Thursday, March 19, 2009

An Zhen - day four

Today has been a great day. An Zhen is really beginning to bond with her mom & dad. She calls me daddy now. Wow. My heart skips a beat when she says it. Take a look at the pictures we captured today. i hope everyone enjoys them.

A little chilly today.

Sleeping baby. It's peaceful now, but not when she finds out it's nap time.

Get ready Papaw. An Zhen loves watermelon.

Paddle boat ride in the park.

Great Coca Cola advertisement.

She's starting early. Jackson needs to teach her about the hand ball rule.

Zhengzhou is in the Henan Province. Henan has just started offering children for adoption. This city is not accustomed to Americans. We are probably the only white folk in town. People are always looking at us, like what's the deal with these Americans with Chinese babies. People even take pictures of us when we're walking down the street. And that's another subject. There's more people on bicycles and mopeds than there are people walking. There not out for a leisurely ride. They're going or coming from work or wherever. Young & old, college students & business men & women, all going somewhere with much urgency. It's a little dangerous if you don't watch where your going. They all ride on the sidewalk. It's pure craziness.

We hope you are all doing good. We miss everyone and will see you soon.

7 comments:

  1. HEY!!! 7 more days!!! Love seeing the photos and the culture. She is having soo much fun with you guys. Can't wait to see Jackson and An Zhen playing soccer!!
    Tara

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  2. Pics are awesome..... AZ's hair, in the nap pic reminds me of your clifton... Looks like you are all doing well, we love all of you and as everyone has said many, many times, ready for all of you to get home, have a great day
    Blain

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  3. Ok. Can I just say I absolutley, positively cannot WAIT to give that baby her first haircut!!!! I will probably ball and squall all over the place! Those bangs are ADORABLE! They've GOT to stay. I echo, Blain's comment, ready for ALL of you to get home! I'm on the count down....one more week to go!

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  4. Congratulations!!! An Zhen is beautiful and we look forward to seeing her at the next Pratt Party.
    Kenny & Cherie

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  5. Great pics! I am feeling the LOVE! I am so happy for you guys and can't wait for you guys to get home.

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  6. Too bad An Zhen's hairdresser wont identify herself. I wonder who it is? :-) Miss you guys!!!!!!!!!!!

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  7. This morning Keller see's the blog and says," THATS AN ZHEN, THATS AN ZHEN!!!!!!!!! I want her to come over and play with my toys!! Why is she in the pool? I wanna get in the pool" He gets distracted easy, but at first anyway, he was super excited to see her face.

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