I am finding it very difficult to post today.....I'm all tears after reading 40 emails and feeling the support of my family and brothers and sisters in Christ. We had a good day yesterday at the Panda Base. Our guide made sure to take us early so we could see them playing and eating. It was wonderful. I couldn't get near YiLin though, so I feel like an outcast. It's hard. I want to hold her and love on her. She does let me give her a kiss very fast and then get away from her. I am trying to be strong, but honestly, I'm not doing very well. Pray that I will not take it personal. That is very hard for me. I did not have time to download the pictures.....will have internet in our room in Guangzhou and can post pictures tonight....sorry.
She is taking the antibiotic wonderfully. We even gave her some cough medicine last night during her bath and it did help her sleep. Wednesday night, she coughed so badly that she gagged in her sleep and ended up throwing up.....ALOT! I managed to see it coming and grabbed a pillow and caught it all. Funny comment here: Dr. Sewell once told me that you are not really a parent unless you have chased puke from your child. Well, I am her parent for sure. I felt so bad for her. So, the cough medicine tasted horrible but she took it "FOR ME".
I spent the entire afternoon paperchasing for the final steps of the adoption. It is all done and Shelby YiLin Mali Grimm is ours, officially. Mali means "Mary" after my mom and my great grandmother. We wanted to use Mary, but wanted her to know her heritage is Chinese, so we translated it into Chinese. She has no clue we will call her Shelby YiLin and I'm sure not telling her now.
We went to Pizza Hut for Thanksgiving dinner and then to the Chengdu Opera. You can walk to both from our hotel. It was a good show and the boys enjoyed it. At first, YiLin teared up like she would cry but then was fine. She is very easily scared.
She really loves Marshall. He is her best friend, but daddy is her favorite. She thinks Ian is ok. She is running a slight fever today....we will give her motrin just prior to the flight for her ears too. She was wired this morning after the cough medicine last night and she was a sight to see. Marshall picks at her and she loves it....however, she has started smacking him in the face and laughing about it and I have to tell her, and him, NO. It is not ok to hit, even in play.....Marshall drives her to rough play like he does the other kids at church. He really loves her, and she really loves him. She eats up his attention. Ian is quiet and protective of her.
We leave for the hotel in 1 hour and I need to go help Jeremy. He can't do much with her attached to his shirt. At first I thought it was cute.....not so much anymore....I think I am jealous....YUK, I hate that feeling. My flesh is not cooperating with my spirit.........there is a battle going on inside me.
Pray her ears do well, and we arrive safely in sunny, warm Guangzhou soon. Hello from all of us, and we love you,
Mary
P.S. Your words mean so much to me. I can read the comments, the emails, and the fb posts on my wall, but I can not reply to anything but the emails. Love you all.
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