The Past Few Days
On Friday:
We “hired” one of the drivers, Sam, that is employed by Beike (the stem cell company) to take us downtown since it was a free day. A free day is when Hallie has no treatments, acupressure, or doctors visits. The first thing we did downtown is go to “Mary’s Market,” which is an American import grocery store. We were craving actual American food, not the Chinese version of American food, so we went “hog wild” and bought enough groceries that I had to go to an ATM to get more cash. Next, we drove to a beautiful boardwalk that is along the ocean in this great area. We got the kids out of the stroller and let them play in the sand a little bit, where we even found seashells! Of course, during this whole time we had probably ten spectators watching our every move. It was a great day and the breeze from the ocean was so refreshing.
BEAUTIFUL!
Board walk
Playing in the sand
On Saturday:
We had lunch at the Food Court in the huge shopping mall that is right across the street from the hospital. We did some shopping and then made our way to the park. Carter slept about half of the time we were at the park so it was nice to have both parents focus on Hallie for awhile. All in all, Hallie rode the carousel 4 times, the airplane ride 3 times, and the train ride once. We had so much fun at the park that Katie got a little motion sick. After the park, we went to the Holiday Inn to rest. On our way in, we had to stop for the greeter girls to drool and kiss all over Carter once again.
Train ride
Airplane ride
The ladies man
On Sunday:
It was our day of rest. We had breakfast with Hallie’s friend Lili and her family at the Holiday Inn. They leave to go back home on Monday afternoon, so we had to have one last opportunity to hang out. We are sad to see them go, but we are already trying to plan a time we can get Hallie and Lili, the soul mates, back together again. We took the afternoon to lay around and do nothing, but we did take the kids swimming before dinner.
To see pictures, go to our website, www.hopeforhallie.com. Click on “Ni-Hao China” on the left and follow the links.
We have realized Hallie is noticing walls and tables that are in front of her more frequently. She still runs into some, but she usually puts her hand out right before she hits them now. Before we came, she very rarely would notice them enough to put her hand out.
Thanks again for the support and encouragement,
Adam and Katie
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