Visit to Walmart and the Orphanage

It's been just about 30 hours since Hannah was placed in our arms, and
we are starting to settle in to life as a family. She is getting
comfortable with us, and likes to be able to see us both at all times.
She is maybe the most active child I have ever seen - constantly in
motion and always squriming. So much that she managed to stick her
entire leg out of the crib last night and kick me awake. :) They told us
she is very smart and we tend to agree - yesterday she managed to figure
out how to unhook the plastic links on her stroller!

Yesterday we walked to Walmart - quite an experience, as everyone stares
at us everywhere we go. Walking through Walmart with two families, two
carts, and two strollers - people were coming out of the aisles to take
a look. Walmart here is huge, and it's interesting what American
products they do and do not sell. We found Pampers & Huggies and every
product Johnson & Johnson makes, but not one bottle of Tylenol or cough
syrup. And, of course, the tanks of live fish and butchers cutting up
some sort of meat in front of you was a change as well!

Today we got to go to the orphanage. Hannah was in foster care since
October, but was there when she was first found and back there the last
few days waiting for us. They were very nice to us - they gave us lunch
to feed the babies (congee mixed with eggs, some sort of green vegetable
that we think was kale, and ground pork), gave us a book about the
orphanage, and thanked both families for adopting our children. We
walked around a bit and saw the facilities. It was not what I expected
it to be - very clean but very sad. It was hard to tell if Hannah
recognized it, but she didn't seem very comfortable. There was one nanny
that she smiled at and seemed to be happy to see, so maybe that is one
who helped care for her. I am posting a picture of us there (since I
can't see the blog, I don't know where the pictures are in this post!!)
- it's the picture of Hannah with Henry, the little boy that the family
we are traveling with adopted. They like playing with each other, and in
the background you can see a bit of one of the rooms with babies in
bouncy seats.

We're attempting to take a nap now...she is such a squirmer that it is
taking us awhile to get the hang of getting her to sleep. Thank you so
much for all the wonderful comments and emails. Please know that even
though I can't respond, we are reading them and they mean so much to us!
We can't wait to get home and introduce her to everyone in person!