5:30 Feeding

MeiMei is right on schedule.

At 5:30 a.m. on the dot she woke up for a bottle, as predicted by the schedule translated and hand-written by Kelly, our exceptionally hard-working guide. MeiMei never went back to sleep, and soon it will be time for her morning congee, so I guess we are up for the day. JieJie opened her eyes soon after.

At 9:15 we head to the Guangxi civil affairs office for a couple of hours to finalize the adoption. Our secind Guangxila (Guangxi girl, according to one of the women at Wal-Mart) is fine and healthy, just like the other girls in our group. They were all well-dressed and well-fed, and some were downright plump!

If MeiMei ever lets go of daddy's neck he might be able to take a shower! Of course we do have the mesgh baby sling that is supposed to go into pool or shower. MeiMei is still calling daddy Mama.

It doesn't sound a bit like Baba and there was no Baba in her foster home. Dad has changed every diaper and carried out every feeding so far.

We will try to post some video and a slideshow soon and start a gallery of other photos from the trip on another site for people who are interested.

Thanks to the families who sent scabies cream for the Yulin orphanages. We passed it on yesterday to orphange officials.