Hi there! This is Andrea (Lisa's "nerdy" sister, as she so often refers to me as). I'm helping Lisa keep her blog up to date while she's in China. Below is an e-mail I received from Lisa's hubby a few hours ago. I figured it'd be easier for me to copy and paste than to try and re-type from her standpoint. So here's an update on the newly expanded Philpott family:
We've been insanely busy since yesterday morning. Had to fly again to get here which was a 3 hour flight, then taxi van, then checking in, etc. The hotel here is huge and is a 5-star hotel. Tons of restaurants and shopping for us to explore over the next week.
Le Hai is acting like he's been in the family for years now. He wrestles with all of us and laughs like crazy. He loves all of us and you can tell that he knows something in his life is different and better now. He loves McDonalds, probably never tasted it. His little arms and legs are thin from the orphanage, but we'll get him fattened up in no time flat.
The trip to get XiYi was crazy. We are now traveling in a group with three other adoptive families from the USA. They are very nice families, and are Christians too. When we got to the Chinese government office to get XiYi, we were told it would be more orderly than when we got Le Hai. Boy, were they wrong.
Almost the moment we walked in here came a worker holding XiYi. We barely even got the video camera on or got the cameras out before they handed XiYi to Lisa. The first thing Lisa had to do was take XiYi to the bathroom. It was funny.
XiYi got a lollipop right away from Lisa and she began to hold onto Lisa pretty tight. She immediately latched onto Lisa and didn't let go the rest of the day. In fact, we couldn't even get her coat off of her. She kept that coat on for the next 8 hours. She was inseparable from Lisa the rest of the day. She sat with Brianna for a while watching Pucca cartoons on our iPad for a while, but it was definetely "Mom/XiYi" time. She is totally cute and you can tell she had been doted on ridiculously. She is all petite and hates anything out of order. If you leave a cap off of a water bottle, she begins to cry cause she wants the cap on. If a crumb from a cookie falls on the floor she freaks out until it's picked up.
Le Hai is acting like he's been in the family for years now. He wrestles with all of us and laughs like crazy. He loves all of us and you can tell that he knows something in his life is different and better now. He loves McDonalds, probably never tasted it. His little arms and legs are thin from the orphanage, but we'll get him fattened up in no time flat.
The trip to get XiYi was crazy. We are now traveling in a group with three other adoptive families from the USA. They are very nice families, and are Christians too. When we got to the Chinese government office to get XiYi, we were told it would be more orderly than when we got Le Hai. Boy, were they wrong.
Almost the moment we walked in here came a worker holding XiYi. We barely even got the video camera on or got the cameras out before they handed XiYi to Lisa. The first thing Lisa had to do was take XiYi to the bathroom. It was funny.
XiYi got a lollipop right away from Lisa and she began to hold onto Lisa pretty tight. She immediately latched onto Lisa and didn't let go the rest of the day. In fact, we couldn't even get her coat off of her. She kept that coat on for the next 8 hours. She was inseparable from Lisa the rest of the day. She sat with Brianna for a while watching Pucca cartoons on our iPad for a while, but it was definetely "Mom/XiYi" time. She is totally cute and you can tell she had been doted on ridiculously. She is all petite and hates anything out of order. If you leave a cap off of a water bottle, she begins to cry cause she wants the cap on. If a crumb from a cookie falls on the floor she freaks out until it's picked up.
Here's some pictures of Le Hai and Gotcha Day with XiYi:
Le Hai LOVES warm milk.
Fell asleep with Brianna's iPod.
Checking out of our first hotel before heading to the next province.
Le Hai's first escalator ride.
Josiah & Le Hai.
Le Hai's first McDonald's french fry.
Gotcha Day with XiYi. This is the very first picture.
Close up of XiYi on Gotcha Day.
XiYi meeting daddy for the first time.
The whole family finally together on Gotcha Day.
XiYi drinking juice on mom's lap.
XiYi sharing mommy's water.
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