Wow, what a 2 days it's been! We heard Jun call us Mommy and Baba (daddy) for the first time, we got our first kisses, had our first meltdown, and finally got a first bath accomplished -oh yeh, and we got our first total change of clothes under our belt.
For 2 days Todd and I thought Jun was the perfect child in every way -including his eating habits. His caretaker told us he would literally eat and enjoy ANY food on the table. Our hotel has a large buffet for dinner every night so we built him a plate of food that included lots of veggies, fried rice, and a bowl of soup that had some pork in it. He ate everything on his plate including the veggies so we figured he liked it all. Then yesterday it occured to me that we could let him point out which foods he liked and then we ould cook successfully for him at home. So, with his assistance, we piled his plate full of fried rice and sausage and a few veggies (mommy's choice for him). He ate all the sausage with gusto and only ate the veggies when they were the last bit of food on the plate... At breakfast this morning he ate more sausage... Somehow Todd and I have found ourselves parents to a child who would be happy eating nothing more than sausage! (His Dziadzio will be happy)
We have discovered a few more things Jun Jun likes. -He loves animals of any kind, but most especially horses. I suppose that is a fitting animal for him to love so much since he a child of Inner Mongolia and the horse is so important to the culture here. When he sees animals on TV, on a poster out in the city, or in the museum he screams with joy and points at it wildly until Todd and I notice it properly. Jun also seems to love flowers. Everytime we see flowers in the park he runs over to take a closer look. Picking one for him is a sure way to make him smile. -The only problem comes in that it is so hot here it doesn't take long for the flower to wilt once it's picked. Hopefully Jun likes our flower gardens once he gets home.
All in all I think Jun is doing pretty well. It seems he's a bit scared and is very afraid that we will leave him. He seems to enjoy my company and likes to have me near him, but he must have Todd with him at all times. Poor Todd, Jun will not let me carry him, but will not let Todd NOT carry him for much of the day. He's a bit old to be carried so much, but for now we are happy to carry him and feed him as he wants because it will help us all with bonding.
It's funny how quickly you can get used to seeing new things. I was walking around the city today and realized that it was only about 6 days ago when I saw my first "adult playground". Not sure what they are really called, but there are all sorts of small areas outside where there is equipment for adults to use for excercise. To me it looks like a playground because all the equimment is painted playground colors. The best part of it is that everytime we pass one of these areas there are people using the equipment... Maybe we should have things like this in America. It's sort of fun to use.
-Oh yeh, and the women carry around parasols to sheild them from the sun... again, maybe not such a bad idea.
Tomorrow is another day in Hohhot and then it's off for the final leg of our journey. I know it's too early to say this, but I'm excited to head home so we can really start to live like a family.
-Kim
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