Wednesday

I posted a bit prematurely on the medicine. She hates it. There are 2 kinds, but we mix them together. One is more of a western medicine, and the other is more of a Chinese herbal type medicine. It's dark brown, and really stinks.
I don't know if this medicine makes her sleepy or if she's just a sleepy baby, but she sleeps really well. We put her to bed at 10:00 last night, and had to wake her at 7:00 this morning, so we could go to breakfast before we left for our appointment at the Civil Affairs Office.
She wasn't eating at first, but now she is. That makes me feel better. We were making her bottle room temperature (since we don't have a microwave), but Rosa (our guide) called the orphanage and they said to heat it. That was the problem.
Another thing, we've been told over and over about how Chinese people believe that babies need to be covered - long pants and long sleeves. Turns out that's not the case so much here in Guangzhou. It's SO hot here, that we don't have to do that. She can wear shorts and short sleeves both.
David was worried to death that she would be afraid of him. (Often times babies from the orphanages are, since many may never have seen men before - especially caucasian men.) He's so relieved that she's not. She likes him, and even reaches for him. They say that usually the babies will cling to one person for awhile only. Leila seems to be okay with all of us. So far, so good. She's a very content baby.
Another thing, people from northern China tend to be taller than people from southern China. Since Leila is from southern China, Rosa said that she'll probably be short.
We went back to the Civil Affairs Office this morning. I guess we had sort of a 24 hr return policy. They asked us if we were satisfied with her. When we said yes, they then had us sign papers. That made her legally ours as far as China is concerned.
Our hotel has several restaurants. So far we've only eaten in one and that was for breakfast the past couple of days. It's the one at the top - on the 45th floor and it revolves. Beijing is big, but Guangzhou looks huge. Rosa says Beijing is bigger, but from up there, it doesn't look it. Our room is on the 33rd floor. Coming up on the elevator actually makes your ears pop. The night we checked in - there was a guy in a white tux with tails playing piano in the lobby!