Day 3

Sunday was our 3rd day with the kids. This was moving day. We had to pack up our room which took an hour and a half. We tried to fit it all into 4 suitcases but ended up having to take the 5th one Kai foster family gave us. We had to hire a van shuttle from our hotel because there was no way we were going to fit into a taxi. At the airport our driver saw that we had our hands full and helped us carry our luggage all the way through the train station. It was about a two hour ride back up to Taipei. The kids did well until the end of the trip Naveia was feeling uncomfortable because she needed to go to the bathroom but was refusing. John ended up taking her anyways and that was the beginning of a meltdown. So here we were arriving in Taipei with a not so happy child. Once again the helpful Taiwanese people helped us with our luggage all the way to our hotel which was like a 4-5 blocks. The lady helping us talked to Naveia through her tears and all she had to say was she wanted some ice cream. We could not check into our room right away so I asked them where we could get some ice cream. We went up to the 2nd floor and Naveia got her ice cream she wanted. She liked chocolate. We were all very exhausted by the time we got to our room. We laid down to take a nap and woke up 5 hours later at 8:30 pm. Then we hurried ourselves down to the hotel restaurant to catch dinner before they closed at 9. Naveia ordered pizza with shrimp and bacon. Kai so far only likes noodles, rice and fish. He has a weird texture issue and will often spit out food he has chewed for while. It was a hard day for all of us. Naveia started showing her preference for John over me. While I knew from our classes that an adopted child chooses to bond with one parent in the beginning, it hit me harder than I expected from the exhaustion. At least it is not both of them, Kai has chosen me first. He is a good baby.