Frogger

today we went to some shopping mall the real story is the cab ride there. I had read others experiences in china cabs, but you have to do it to understand the complete nuttiness. previously we have been riding around in buses. In a bus you feel somewhat safe, above the crazy mishmash of pedestrians, bycicles, mopeds cars and vans. in the bus there were a few close calls, one where I am almost postive a man trying to cross the street had his toes run over by our bus. But,i never really felt the panic and sudden loss of breath I felt today in the cab. it is just a free for all on the street and the one with the most courage, biggest vehicle or fastest footwork gets to his destination timely, or even at all. yeah, and no car seats. so far though i have never heard of a foreign adoptive family and or their children being in a car accident over here so odds are still good. (Or bad if you are a pessimist and think well that means one's gonna happen soon)

later we took the girls to a dr to get the required check-up for their visas. we were in and out very quickly. Mary Clare is 17.9 lbs. She seems healthy aside from an upper respiratory infection. she was smiling and alert through the whole thing and that surprised me because it was very chaotic, lots of crying and noise and poking and prodding. She is very easygoing and is coming out of her shell more and engaging.

she is wearing 9-12 mo. clothes and they are just a bit loose on her. I know they won't be for long! she drinking her bottle well, but she is not ready for any solids at all. I gave a her tiny pinch of mooshed up banana and she was just stunned. She didn't really know what to do with it. She has 4 teeth though. Her upper ones were cut probably a couple of weeks ago and aren't in all the way I think.

I will upload some new pictures here and video too, just keep checking the dropshots site for those.