Ni Hao

Hello Daddy and Mommy's Friends & Family, it's Maddy here! Wow, what great couple of weeks I have had! 11 days ago, my morning started like every other morning. Next thing I know, I'm on the longest car ride of my life to see my new Mommy and Daddy. My Auntie was all excited about taking me to see Mom and Dad. Once we came to town, all of us went into this really official looking building. While there, we waited at the top of the stairs, and while waited, she was pointing Mom and Dad out to me. They seemed oh so excited to see me.

After a lot of commotion at the building, we took another little ride around town. Mommy was holding onto me so tight. I decided at that moment that both of these guys were keepers. I could really get use to this kind of attention. They both just wouldn't stop touching, kissing, and holding me. Of course, they could stop touching that nose of mine at any time :-). I have a little bit of a cold, so I'm not really liking the fact that they keep on touching it.

After getting back to where Daddy and Mommy are staying, we just spend some time hanging out in the room. Once we got settled, Daddy started to make my bottle, and that was pretty stinking funny. He got milk everywhere. I thought it was quite funny. Mom gave me my first bottle, and it went pretty well. It just took me a little bit to get use to these new kind of bottles. I slept like crazy the first night. I think Mommy and Daddy were watching me sleep the first couple of nights, but I could be wrong about that. For some reason they think it's cool how I sleep, and all of the little sounds I make. I'm not quite sure why it's cool, those are just the sounds that I make. They even were nice enough to take a blanket off the bed and put on the floor each day. It was really nice to be able to play with Daddy and Mommy on the floor. I really, really liked being able to craw all over the place.

One thing that I found really strange was how excited they got the first time I pooped in my diaper. For some reason they seemed really excited about that. Trust me, I have a lot more of those to come. I can promise that some of them will be quite productive.

The next couple of days were pretty much a whirl wind. We took quite a few bus rides around the city. The first day Mom and Dad were able to get some paperwork saying that they were to take care of me. They really seemed all excited about it. I'm not quite sure why, since I know that they are going to be taking care of me forever.

During the next couple of days I spent a lot of time making all kinds of sounds and exploring the room. By the second week, I was even crawling around the room having lots of fun getting into everything. We even went on a couple of playdates with my new friend Maddy. Her Mom and Dad are pretty cool also. They are from some place called Florida. On our playdates, we went to this really big room fool of toys. I have never seen so many toys in all of my life. During the second week here, we spent quite a bit of time in the playroom. It was loads of fun. I'll have to see if I can talk Mommy and Daddy into getting me some of those toys!

Oh, did I mention bath time? What fun. Mommy and Daddy let me just sit in the tub for a few minutes and play each day. I've gotten to the point where I really look forward to my baths, and even try to splash water on there faces. It is quite fun.

Over the next few days, we spent quite a bit of time running around China. Mommy has this sling-type thing that she sticks me in while we are walking around. I kind of like traveling that way. This way I'm all nice a close to Mommy while walking around. They even stuck me in this thing with wheels a couple of times. I'm not quite sure how I like that. I don't mind it so much when we are moving, but standing still, I'm not a big fan of that. While running around we say some really cool animals at the local zoo. I'm not quite sure what all they were, but they looked cool. I think the big cats look really cool. Maybe I can pet them next time I'm at the zoo. My parents promised to take me to the zoo when I get home.

I did go to see a doctor on one of the days. It really wasn't that much fun. One of the ladies made me take my clothes off. How embarsing is that? They spent some time checking me out, and it sounds like I'm in good shape. I could of told them that, if they would of just asked.

I'm feeling much better now after some quality time with Daddy and Mommy. I really think they are keepers. Sometimes I think I have them wrapped around my little fingers, but I realize that they just love me, and want to make sure I'm happy. They are always hugging, kissing, and talking to me.

Today I was on my first official US property. It was some "Consulate" thingy? Daddy told me that technically I was in the US while I was in the building. I'm not quite sure what that is, but they got a really nice envelope with all of my stuff. That way when I get home, they will be able to get me past immigration. I also received my Chinese passport. It's pretty cool looking. It has my name and everything on it. I'm going to see if Daddy and Mommy will keep that for me.

I'm really looking forward to traveling back to my new home and being with my forever family. I hear that the grandparents are pretty cool, along with Mommy and Daddy's friends. Mommy and Daddy keep on telling me how lucky they are to have me, and how much they really, really, really love me. I'm even getting to the point that I'm letting them touch my nose. Just don't push your luck fokes.