Rob worked his charms.....

Rob went today to Eden's birth city, Fengcheng. He took the public bus to save money. Basically it's a small run down bus that picks up every Tom, Dick and Harry along the way. It's quite a cultural experience. Our contact Alicia went with him, and she was not comfortable - he said you can tell she is not used to traveling that way. She is probably more of a city girl and since she workers with foreigners a lot she is used to traveling in taxis and nice vans. Anyway, because of his Chinese language and awareness of the culture he was able to talk to a lady that gave him more information on Eden. He was not allowed to take her file but he took a picture of it - it has her infant picture in it and basic information about her size and where she was found etc...
He felt like if we had all gone he would not have been able to get what he got since we would have drawn too much attention with Abraham, me and Eden. He went to the orphanage where she was brought once a month to get weighed and formula given to the foster Mom. It's a huge building that is very nice. On the outside it's called "Childrens Paradise". That's an interesting name. We are very thankful for any little bits of Eden's history we can get so today's trip was worth it.
Tonight we took two other American families to a nice restaurant we found last night. They were so thankful we took them since they have basically been eating at the hotel, which is mostly buffet. They said it was the best food since coming to China. Having the language makes things so much easier. It has been fun seeing the other families with their babies. There are about 5 families in the hotel we are at. 3 from America and 2 from Spain. While we were out tonight it was interesting to see the difference in the babies as well. Eden is for sure the fiesty one. The other two babies were sitting in their high chairs eating while Eden was jumping up and down on our lap and basically just not sitting still. She was sitting while Rob was feeding her some rice but once that was done she wanted to move. It reminds us so much of when Abraham was a baby and all he wanted to do was stand and bounce on our laps. She is getting stronger by the day and it is visibly obvious - i think I already mentioned how she could barely sit up when we got her and now she is doing great and can even pull her self back up if she falls back onto a pillow. After dinner all of us families stayed in the lobby to chat and drink some Chinese wine. Again Eden the fiesty one would not sit still. We put her on the floor next to the other little girl and Eden grabbed the other girls binky which was connected to one of those straps. The other girl (Olivia) just about fell over. Rob moved Eden away but then two seconds later she had grabbed the thing again and Olivia was falling over again. I think she may have been over stimulated after the meal and then the time in the lobby because she was so winey and just fidgety. When we held her she would arch her back and cry and you could just tell she was miserable. Rob had learned that she was being fostered by a family who lived in a village - which would explain her inquisitiveness about the city and all the new noises. So tonight I think it all got to be too much. I brought her upstairs turned the lights low gave her a bottle and rocked her to sleep. It took her awhile to totally calm down. Sometimes when she cries I wonder if she is missing her other life and foster mom. She says Mama and Dada - and I think - is she asking for her foster Mom? That's the only person she has known for 10 months so probably..... Pray for her as she is making the adjustment.

Okay time to try and post some pictures.....