There's no Mountain Dew in China!

Yes, I need a Mountain Dew badly! As for Teagan, she is doing so much better!! She is a happier baby now and we are seeing a lot of smiles too. The photo above is for Uncle Rollie. He loves babies in Headbands! Teagan is sitting at the hotel restaurant wearing her coat because it is so cold inside the building. Outside it is between 40-50 degrees. Inside about the same. Teagan is eating better, but sleeping not so well. She went to sleep last night at 7PM, woke at 10PM and cried for quite a while before taking a bottle and going back to sleep. She was again up at 1:30 for a bottle and then again at 5:30. She is on a sleep schedule of a much younger baby (which also confirms that I think she was breast fed).

Today we went to the Teng Wang Pagoda. It was really neat even going back a second time for me. I forgot just how massive the structure is. There is a photo of it in my second entry. We then went to KFC for lunch and then to Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart was interesting to say the least. Everywhere we go it is so crowded. There are people everywhere. Today we ran into our first set of beggers outside the Pagoda. They wouldn't leave us alone--they kept coming at us with their cups out in front of them. They also have very little rules of the road. Marlene couldn't watch today when the taxi drove us around. They fly through the roads weaving in and out of traffic lanes almost rear ending the cars in front of them and about hitting 20 people on bikes at the same time. Waiting in lines is also a trip. If you are not touching the person in front of you, you are not really in line. They don't obey any lines but just budge in front of you. I guess if you always lived in a place with over 3 billion people you would have to be pushy too just to get by. Briley got to use her first squatters toilet today too. I would post a photo of it (yes, I marked the occasion with a photo), but it is kind of yucky!
Here is Bob at the Wal-Mart men's section! Bob just loves Wal-Mart you know! He says there were at least 20,000 people in there today.

People have asked about the other note I found in Teagan's sweater. It was the foster mother's address and phone number again, two more times. I had hoped for a letter with some information or a good wish, but it was not. The foster mother's name is Lui Mu Ying. She took a lot of time to sew the messages into her sweater. I will try to send letters and photos of Teagan to her in the future. When Teagan was having so much difficulty, I thought about asking Peter to call her. He said to give Teagan more time--he didn't want to call her just yet. He said it is difficult for the foster family. Teagan was wearing brand new leather shoes and a new snow suit with tags still attached. She wanted to make sure that I knew she cared for her by buying her new things to send her off to me in. I also got the little blue sweater she was wearing in her referral picture, 2 long sleeve t-shirts, 2 pairs of split-open pants, and 2 pairs of socks. Mind you, all of this was on Teagan's body. Not given to me in a bag.