MAILAMESSAGE4

21 Avril 2004

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Hello,

Well it�s been a pretty rough couple days with our darling Ma�la. She was very attached to her foster mother and is mourning her terribly. She also seems to have been very spoiled by her foster mother and we now have are hands full. She has very bad temper tantrums and most people in the hotel know when she is angry. She has adopted her father but not ready to adopt her mom yet.

I do get some special moments here and there with her but she would much rather be in her fathers arms. She hates the stroller and had such a bad tantrum when sat it that she vomited. But someone lent us their baby carrier and she loved it so, mommy and daddy were very pleased. Tuesday was the worst she was in a bad mood all day crying having tantrums, mom and dad were a little discouraged.Last night Mommy and Daddy decided to start working on slaying the dragon and turning it into a little princess.

So hopefully by the time we leave for Canada will have a totally different little girl. She is a big girl we think she weighs about 24lbs. She fits in all her clothes of 24 months so far. She has 8 teeth four on top and 4 at the bottom and shows them proudly when she smiles and makes a shhhhhhhhhh sound. She can not crawl very much mostly because she is so fat but when she really wants to see us she manages to crawl to us.

We believe that she has not spent much time on the floor and she does not play alone very much. But it seems this is normal in the Chinese culture that children spend most of their first year in the parent�s arms.As for our trip so far we have visited the orphanage. It is a new orphanage they moved in it last February. It is very beautiful with all the facilities possible. Today we visited a park. Tomorrow we are going to a minority village.

The entire group has been taking things calm since most of the children are having trouble adapting to their new lives. But in the evening we put the babies to bed and all the parents are in the hall with beer and relaxing.

Les derniers jours n�ont pas �t� facile avec notre petite Ma�la. Elle �tait tr�s attach� � sa famille d�acceuil et son deuil est tr�s difficle. Nous croyons qu�elle �tait tr�s g�t�e dans sa famille et maintenant nous en avons plein les mains . Elle � tout un caract�re et fait des crises assez impressionantes, disons qu�une bonne partie de l�h�tel entend quand Ma�la n�est pas heureuse. Elle a adopt� son Papa mais pas encore sa Maman

Maman r�ussi de temps en temps avoir des beaux moments, mais elle pr�f�re encore son Papa . Elle d�teste la poussette et quand nous l�avons assit dedans elle � fait une crise si forte qu�elle en n�a vomit. Un couple nous � pr�ter un porte b�b� pour le dos et elle aime �a, Maman et Papa �tait tr�s heureux. Hier au soir Maman et Papa ont d�cid�s que nous allons mettre de c�t� le pitier et de tenter de casser son petit caract�re .

Nous esp�rons de gagner la bataille avant d�arriver au Canada mais c�est � voir. Elle est pas petite notre Ma�la, nous estimons entre 22 et 24 lbs. Elle porte du 24 mois. Elle a 8 dents, 4 en haut et 4 en bas, elle aime bien les montrer quand elle sourit. Elle marche � peine � quatre pattes, car elle est trop grosse et nous croyons qu�elle n�as pas pass� beaucoup de temps par terre. Mais c�est normal pour la culture chinoise d�avoir les enfants dans les bras pour la premi�re ann�e.

De ce qui est du voyage,hier nous avons visit� l�orphelinat. C��tait tr�s beau. Tout �tait nouveau ils ont am�nag�s depuis F�vrier dernier .Aujourd�hui nous avons visit�s un parc et une garderie.Nous avons pass�s une tr�s belle avant-midi et les enfants ont beaucoup aim�s leur promenade.Demain nous pr�voyons visiter le village de l�ethnie Miao a environ a 1 :30 d�autobus de la ville .A la prochaine.
Mario,Marl�ne & Ma�la