Yesterday we had our consulate appointment and Jonathan was sworn in as an American citizen. They even announced his birthday as he turns two on May 27. We all clapped and Kathleen said, "He's Chinese-American like ME now!" Yup! There were about 40 Chinese children sworn in with us - from 10 months old to 10 years old and the majority of the children were deemed "Special Needs."
Jonathan had his first swimming experience and LOVED the pool. We will post a video of it when we get back. It jumped right in (as I suspected he would). He really seems to have no fear (for better or worse). Swimming lessons this summer will be fun - Kathleen borders on being a wimp in the water and Jonathan needs to develop a HEALTHY sense of fear.
We finally explored the grounds of the hotel and fed the koi in the large pond outside on of the restaurants (where we eat breakfast every morning). The five-story waterfall is incredible and the grounds are immaculate. Aside from the waterfall, I wish my backyard could be manicured like the grounds here!
We are at the point where we want to create better structure and routine for the kids. So last night we bowed out of going on a dinner boat cruise down the Pearl River. We did it last time we were here for Kathleen's adoption. I'm glad we skipped it this time, though. Both kids were SO incredibly tired of going and Jonathan needed some mommy and daddy time. Kathleen fell asleep at dinner at 6:30 and Jonathan fell asleep at 7:45. We were able to get a therapy brush from the occupational therapist we met who's also adopting. We used it on Jonathan last night and I did some serious WOOTING when we woke up at 6:30AM. HE SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! Hallelujah! He has been responding better to Kimmer and having less tantrums since we started using the brush and intervention ideas the therapist gave us. Thank you, God!
Looking forward to going to the pool again today!
