Medical Exam and Shopping

This morning started off with the normal. Jada waking up, laying with mommy for a spell, taking a bottle, then walking around reaching for things she ain't supposed to. We know now that our house is no where near Jada proof. It took us 4 years to get the house Lucy proof.

Jada smiling for us again this morning.

Does this mean, "I'm still sleepy"?

Got her dressed in her cute little jeans and sleeveless shirt. She's stylin'.

Beautiful...

We went to get her medical exam in order to get her U.S. visa. Imagine some 30 families, plus normal daily traffic in a small clinic lined up to get babies examined. It was pretty crazy, but we made it through. There were 3 stations, this was the medical and surgical. They just measured her head and chest and checked her Mongolian Spots and documented them. These are spots that look exacly like bruises. Most Asian babies have them 7 or 8 years and they go away.

This station they took her temperature, weight and length. She was 97F, 21lbs and we couldn't figure out the height. They were going pretty fast.

Ear, Nose and Throat. They made noise to make sure she responded, looked into her ears. Her throat was still a little red. Her respiratory was normal.

Then, we went to some nearby shops for shopping. We got Jada the standard gifts every Chinese baby gets. Traditional Chinese dresses and pajamas, squeaky shoes, bags and other stuff.

Both me and Brandi have caught Jada's cold. We're loading up on rest and liquids. They don't have anything for us tomorrow. Our guides are going to the U.S. Consulate and representing us in some interviews. Wednesday morning we have to go to the consulate for final interviews.

Then, Thursday morning we start the journey home! We are ready to get home and see everyone. See our house again.

More later,

Gered, Brandi & Jada