Wednesday Update!

I'll start to say that the hotel we're in now is very nice, and the people here have been so very accommodating for us. Examples being reserving a table for us every morning, and making sure William has warm milk and the first night we had William and he was grieving hard in our hotel room - someone came to our door with a plate of fresh fruit. And, they brought in a separate cooling unit when Billy asked about cooling our room (even on the coolest temp setting it feels very warm). Interestingly, the owner or top manager came up to us this morning in the lobby (a tall very formal European man) and started some small talk (it seems he knew our situation and that we had been here), and told us that he has a daughter adopted from Malaysia and was very complimentary and sweet with us.

Outside of the orphanage visit - some main highlights included William calling Billy Baba for the first *real* time (he has actually said "Baba" but in a very casual-non-relating-way).

He also came up to me with the biggest hug in a very cuddly-lovey way, and seemed to enjoy a cheek-kiss and neck-snuggles. This all happened after the orphanage visit so I was pretty happy. William has taken to me in some ways, but there is still *much* work on attaching. It's obvious that he was very attached to his nanny, which will make true attachment take longer, but it should work out for the best in the long-run.

William is still picking up word after word, and is way too smart and a "DIY" baby (likes to do most things himself proving to be a big boy). He walks around with some spunk like he's got places to go, and he's got a contagious laugh and smile, but also has a little ornery side (what two year old doesn't though?).

He's getting more and more comfortable with me changing him. He was so uncomfortable the first two days that I *really* limited it. I only did what was absolutely necessary to keep him as comfortable as possible, but now he will willingly let me change his diaper and now *thank goodness* clothes.

Bath-time is still a no-go. It is *not* worth the struggle at this point. It's obvious he hasn't taken baths (most don't), and has had very limited-to-no interaction with water. So tonight a big win was when he played outside of the bathtub playing in the water with Billy (just splashing). He even got water on his face and didn't care at one point! So...I see a bath in the near future (until then, wipes will do).

Tomorrow is a completely free day with nothing scheduled so we'll stick around the hotel or take a stroll nearby in the city. Then Friday we get his passport and fly out to Guangzhou where our last week in China will be spent. I've heard Guangzhou is a sigh of relief (in regards to the adoption trip as a whole), but I admit, it will be hard to say goodbye to Fuzhou and basically the province where William is from.

Won't get in quite yet, but he enjoys playing 

On our way to the orphanage via a bullet train

Having fun in a play-place inside a market nearby his orphanage

Having fun splashing outside the tub with Baba

High-fiving Baba at lunch