So, we toured the Buddhist Temple and the Old Chen house and it was awesome. We had done that when we were here with Tia, so it was fun to see her experience it from where she is now. We did some shopping and enjoyed it all. We ran into the couple that we spent the 2 days in Beijing with, so that was such a great surprise! They now have their sweet Matteo and they were excited to see Rosie. They are wonderful people and their son is just darling. We ended up meeting them for dinner and had such a good time. Tia and Matteo really took to each other which was so sweet to see. They will be special friends forever now. What a blessing!
Today (Monday) we had our appointment in the morning for Rosie's visa photo and her medical checkup. She did great. We are now with 3 other really nice couples and we're all having a good time. There is one couple with 2 year old twin boys, another couple who adopted a 3 year old girl and another couple who adopted a 16-month old girl. They also have Oliver, a 5-1/2 year old boy from Vietnam. He is darling and loves Tia. They've been having fun together. The Dad of that family is the chief editor of Field and Stream magazine, so that's been really fun for Mike and all the Dads. He is a super nice guy! At the medical center, we found a Wine Vending Machine in the lobby. Yes, you read it correctly. I am attaching a picture. We couldn't believe it! This afternoon we swam and Rosie really liked the water. We met some other families with 3 girls the same age as Tia, so they had a blast in the pool. It was a good time!
Tonight we did a dinner cruise on the Pearl River and it was absolutely fabulous! So much fun, an amazing view and just great. Everyone loved it so much and it was a beautiful evening. At one point (again), I was sitting holding Rosie and looking out at the beautiful view and watching Mike and Tia and I was overwhelmed with emotion. My heart is so full of love, gratitude and joy. God is so, so good!! We are so blessed.
One more tidbit that is really neat...............so, Tia has been calling Rosie "Ro-Ro", which is so sweet. Well, we found out that in China that means "chubby baby". It's so perfect. Tia is so good with her and just loves her so much. And we are seeing more of Rosie's personality each day. I think we may have another "ham" on our hands. She is smiling and giggling more and even has a dimple! Can't wait for you all to meet her. Thanks again for the prayers and we are loving your emails from home.
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