As mentioned, due to our late arrival today was to be a rest day in Beijing. Not unhappy about that either. Not so much for the "grown ups" - I think we are all holding up quite well. Particularly for little Miah though, I think she could use the break.
Really, its so unfair. We meet with Miah, and we put every little thing she does under a microscope (for reference, see everywhere else in this blog) and used words like "bonding" and "transition". Unfortunately though, we also make it so hard for her to thrive. I mean, when was the last time we could offer her an uninterrupted nap time? Ok, she has grabbed a snooze here and there on a bus or plane, but hardly the same thing. Today was different though.. so... good!
We took our time in the morning and went down for breakfast at a more comfortable time than we had grown used to. At breaskfast we bumped into Wanda and Julie, who were also from Nova Scotia and Drew and his family from BC. All of us were adopting the same time, had met up originally in Shanghai before spreading out to each of our appropriate provinces, and then converging back together again in Beijing. So, here we all are again.
After breakfast we took a walk down to Sogo, to stock up on some staples (the intent being to avoid that whole "oops, we ran out of water again" scenario that plagues us). After some shopping we came back to the hotel, had some lunch and put Miah down for a REAL nap. Well I guess it worked because after lunch we saw some real progress. Jon was playing with Miah and Angelina, and for maybe 15-20 minutes Miah laughed and smiled her way through it. We have seen glimpses of smiles before, but nothing like this.
For dinner all the Canadian families went out to an Italian restaurant just along the way. Food wasn't bad. Now to bed... tomorrow we travel to the Great Wall (a highlight for Angelina!)
Those are two beautiful girls! I am glad she is opening up and it is good to see her smiling!
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