Day 2 with our Angel

Well this morning after our little play session, Shelby experienced her first true grieving spell. Talk about hard! She will call “Ah moo” over and over again, which is what she called her foster mom. She cried and I cried. It is very difficult to watch her go through one of these spells. I knew they would happen, but when you experience it-it is tough. You know there is nothing that will comfort her and that she must go through this, so you simple hold her and cry with her. She finally fell asleep and after that we left this morning and officially agreed for Ning Fu Hong to become Shelby Ann Kunhong Straight! We then went to a supermarket and did some shopping. We finished up with of course another trip to McDonald’s. As you can see from the pics, Shelby is truly a Straight kid! Our guide was amazed that she wanted to keep drinking my Coke. She said that she did not think she had ever had Coke before and our guide thought is was very funny how she would keep pointing wanting more and more. That Coke is unfortunately the only thing Shelby has drank or eaten today. We were able to get her to take 2 bottles last night and some juice very early this morning. Hopefully she will eat something soon or at least take another bottle.

Oh before I forget to tell all of you that will be coming to China for a child, ERGO ERGO ERGO! It was a big decision for me to invest the $100 I spent on the Ergo, but after yesterday and today, I would have easily paid double!! Shelby wants to be in it all the time and it is very easy on your back and you even have 2 free hands all the time. Definitely a wonderful investment.

Shelby is asleep now and the boys and dad are out swimming so I better lay down for some rest myself. Thank you thank you thank you for all the wonderful and encouraging comments everyone is posting. It has really helped all of us to feel like we are not alone on this amazing journey!