10-08-08 China time 4:20pm NC time 4:20am
Hello Everyone!
We have been touring Chongqing today. The weather has been more like home. Although, it is more humid here. It has been cloudy. Fortunately, the heavy rains just started. We are in the room and developing a little cabin fever. Just need a little more familiarity. Bin Bin is doing fine. He is testing the waters more today. Pray for a little patience :o) . He likes to be outside. He seems to do OK even in the larger crowds, as long as no one approaches him. We found this out today during our tour of the Three Gorges Dam Exhibit. Many people approached him. They were trying to be so good to him, talk to him, play with him, and help him not to cry. However, he seems to be very sensitive around strangers. Bin Bin basically cried through the entire exhibit. This was one time I was thanking God for the taxi!
Samuel Ty finally calmed down at our next stop. We were at an outside park to see where the two rivers merged into one. There were many people there, but no one approached him. We were stared at...alot...but none tried to hold him or talk to him. He was very calm. We even conquered the "squatty potty"!
He is attaching more to Steve, too. Actually, Steve's the one who came to the rescue today. He's the one who figured out it wasn't the new place, but all the strangers that were bothering Bin Bin. He asked our guide to ask everyone gathered around us to please leave him alone. Bin Bin's nanny told us he was sensitive to strangers. I thought she was telling us that because he cried so much on Monday. Turns out-- she meant any stranger!! Well, now we know!!
Our guide has been great!! He is very patient and understanding. He helped us bridge the gap today so we wouldn't offend the Chinese people, but help them understand our son. He said whatever is good for Samuel Ty is what we need to do. The pictures I am posting are of the two parks we visited today.
Tomorrow we have a free day. I hope to take more pictures of the three of us so we can post them .
We love you and miss you all!!!! :o)
P.S. We will be here in Chongqing through Friday. We fly to Guangzhou early Saturday morning.
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2 comments:
Following along and so excited you have Samuel.
Our son was a different child in the hotel and when outside. We figured out after a few days that it was all the people and activity outside. He basically cried or at least fussed the entire time the first week while outside the hotel.
You have a beatiful family!
Chandler says hi to mom and dad and his new brother. Chandler loves to look at the family pictures on the blog. Our class has been keeping up with your journey and is so excited! What a beautiful family!!!! Chandler is eating and drinking well (especially Oreos!) Chandler has been working hard and has kept his green light! He danced in PE yesterday, he can't wait to show you his new moves! We all miss you! (Chandler is saying "bruber" and laughing right now!) Chandler is sending kisses.
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