Day 6 was kind of a low key day. Not a whole lot that we had to do. By now, you know the routine...breakfast with the Pellegrino's and Ellis'. It was our last breakfast with the Ellis' as they will be heading home later today which gets a :-( and a :-) . Then we decided to take a taxi to the mall with the Pellegrino's. It was nice. Unlike our malls which are typically 2 floors and spread out, this one 7 floors and not spread out at all. Here is the real shocker...it's much cheaper to shop in the US malls than the China malls. That was kind of a surprise to us. Anyway, there wasn't much buying going on and little Tony Z was getting a little impatient, so we caught a taxi back to the hotel. Side note...can't you picture the first day of school when the teacher is calling role and she calls out Anothony "Tony" Z. Pellegrino and a little Asian boy raised his hand. Love it! Back to our day...When we got back, the Ellis' were finishing their packing and had about an hour wait in the lobby, so we hung out with them and get to send them off back to Minnisota with their new little guy Walter. He has three sisters at home waiting to meet him. Then we headed up to the room and changed Claire into her traditional Chinese dress as we were getting ready to take a group photo with all the Holt families (The Ellis' were with another agency, so they did not miss out on our group photo). The kids all looked so cute and Claire looked like an absolute doll in her dress. Then we changed and finished up our souveneer shopping, came back and Claire said goodbye to her little friend who is going home to North Carolina. By this time, we were starving and we met the Pellegrino's in the hotel restaurant. To this point, we had only eaten breakfast here as it is kind of expensive, but we had a great meal. We each had a burger and fries and shared an appetizer of calamari. It was all delicious! We also got to see Tony Z practice his Italian skills with some spaghetti.
Not sure if we mentioned it on the blog yet, but little Claire now officially weighs 19 pounds!!! The little doodle has put on 4 pounds since we got her! We are so excited! That means that almost 1/5th of her body weight has been added since we got her. Just wait until her mommy gets her home! Watch out! Can't wait to see this little flower bloom! It's going to be amazing!
Claire looks like a China doll! She is so darn cute. I can't wait till she gets home and meets her siblings! I think they will all be in love.
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ReplyDeleteLeslie I have been so inpired by all you posts! I will continute to pray for you all. It's amazing how she is already gaining weight and wanting to cuddle and kiss. I love all the headbands. She is blooming. The pictures have been awesome.
ReplyDeleteClaire is gorgeous in that dress! Yay for 19lbs! Simply awesome. Continue to pray for all of you. Psalm 34:4 came to mind for you, I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
ReplyDeletehe delivered me from all my fears.
As you get ready to travel home and get into your new normal as a family of 5, keep that in mind!
Love the pics! Praying you all home tomorrow!!!
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