Crying's OK

Well, I gave up on the whole "I promised myself I wouldn't cry"commitment. I decided I shouldn't hold in too much emotion.

I will go to Jinan tomorrow, and the one thing I am going to miss are the kids, especially Morgan. She is such a beautiful baby. I have already seen about a month of her life and I know she is going to get adopted in a jiffy! So will Ethan and Jane and all the other kids too, but you know what I mean...

So... I had to admit to my dad that that I missed him... ya I know, I am not as strong at this as I thought I would be. Can ya blame me? I don't know.

Emily did the traditional hair treatment to the little girls while at the reunion, which is a little bit of hair wrapped with colored string, and they all decided they wouldn't take it out till I got home. Ha ha. That is so awesome! Thanks Emily.

We took twenty foster children to the children's hospital this week to get their injections and medicine. You know how I hate needles? Well, I didn't have to see any of that stuff happen because I was holding Ethan, and he doesn't have to get a needle threatening moment cause he is too young still. Yay for me! I... I mean for him. A lot of the Chinese haven't ever seen a baby with a cleft palette, so they stared a lot while we were there. A mom came up with her little girl to say hello to Ethan. Ethan smiled and everyone in the lounge decided to come say hello as well. It was really an odd experience.

So, anyway, we got done with that and then came back home.

I went to the bank to get a new account today and since I was in another public place, people huddled around and wanted to know why I was here and how I was ever allowed to come to China so far away from home in the first place. I told them that this was my choice and my family supported me as much as they possibly could. They immediately responded, "you have so much more freedom than we do!" I just stood there awkwardly not knowing what to say to that. I couldn't just say "sorry." That would be stupid...

Anyway, we finally we got everything settled, but it has been a crazy week.

So wish me luck!
Mattie