A Week Later . . .

Today marks one week with Sophie!!! WOW! How can it only be a week??? It seems like forever! Think of pregnancy and how your love for the baby grows throughout the nine months... with adoption it is much the same except in our case we have had 4 YEARS to love this baby! So, needless to say we can't even begin to imagine life without her! She is such a precious gift for which I am eternally grateful to God for granting my desires. Sophie has already changed so much... I feel like finally she thinks we are her family and would choose to stay with us instead of jump on the first boat away from us. No kidding... just a few days ago she would have been perfectly happy to wave bye-bye to us and never looked back but now look how God has answered all the prayers that are going up for her to have peace with us and actually love us like we love her. Thank you Jesus!
Today was the much anticipated pearl market trip! We went to the wholesale market and got Sophie a beautiful set of pearls for when she is older...a necklace, bracelet, and matching earrings. We then got her a precious pink set to make her a necklace and bracelet for now!!! When I slipped the bracelet on her in the market she smiled the sweetest smile and clapped!!! Everyone in the store loved that and told her daddy to look-out b/c she already loves jewelry! When then went to KFC with some friends for lunch. She would not touch any of the food except french fries. She is already ruined on fries! If they are within her reach that is all she wants....ugh! Like me she would eat fries as her meal anytime!
We then roamed through a few of the stores where I was on the prowl for a Prada bag... no luck yet :-(
We then flagged down a taxi to bring us back to the island which was no small task and came in for Sophie's nap... She was hot and exhausted!!! I rocked and sang her to sleep in about 2 minutes!!! That night we went to Lucy's for supper where she ate rice, french bread, pasta, and tore up some corn on the cob!!! She loved that stuff!!! We then trolled the island shops and had a good time b/c it was so much cooler than in the day. My big baby was thrilled b/c he found the North Face rain jacket he was wanting and had his daddy negotiate it for a good price. We then went into this center part of the store where there was all kinds of artwork and jewelry. The jewelry had bible scriptures carved into it. It was awesome! The designer was there and talked with us a lot. He works in a local orphanage with 800 children. He helps the disabled children and helps to raise money for their care. He freely spoke of the horror and injustice China shows to the disabled children in the orphanages. As he showed us his photo album I teared up and so did he describing the sweet kids and their sad futures without serious help. We have his website so you can see his work and we can all pray for his service and the children!
We then came back to the room for bath time and playtime before bed. Oh and of course Soph conned her daddy into a whole honey bun before bed :-)
Keep us in your prayers. We love you and thank you for sharing in our journey!
Blessings,
Tammy