Mya is our!!!!!!!!!!! She is now officially Mya YiYao Shao Clayton!!!!! Praise the Lord!! God is so good and has been with us this whole journey!
We are such a lucky family, to think that God “chosen” us to be Mya’s forever family and to parent one of His orphaned children!! I count this as an honor to do so!!!
We went back to the Civil Affairs Building for the final signing of the paperwork! It was such a glorious occasion!
When we were done, we came back to the hotel and changed Mya out of her pretty dress and into something more comfortable! We decided to get a stroller at the front desk of the hotel and take a walk down the street s of Changsha! While this is not an easy task, we thought we would conquer this! Along our walk, we came to a nice quaint convenient store where we bought soda, juice, toothpaste, cups, and Oreos! We walked down a little further and found a KFC!!! Awwwwwww, a little piece of home! We went in and then wondered how are we going to order..good thing, the lady had a picture menu!! We all had chicken sandwiches and fries and didn’t order any drinks because we don’t know how they are prepared. We sat down and EVERYONE stared at us, which is not exactly a new feeling for us. We went ahead and used the cups and soda that we bought and poured our own drinks..Now, I am sure that was fun for the people to see and tell their friends about!!!!
We walked back to the hotel and passed the store again and due to drinking our soda, Josh ran back in and bought some more!
Mya and I went up to the room and I was going to put Mya down for her nap. Josh and the kids went for more of a walk! While trying to get Mya down, we experienced her first “real problem” She screamed and cried in terror, it really broke my heart. It was terrible, because I don’t know what she is thinking and whatever she is thinking is in Chinese! It took me about 45 minutes until she finally went to sleep and when she did, it was only for about an hour and she is used to sleeping for 2-2 ½ hrs. But that’s okay because when she is sleeping, we miss her!
While Josh and the kids were out, they found out what time all the children get out of school! They were all walking down the street, alone, on their way home. They all stop at this “park” really just a big concrete square and play. They were playing with jump ropes and hacky sacks and such! My kids had a blast playing with them! They came home to get me and Mya to show us too and by the time we got there, the children had leftL So we just decided to go to a “Westernized” Chinese restaurant next to the hotel.
When we got to the restaurant, I told Josh, I think we are in the wrong place..there were couches at the table and computers at every table and curtains to give privacy. Not really a kid place! They brought us our water and we, of course, can’t drink their water so we pushed them to the middle of the table. Another waitress walked by and put them back at our place settings, she, I guess, didn’t like them in the middle of the table! LOL So I pushed them back so the kids would not forget that they couldn’t drink them and she walked by and gave me a heavy
sigh!!!!!!!! It was comical! We got our food and it wasn’t exactly Westernized but it was fine. It fed us and it wasn’t expensive like we thought it would be!
Back at the hotel, we went to the hotel play room, which is right down the hall from our room! Josh and I have been wondering at what point Mya would have her first “poop” ! Guess what, we got it!!!!! Josh and I were so excited..I know that is not ordinary, but in her situation, we were super stoked about it!!!!!!!!
Now it is bath time! We already know that Mya hates her bath, but we have to do it anyway! Yep, she screamed the whole time. It’s awful, I feel terrible for her!! Again, its bed time and she was screaming in terror again, so we just went to bed and cuddled her and sat with her and after about an hour, she went to sleep and slept all night. She did wince a little in her sleep at bed time and nap time, I think she was having some night terrors, which really breaks our hearts.
So if you could, please remember us and Mya in your prayers and pray that Mya will adjust as God would have her too!!!
Mindy
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