Blessings in China: Day 6 - Orphanage Visit

Today, Friday 11/29 we went to visit the orphanage where Emma Kate is from. I was concerned this would be a hard day for her but it went much better than anticipated and we learned some new things. We knew that EK was in foster care but unsure of when. She was sent to her foster family in June of this year and stayed there until two weeks before gotcha day when they brought her back to the orphanage to wait for us. We got to see the baby room where she stayed and meet the nannies. There was really no reaction from EK. Then they went to get her favorite nanny and when EK saw her she smiled immediately. The nanny reached out for EK and she went right to her. I was a little concerned at first that she would not come back to me without a meltdown but when I reached for her she came back with no tears. We then got to see the sleeping room and see her crib which is assigned to a new baby now. As we were leaving, we passed the baby room again and there was her nanny again. Well she quickly grabbed her from my arms and before I could do anything she was walking away so I followed her to get EK back but she grabbed a bowl of congee and sat EK down to feed her lunch. EK ate what I thought was way too much but they said she eats almost the entire bowl each day and then they poured some water into the almost empty bowl and spoon fed her the water until she pushed it away. Now I know why she won't take the water from a bottle or cup. We left the orphanage and got to go see her fiinding spot which is where she was abandoned. This was a special moment for me. We then went out to lunch with our guide and the other family that had a child from the same orphanage. We went to a local noodle place and our guide ordered for us since we couldn't recognize anything on the menu. We paid 90 RBM ($14.75) which was for our family and we split the cost of our guide's meal with the other family. Very cheap compared to what we are use to paying to eat out and there was plenty of food plus some left over. As we fininshed our meal I noticed EK had a diaper blow out and let me tell you that after four kids this is the worst diaper explosion I have ever seen! The bathrooms in China are very different and there are no diaper changing areas or paper towels or anything. After grossing everyone out that saw us headed to the bathroom, some nice young Chinese lady helped me clean EK up which I never expected as people just wanted to get away from us. This was definately an experience I will never forget. So all seemed well with EK after our orphanage visit and lunch until we got to the hotel. She played for a while and then started to whine a little and just couldn't be satisfied. She cried for what seemed like forever and she would want down, then just look at me while crying and reach for me, lay on my shoulder then want down. She never stopped crying until she fell asleep. I guess she is really grieving her nanny hard now. So sad. I hope she will wake up happier and not feel so sad.

Here we are in front of the orphanage with our No Longer shirts on (just for you Melissa)