Day Seven, Small World - Big God

You are not going to believe what happened to us today. We got to go to the Beijing zoo and on the way out I hear someone saying "Hua La Yu?" Thankfully Lexi was there to translate for us. In a town of 18 million people, at a zoo that is not close to Kate's orphanage- we met someone who knew our Kate. This lady and her daughter live next to the orphanage where Kate was and would come and play with the children. Out of over 1,000 children at the orphanage she recognized Kate (which should tell you something about her charming personality) and was so excited to see her with her adopted family. She said that she had seen the book with our pictures in it that we had sent to Kate and was so excited that she was getting a family. She told Lexi that her daughter (who looked to be about 4) loved to play with Kate. She said that Kate was so cute and was always so happy. She also said that they had some sort of pre-school type program in the orphanage that Kate was a part of. That would explain why she is so smart.
What a gift- a miraculous gift. In all my years of "blog stalking" I have never heard of anything like this happening. We were so excited to get another piece of our daughters history- and to yet again know that she was so loved for the first two years of her life. Only God could haveorchestrated that meeting. We are so thankful.
The zoo was fun- the same in many ways as our zoo in Atlanta, but also very different. They had squirrels, raccoons, and a kitten trying to pass as a "leopard cat". I didn't get a picture but it was pretty funny. We also went to a shopping market- which was crazy to say the least. It was PACKED and people were yelling constantly to try to get you to buy something. We got some socks for Kate (because the 12 to 24 month socks I brought for her are WAY too big) and a cute pair of shoes. After 4 hours of walking around carrying her I am worn out tonight. Kate is worn out too. She fell asleep on Daddy on the way home from dinner. She is still pinching him, but will now kiss him immediately after she pinches him. She also looks at me every time she pinches him (because I am the one that disciplines her for pinching so Brian doesn't have to be the "bad guy"). That little stinker. Man she is cute. I just can't wait for everyone to meet her. When we wake up in the morning we will be more than half way through with our trip- oh that sounds so good. We can't wait to see our little guy again. He is doing great though and doesn't seem to be missing us too much- thanks to amazing grandparents.
Thanks again for your prayers. We are so thankful for them.

Pictures from today are in the post below!

I still can't get my Nikon to download onto Brian's laptop- so frustrated by that. And for those of you who are super observant you will notice that my hair is in a ponytail every day. That would be because my hair dryer and my straightener got fried the first day we were here- even though I was using a surge protector.