A very short visit with our Sophia

When we arrived at the baby house today Sophia was in the swing. Once again she started smiling like crazy when she seen us. We were really glad to see this today because we knew she had a doctors appointment this morning. We were expecting a grumpy baby. Knock on wood, she has been very pleasant lately. We are thinking she just needed to get to know us in the beginning. We took her back to the visiting room and within 10 minutes our coordinator came in with the log that we have to sign in everyday to prove that we did the 14 day bonding period. We were told to take Sophia back to her room so we could meet with the director about her doctors appointment. This check up was needed to be performed by an outside doctor to prove that the baby house doctors aren’t fabricating her medical charts. Everything was very good and nothing unexpected. Her weight today was 19.4 pounds. They say she was full term but small when she was born. They think she is still small for her age but think she is progressing very well. So basically everything is great.

We asked the director if we could spend more time with Sophia and she said yes. We are now allowed to come at 9:00-10:00 a.m. and 1:00-2:30 p.m. everyday. We also gave a monetary donation to the baby house today and she asked if we would like a tour of the facility. We were shown the quarantine room where all of the children stay when they first arrive to make sure they don’t have any illnesses. We seen the play room that has some very nice padded play equipment and we hope we will be allowed to use one day. They have a sauna, an indoor pool, a music room, a sea salt room, a massage room and we meet the head caretaker. After all of this it was time for Sophia to be put down for her nap. We went to her room and they already feed her and were just starting to change her. When she seen us she was happy again. We think she knew our visit was short because she didn’t want to lay down. She kept smiling at us and trying to get up. Everyday it hurts a little more to leave her there.

We then went souvenir shopping and ate at a Korean restaurant. I don’t think we will go back there even though they have an English menu. We had asked to be taken to a Chinese restaurant but I think we were misunderstood. When we got back to the apartment the cleaning lady had cleaned everything up. We then had an appointment with the massage therapist from the baby house. I sure hope Melissa doesn’t get use to all these luxuries.

This was about the best we could do for pictures today.


Look at those curls.