Today was an even better day with Madelyn. Each day we are making progress and all growing closer and closer. She is such a sweet child! We arranged for a tour to see the Terra Cotta Warriors. This is an archeological dig site which found hundreds of Terra Cotta Soldiers built and buried by Emporar Qing near his tomb (in a mountain side). It was fascinating to see. We did alot of walking at this attraction and today was better for Madelyn than yesterday. I did not have to hold her the entire time as she walked most of the time just holding my hand. There was one time at the end of the day when she was holding hands with her friend Rachel that she actually let my hand go and walked just with the little girl. This is a milestone for her compared to yesterday. She is growing closer and closer to Keith each day. She was actually more receptive to Keith doing things for her today. He played tickle monster with her today and she loved it. She even shared her cheetos with him and learned how to give him a high five. lol He still can't hold her or sit by her in the car (go figure) but we can definitely see the connection. She even called him Dada today while trying to get his attention. Today while touring we saw a dog. She loved seeing the dog and kept pulling me toward the it calling by the chinese word - which sound really close to the english - dog. A few times repeating the English word Dog and I think she got it. I hope this was an indicator that she likes dogs - this will be good for Pressley. Our guide that is with us in Xi'an met with us and review some paperwork from the Notary's Office. We had to make sure that all was correct on the paperwork. One of the papers that we were given a copy of was the declaration of her abandonment. This document specified where she was found and when. This is such an important document in her history. We were actually going to arrange a day trip tomorrow to go and see the specific place where she was left but it is a 4 hour trip. Madelyn would not make that long of a trip - so we won't be going. However, I am certain that someday we will return to China with all of our children and seek this place out. We have now made our way up to the Regency Lounge to give us more room to spread out and play. Maddie is now playing with 2 little girls from the Dominican Republic. The few times I have seen her interact with other children - she is a good sharer and plays very well. She is not bossy or fussy when she plays. She likes to share and is always happy. Tomorrow we will just hang around the hotel all day until supper time. We have reservations at a Chinese Dumpling house with a dinner show. I am very excited to go tomorrow. I will post more tomorrow
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