Day two...so far!

We are halfway through day 2 :)  Florie slept until 11:07 pm when she woke for her 2300 hour bottle.  She drank it slowly and stared at me the whole time, then went back in her crib.  I could not sleep at all, and neither could William.  It just seemed so surreal that we actually HAD her with us!  About 5 am, she woke up and was a bit disoriented.  She had some big tears that brought the boys running.  We held her and rubbed her back....she was so tired, and only wanted to sleep laying on William's chest.  So she did.  We all tried to go back to sleep, but never did.  William gave her a bottle about 645 am, and then I dressed her while he took a shower.  She was more reserved at first this morning, but then we got to breakfast, and went through her "favs" of rice congee, that was a NO, chicken congee, NO, donut, NO, then we found CORNFLAKES....ah, yes!  She ate two bowls!  She can feed herself with a spoon....decently enough.  There were a lot of flakes on the ground.  Florie took turns sitting in my lap and in Williams.  They eventually brought a high chair out for her , but when I put her in it, she shook her head NO and raised her arms.  She is also NOT a bib fan.  Glad I only brought one~  we had her giggling at breakfast again...she has the best laugh!
Then, it was time to do the "official" to make the adoption final.  I was wrong, we DID have to go back to that same hotel and room as yesterday. I hate that for the kids!  her eyes glossed over when we walked in.  The nannies from the orphanage came too. I showed them some pictures of Florie from our night together and they seemed pleased that she was doing so well.  One of the nannies held out her arms for Florie but Florie told her NO...
We had to get Florie's footprint stamped on a document, and her foot is still red.  When we got back to the hotel, William left to scout out some restaurants and Florie and I colored. I traced her hand, and she kept trying to put that on her foot that was not red to make it colored as well. I kept copying her coloring methods....she drew lines, I drew lines. She picked up the paper, I picked up the paper.  She watched me very intently, and kept giving me little smiles.  When William got home, hei laid on the bed and she kept standing up to peek at him...we  Where's Baba for awhile, then tried to go eat lunch.
We are having a hard time finding food for Alex that is egg free. They put egg in EVERYTHING. I am going to have our guide go with me tomorrow to a few restaurants to try and find a few dishes he can eat.  we went to KFC for lunch, but his throat started tingling after some grilled chicken...ugh!  So now we are all back in the room, and Florie is napping while the boys rest and play their itouches....please pray for our food situation....tomorrow we go to Beihai, Florie's hometown, and will see the orphanage (  probably will not be allowed inside, but I hope we can see Florie's nanny.  Florie cried for her before nap today.....when she gets tired, that is when she is most sad.  We just hold her, and rub her, and sing to her....she calms pretty quickly.  One good thing about going to beihai is that we will have our guide the whole day, making eating easier!
When we came back to our hotel today after the official meetings, Florie grinned when she saw the lobby. I think she knew!  She was so much more relaxed here.  The boys were excited too...there were three Ferrari's in front of our hotel yesterday....they about flipped~!
Later today the boys are going swimming, and we may go walk in the park across the street.  On Friday, we are going to People's Park which is supposed to be really fun.  Saturday we head to Guangzhou for the American side of things.
Overall, we are good.  A little hungry, but good.  Florie is   just precious.  She will hold the boys hands and walk with them for a bit.  She is MISCHIEVIOUS, she is LOVING, she is CURIOUS, she is so BRAVE, and boy is she SMART!  We are smitten already....all of us!  The  boys fight over who gets to sit next to her....Jack is completely back to normal, but now Alex and Ben have the coughs and congestion.  Go figure.  it is pretty hard to fight off the viral crud when you are jet lagged!
Please pray that we can find good food for the boys...and that Florie continues to feel more comfortable each day.  Again, please forgive the typos...I see several misspellings, but this computer and I are not the best of friends, so I am moving on...gonna' read my Jesus Calling while it is quiet!
Thank you for your comments and emails...we love reading them!  Michelle, Alex is SO happy he is missing the talk this week!  :)
Lots of XOXOX,
Eve