Total picture fest today! I hope that's ok. Em woke up a bit contrary today. We planned a trip to the zoo and I wasn't sure how it would go over. She wasn't too into the animals at all. She did look up when the Lion roared. That was awesome. It was a neat zoo. We got to see two giant pandas. Super cool!
She preferred to be carried over the stroller.
We've seen a few such hair cuts here. He had a pig in the back, and a fish on top. So cute!!
Stroller snack!
As we are leaving Zhengzhou in the morning, we wanted to spend a lot of time in the park that we love. There was a lot of music going on. I got awesome video of this guy playing a flute. It was sooooo pretty! You could hear him from all over the park. It was lovely!! Several people approached us and asked about Emily. We wear these cards around our neck that say in Chinese that we are here to adopt our daughter Ning Jing. They get so happy when they read it. They love us. They are so kind. One cute couple followed us out of the park and down the block and even helped carry the stroller up and down stairs. It's really sweet. China is awesome! I love Zhengzhou. It's where we got our girl! It's a beautiful city, and I'm sad to be leaving it behind.
There is such rich and long culture and tradition in China. It's beautiful. It's peaceful. You can feel it. It's manifest in everything you see, hear, and do here. It is a wonderful place. As we walked around the park I got sad thinking that I am taking Emily away from this. Her birthright heritage, and a really cool one at that. Sadly though, these orphans have no place here. They have no chance at a decent life at all. We look at our daughter who physically is so weak. She would have no future here at all. We received documentation of our children's abandonment today. Where they were found, where they were taken, and the ads placed in the paper to try and locate their family before declaring them legally abandoned. It was sobering to say the least. They will have marvelous futures now. China will forever be with us now, and we will not forget those left behind.
We also ran into a band! They were really good. Their music was very traditional Chinese. It was nice. This is the gong and symbols guy.
Here is the rest of the percussion.
This sounds like a violin and was hooked to an amplifier. It was beautiful. There were two men playing these. There was another percussion instrument, a hollow stick that was struck with a heavier one. An ancient guy was playing that. He got up in the middle of the song and left to go have a smoke. He handed his instrument over to a bystander old man. The old man looked at it and told him in Chinese (i'm pretty sure anyway) "I don't want this, why are you giving it to me?" The ancient guy retorted (I think (: ) "Oh just take it and hit it every now and again!" So he went and lit up, and the other old man took the instrument and hit it every now and again. It was so funny. Em loved the music! She moved her hands and feet, and smiled the whole time.
Our darling daughter! We can't get enough of her!
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