Picture Perfect

Our daughter came with a linebacker's clothing. We saw other children in the park today wearing similar outfits. Rather funny looking to me, but I think they thought I was just as funny for wearing a t-shirt in the middle of December. Hey, it was in the 60s for crying out loud!

The last of the grimy clothes she arrived with. It took a couple days to get it all out of sight without Leah falling to pieces. Perhaps after a good washing, we can return the cute hat with pigtails...

Graduates finger foods keep Leah content while waiting to get adoption papers signed.

Family portrait in a nearby park.
(Along with tai chi and musical instruments, the locals like to commune with nature by standing motionless in front of trees for long periods of time.)

Coconut milk is a hit. We stumbled across the stuff at a convenience store. It looked like a 7-11, but was called "4." An astute member of our group pointed out that the Chinese read right to left and "did the math" to shorten the store name (11-7=4)!

The first father/daughter stroll. Unlike Jeremy, Leah prefers mom from the start, but she's warming up to dad too. I guess she's not scared of clowns after all!

It only took Leah three days to figure out how to fit the pieces of this toy together. She has moved on to figuring out which piece holds the most Cheerios now.

Leah becomes a fan of the golden arches.

Looks like daddy needs to have the modesty talk with his daughter...

When we got back to the hotel room, we had cookies waiting on us.

Leah enjoys bath time. Not a single tear from the time she was getting undressed to the time she was toweling off and climbing into her pajamas -- not even while getting her hair washed!

Leah wanted to know what the toothpaste was for so Angela broke out the toothbrush. Eli and Jeremy could learn a thing or two from this sweet girl.

Leah is ready to model for Colgate.