brag him up, but he is a wonderful father. It melts my heart to see the two of them together, he is so in love with her and I’m seeing a new and tender side to him, he just can’t do enough for her. Of course I’m still her favorite, but I can tell she loves her Daddy an awful lot too. Well that’s about all for today, all our love, Tanya