Love is patient... love is kind... love is when your child chooses eel and pigs feet from the all-you-can-eat dinner buffet and you agree to it...
Today was a morning of paperwork and an afternoon strolling around downtown Shanghai --our hotel is in a great location to walk around the city. We made a trip to the notary to finalize paperwork, making Yaojie an official Trickle (he later even had a 40 minute "yes-I-do-insist-on-one-more-granola-bar" tantrum to proove it!) Yaojie was incredibly well-behaved at the notary, despite the 2 cups of latte he was given by our guide... ;) He is just so mild-mannered and compliant (despite said tantrum). Perhaps born of necessity, he as been taught excellent behavior and self-help skills. One thing he loves to do it pretent to write in a little notebook that I sent to him months ago and in which the orphanage staff wrote good-luck messages. He makes a series of dots and lines, and I think he finds this soothing --or perhaps it is Morse Code for 'get me away from these crazies' He often gestures for me to bring it to him. In fact, he doesn't have much difficulty at all using gestures to make himself clear. He is already repeating words in English and understands a lot of what we say. He continues to eat like a line backer --he squealed with pure delight upon seeing the breakfast buffet, but then, so did Eric. His notes form the orphanage state that he does not like cucumbers --cucumbers? When I dish food onto his plate, he stretches his arms out, implying that he wants a large amount. He is so clever, we can already see that he has great reasoning skills, an impressive memory and good sense of direction (yes...he does correct me when I continuously leave the hotel room and walk the wrong way to the elevator). We have been spending a lot of time with the other family, who is adopting Lei. It has been awesome to share this experience and Lei is wonderful at helping Yaojie feel comfortable. Although, I will say that when Best Buy was broadcasting Steeler Super Bowl highlights, they did not share my enthusiasm. Nor did Yao, which will necessitate a Terrible Towel intervention upon arrival home. So, in short, Yaojie is officially ours and we are officially in love.
Today was a morning of paperwork and an afternoon strolling around downtown Shanghai --our hotel is in a great location to walk around the city. We made a trip to the notary to finalize paperwork, making Yaojie an official Trickle (he later even had a 40 minute "yes-I-do-insist-on-one-more-granola-bar" tantrum to proove it!) Yaojie was incredibly well-behaved at the notary, despite the 2 cups of latte he was given by our guide... ;) He is just so mild-mannered and compliant (despite said tantrum). Perhaps born of necessity, he as been taught excellent behavior and self-help skills. One thing he loves to do it pretent to write in a little notebook that I sent to him months ago and in which the orphanage staff wrote good-luck messages. He makes a series of dots and lines, and I think he finds this soothing --or perhaps it is Morse Code for 'get me away from these crazies' He often gestures for me to bring it to him. In fact, he doesn't have much difficulty at all using gestures to make himself clear. He is already repeating words in English and understands a lot of what we say. He continues to eat like a line backer --he squealed with pure delight upon seeing the breakfast buffet, but then, so did Eric. His notes form the orphanage state that he does not like cucumbers --cucumbers? When I dish food onto his plate, he stretches his arms out, implying that he wants a large amount. He is so clever, we can already see that he has great reasoning skills, an impressive memory and good sense of direction (yes...he does correct me when I continuously leave the hotel room and walk the wrong way to the elevator). We have been spending a lot of time with the other family, who is adopting Lei. It has been awesome to share this experience and Lei is wonderful at helping Yaojie feel comfortable. Although, I will say that when Best Buy was broadcasting Steeler Super Bowl highlights, they did not share my enthusiasm. Nor did Yao, which will necessitate a Terrible Towel intervention upon arrival home. So, in short, Yaojie is officially ours and we are officially in love.
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