Day 7 With Claire

Well my stomach is in knots and we haven't heard anything yet (it's night here so we won't know anything until tomorrow) but I wanted to keep up with the blog or I'll never post it! 

Yesterday we had a free day so our guide Becky took us to the Safari Park.  It's basically a big zoo, I think the biggest in China maybe?  I might have made that up.

On the way over Claire was being so adorable! :)  I LOVE this picture of her.

In China people don't use car seats so she sits on our lap the entire time.  Very nerve-wracking considering the traffic here.  Luckily our driver is awesome!

We're here!  It was VERY crowded since it was a Sunday, so I think Claire was overwhelmed at first.  She was whimpering and wouldn't let us put her down.   Once we got out of the crowds she became a little more comfortable.

It was beautiful, kind of like a jungle.  Sure felt like one with the heat and humidity!

We first did the "driving zoo."  A tram to look at animals roaming.

I'm not going to bore you with lots of animal photos, here's just one so you know we saw some! :)

She wans't too sure about the tram.  Sometimes she enjoyed it, sometimes she got bored. 

Ok I lied, one more picture of an animal.  There's a baby elephant behind the mommy, just too cute not to post! :)

Squeaky shoes we bought in GZ for around 8 dollars!   (they're called squeaky shoes because they make a squeaky noise every time she steps.  Luckily you can remove the squeak part.  She loves them so much now we haven't taken it out yet.)

We brought the Ergo to wear her but it was just so hot, we had to break out the stroller.  We have to walk by it and hold her hand most of the time, but toward the end of the zoo she was ok if we just walked next to her.

Looking at pictures of her brothers!  I'm so excited for her to meet them!

We were waiting for Becky so she started playing around with Ryan.

After the zoo and a nap Ryan worked a bit and I took Claire outside to our hotel's playground.  We tried bubbles for the first time!

At first she was very solemn and just stared at them.

 But once I started catching them on the stick and letting her pop them, she loved it!

 I stepped back to take a few photos of the surroundings so we wouldn't forget them.  She doesn't feel comfortable enough yet playing on the playset, but maybe she will once she's home.

 She then started putting the stick in and out of the bubble holder.  What a smart girl!  :)

She went right to bed that night and I was able to extract myself from her for the majority of the night-makes for a good night sleep! :)