Notary and Park - Take 2

Wednesday 7:00pm

Today we went back to the notary office to make sure that the paperwork was correctly translated.  After that, we headed back to the Ningxia Park.  Saiya did much better today.  When we first entered the park, there was another little girl there about Saiya's age.  We tried to get her to say "hi".  She was a little shy, but kind of placated us and went along with it.  Our guide, Tony, spoke to her in chinese and told her to chase the birds.  She spent most of the time there chasing the birds and running along the paths through the park.

She is still having a few problems connecting with Chris.  She would not let him hold her hand today.  At the notary office, I was handling paperwork and I plopped her in his lap and she started to cry.  She was fine there as long as I was holding her hand, but otherwise, she wasnt interested in having him hold her.  She especially gets that way when she is tired or cranky.  At dinner we tried something different and had Chris sit next to her instead of me.  She got all scrunchy faced and wouldnt say a word.  When the food came, she refused to eat or let him put food in front of her.  So we switched spots and that made her happy.  I'm sure she will come around eventually.  On the up side, he's taking it all in stride.  Good daddy!

After the park, we sat down for a small break and had some ice cream.  I'm not sure if she ever had ice cream before, but she seemed to really enjoy it.  Our guide asked us what we wanted for lunch.  Chris imediately said "hamburgers" thinking we would find a McDonald's or something.  Tony, our guide, said the only place in town to get hamburgers is KFC.  I looked at him and said "KFC doesnt have hamburgers".  He had a puzzled look on his face, so we took a gamble and went with it.  Come to find out, in China, "hambuger" is any kind of sandwich...  KFC has "chicken hamburgers" and "fish hamburgers" but no "cow hamburgers".  Poor Chris.  There is no McDonald's in this town either.

After we got back to the hotel, we put her down for a nap.  After dinner she was coloring with Yoshi.  She does this new thing where she will sit on top of Yoshi and do a little hop like she is riding him like a horse.  Poor Yoshi!!  I am trying to get it on video.  :)  So cute!!

Tomorrow we have to go and pick up her passport and stop by the notary again.  We leave Ningxia on Friday afternoon.  We really can't wait to get to Guangzhou and meet up with the other families.  Also, I think Chris is ready for some more "americanized" food... Like McDonald's.