The Past 3 Days

This is Suzanne, writing on Friday night. Lillia is asleep. It's been hard to find the time to write, we've been so busy.

We are so in love with this amazing little girl. All the wonderful things they said in her profile are true. First of all, she is the most beautiful baby in China. She is also extremely adaptable. Each day just gets better and better. We got her on Wednesday, and that was a rough day for her, as she had spent 5 hours on the road from Yangchun. That day she was kind of a rapid-cycling bipolar. She would look up at my strange gwailo (foreign devil) face and cry and scream as if I had flames shooting out of my nose. After 10 minutes or so of this she would completely calm down and would be crawling around on the bed, playing with toys, babbling, laughing, clapping her hands, and flashing me the most winsome smile I've ever seen. Then she would suddenly lose it, shrieking like Godzilla rampaging through Tokyo.

Yesterday was much better, with a lot less crying and a lot more giggling. She seems to be thriving on the non-stop two-on-one attention she's getting. She started taking a lot more formula (none of the babies fed well on the first day). She also slept soundly all night, though she does move around a lot. In the middle of the night, I felt little feet walking up my chest, and when I woke up this morning her head was near my knees and her feet were pressed against the pillow.

Today was better still. She accepted food from a spoon for the first time, and did a little cruising. She seemed absolutely delighted with us, smiling and laughing almost non-stop. She only cried when we were doing terrible things to her, like giving her a bath or handing her over to the pediatrician for a checkup.

We ate in tonight, as usual. Tom went out and foraged for food while Lillia exhausted herself with rambunctious play. By the time he got back, she had conked out.

More about our exciting life later.