Day 15: August 9, 2014

-

Day 15: August 9, 2014



            Today on our agenda was to visit a folk art museum.  It was nice to walk around and look at some traditional Chinese art.  The embroidery was amazing, but the most interesting was the “palm painting”.  The artist actually uses his hands to paint beautiful pieces.  We purchased a small paining of some bamboo with five panda bears.  It reminds us of our bamboo girl.  Our adoption agency has named the group of wonderful children with Down syndrome the Bamboo group.  Bamboo will always have a special place in our hearts and home now with our Miley girl! 

            We also visited a Buddhist temple.  Honestly it was really sad be there.   It’s human nature to worship something greater than oneself, I just wish those people knew the God who created the materials and people who built those Buda’s.  One a funny note, our little Miley is getting quite a little Buda belly herself with all the amazing food we have been eating!  She is no longer a tiny orphan!

            What stuck me the most today was that for the first time since getting our Miley it seems like she is really attaching to us.   She has been happy with us and loves it when we hold and tickle her, but tonight was different.  She fell asleep in the stroller while Jeff and I took a walk around a park.  She woke up right as I tried to put her in her crib in our hotel room.  So just like I did for my other sweet babies, I put my hand on her chest and patted her softly.  She would relax and close her eye, but then she would open her eyes again just to make sure I was still there.  It was such an amazing feeling.  She has been our daughter since December 26th when we were officially matched with her, but today it seems like she has accepted and wanted us to be her forever mommy and daddy. 


            This is such an amazing journey…to quote my daddy’s favorite saying.










Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Precious Piper

-
Image
Our precious Piper will be two weeks old tomorrow! So much has changed and yet she has slipped right into our family so perfectly. I will have to write more to tell you what has been going on in our home, but for now enjoy these photos I took of her this morning. I love the simplicity of her holding the pink carnation. So beautifully organic.
Read more

We Still Love Eachother

-
Image
When we were first Married, Jeff's Dad would always ask us if we still love eachother...well we do. This weekend we are celebrating our 6 year anniversery of our first date! I had to show off what Jeff got me because it is so neat. He said it is to help me feed Cooper...but I know he wanted it for himself too. He is very sneaky...hehe. Anyway, I will be enjoying my new Eagle's Nest lounger for a very long time. (If you come to visit us I might let you try it out.)
Read more

Day 3: July 28

-
Image
Today was THE day!  Miley Mengcong Bostrom’s Gotcha day!  We woke up anxiously at 5am and waited until 6:30 before going down to breakfast.  Breakfast was wonderful.  There were all kinds of food we had never had before and some that looked familiar like fruit, sausage, and bacon.   We had to wait until 10:30 until finally getting to meet Miley so we walked around the inside and outside of the hotel.  There is a lap pool that is amazing. We can’t wait to swim in it….maybe tomorrow.  We found a bakery that sells the cutest cakes in the shape of cars or cartoon characters.  We will probably buy one for Miley, because tomorrow is her birthday.  We were mainly trying to waist time… When it was finally time, our guide told one family member come outside and get your new child.  Well that wasn’t going to happen, Jeff and I both went with him….and….we….waited….again!  It was probably one a couple of minutes, but sudde...
Read more