Hope, Love, and Grace!

June 17th, 2016

We had a great day today in China!  Grace slept almost 13 hours waking up only a few times.  She went back to sleep with me patting her back.  She is so happy today which is wonderful to see!  We had breakfast and fed the koi fish at our hotel!  Grace loved throwing the bread for them.

 

After breakfast we came back to the room and got our swimsuits on and took Grace to the pool for the first time.  She was very cautious and wanted to be held the entire time, but she did not scream so in my book it went great!  Also she could not be any cuter in her swimsuit!!

 



 

After our swim we went back to the room for lunch and attempted a nap.  She of course did not want to sleep so we gave up and walked to a mall near our hotel. We heard they had a play area for kids.  We got Grace some new shoes that actually fit and stay on her feet.  They also squeak which of course she loves.  We also got her a small toy and a cup that she can use.  She has already mastered the cup and likes drinking from it.  In the orphanage she had only used a bottle.  After shopping we went to the play area.  It was really neat and she loved it!!  I have several pictures from the play area that are great.  I wish we had something like this in OKC!!

 

 

 

 

After playing we found a store at the mall and were able to get Grace 2 forks that she can use that are her size!  They will be very helpful at breakfast in the morning.  She only wants to feed herself and the forks are as big as she is:)  We had dinner in the room and are hopefully heading to bed soon.  Praying she sleeps like she did last night!  Good night from China!!