Getting to know each other...and the old city wall

We hung out at the hotel yesterday morning. Miya woke up at 5:45a.m. and I think she would have gone back to sleep, but I picked her up when she started rustling around in her crib.

Thinking back, she probably wasn't quite ready to get up as her schedule says she rises at 7:30a.m. However, I was up for the day and thought she wanted to be too...needless to say, she went down for her nap at 9:00a.m. and slept until 11:30a.m. She is still running a fever and pulling on her ears, but her cough seems to be better. Thank god I brought Tylenol. I think she'll turn the corner soon though...

We met Celine in the lobby at 1:00p.m. and headed out for a quick tour of the Xi'an city wall.

After the tour, it was time to feed Miya her lunch and then another nap. Funny how your life automatically revolves around naps and eating when you have kids. :-)

Here are a few things I've noticed about my girl...

• She crawls! She can also pull herself up to standing and cruise along the bed while holding on. Not much longer and she'll be toddling around.
  
• Yesterday I turned the TV on and she stared at it frozen. I don't think she had ever watched t.v. before. She doesn't like CNN, but she really liked a Chinese version of Barney.
  
• The first time I put a hat on her, she again sat very still and frozen like. I'm not sure that she had ever had a hat on before either. I put it on her again today and she thought it was the greatest. She giggles at herself when she looks in the mirror...it is pretty cute.
  
• She seems a bit delayed in some areas (developmentally), but is on track in other areas...I think. I didn't bring my What to expect the toddler years book and don't feel like looking it up on the Internet, so we'll just wait and figure out what we need to work on when we get home. Besides, I'm having fun treating her like a little baby and it is helping us bond.
  

We ate dinner at the restaurant next door. I have no idea what the name is, but it's the one with the canons in front for those of you reading who have been here before. It was really yummy, Miya thought so too.

After dinner, we headed down to the department store/supermarket. I wish we would have had our guide there, the language barrier and trying to figure out how to pay was too much to deal with. Checking out goes a little like this:

• Find merchandise
• find lady to write ticket
• leave merchandise in the aisle you found it
• find cash register
• pay for merchandise
• go back to aisle and pick up merchandise

It's different for groceries, you just go to the register and pay. No big deal. It was also hotter than you know what and I had Miya in the Ergo. She is a heat machine. Long story short I nearly had a melt down and little Miya was just as overwhelmed and hot. We did manage to by her some new shoes, an umbrella (to shield her from the sun), and some oreos and then headed back to the hotel.

After a bath and playtime, we hit the hay at 8:30p.m.

Here are the pics of the day! :-)

Waking up, chatting with Grandpa Jerry, eating banana bread, and brushing my hair...what more could a girl want?

Getting ready for the day...

Xi'an city wall...

sightseeing in

95 degrees + 19 pounds of pure joy in the Ergo = fast track to weight loss...

Yum! Noodles...

Prunes for dessert? Oh well, I think they are good...