Monday

Today was a pretty fun day.  This morning we had our consulate appointment.  We had to leave at 7:10, which meant waking up Rayanna, but she did well.  We took the (quite anti-climactic) oath, which basically just says that everything we said on our documents is true.  We turned in our papers, and they'll have Rayanna's visa ready tomorrow.  After that we tried to go to an interesting market area, but it turned out to be a modern shopping area.  Loud, busy, modern, and expensive.  But the cool part was when we turned down a back alley and explored.  We got to go through these tiny little roads and see the "neighborhood."  That was very interesting.  The amount of contrast here amazes me.  There is old and new, rich and poor, andh one extreme is usually right next to the other. 

After we got back Rayanna took a really long nap.  When she woke up she drank a full bottle, and then about an hour later she drank another full bottle!  This second one was the first one she's cried for.  Every other time you can't even tell she's hungry.  She hardly ate yesterday, so she seems to be on an every-other-day eating schedule!  But we were very proud of her for downing two full bottles today!  =) 

For dinner, Clint & Angie (the couple who adopted the same day as us from the same province) came to our room, and we had Papa John's for dinner.  We just couldn't take any more of the humidity and decided to take the easy way out.  And it was good!  Well, Angie and I took the easy way out . . . Clint & Heath walked to Papa John's and got the pizza, but Angie and I stayed with the babies in the air conditioning.  Thanks guys!  :)   The babies played and even interacted a little bit, and we all talked for awhile.  Heath got Rayanna to laugh by tickling her, which you can see in one of the pictures.  After our friends left we went down to the pool.  I was shocked, but Rayanna actually enjoyed it!  She didn't smile, but she splashed around and didn't act at all afraid of it.  The water was pretty warm, so I'm sure that helped.

Tomorrow's our last full day here!  Yay!  This has been a really nice and relaxing trip, and we couldn't ask for an easier baby.  But I'm ready to see my other three babies too.  I'm glad we'll be going home soon!