May 6th

Well, Lia continues to be the most laid back baby. She slept for nearly 13 hours last night, not waking at all. Of course, Bob and I were up every 15 minutes to peek on her. I am exhausted, only because I was so worried that she would wake up and not cry, and I wouldn't know that she was awake, but she truly slept like a log.

She woke up and was all smiles. I got her dressed, putting on a hat and she kept looking at herself in the mirror, smiling. She and Caelan kept playing this "high-five" game and she giggled and giggled. She devours her bottles, eats congee and loves bananas. She can walk, though prefers to be carried. We got her a pair of squeaky shoes, and she had a lot of fun walking down the hotel hallway wearing those:)

The adoption paperwork was a breeze. She has a pretty nasty sounding cough, though it doesn't seem to bother her at all. Tomorrow we will apply for her passport and our guide is going to try to get us in to the clinic for her physical. Yesterday, she seemed a little shocked and unsure what was going on, but she is more relaxed today. She loves to be outside and looks around at everything. She seems very content, and the only thing that has upset her so far was when her bottle ran out, and when she thought that Caelan was trying to take her cracker. We gave her a toy rattle this morning and she held on to it all day, even during her nap.

She is so sweet and we are all so excited. Oh, and Carrie, yes we are staying at the Victory. The birds keep us up during the night. What kind of birds are those, anyway?