Day #3!

We decided to go Italian for dinner tonight.

She has grown since our last update. 32 pounds and 38 inches tall!

Then it was off to the doctor for her check up. Everything went well. We think she might have an ear infection though the doctor said she couldn't see past the wax built up. She has a runny nose and seems to be pulling at her ear. They will not do anything here unless she has a temperature. I am praying she gets feeling better before the plane flight home.

She didn't get too far and she came running back to Daddy. I think that is a good sign of bonding taking place.

Mia decided she was going to run away!

The day started off with bubbles at the park!

Mia is doing really well. We still have not had any tears, but she is learning what is acceptable behavior. We are working with her on her speech. It seems that she doesn't speak much at all. She is really good at using signs. It appears that is how she is familiar with communicating. The signs makes it easy for us to understand what she needs and wants. She does say "no", "mama" and "one". We have been able to get her to say "please". We have also used some Chinese words to just get her equating words with response. Our guide talks to her in Chinese and she understands things easily. I think she was not asked to talk because of her cleft, so it will be a long road. We are happy with her trying so hard to talk to us.