Day Two in Taipei

Day one continued:
Today we were able to meet another JOH family. They picked up there daughter Alanya yesterday!
We went to dinner with them. We ate at our hotel restaurant. We ordered drinks and they took our menus. Then we had to tell them we wanted to order food. I tried to order a ham and cheese and made the mistake of asking , if that came on toasted bread! I think he thought I wanted toast. When the food came out, I received a hamburger with Ham and cheese on it! Andrew had speggitti (Yuk) and cheesecake (great)! I thought our friends Chuck and Amy (traveled here in Oct) said the hamburgers were good and steak not so good. Therefore, everyone ordered hamburgers, which were Yuk, Yuk. I just took the hamburger off mine, had ham, and cheese which was ok. Chuck later emailed us to tell us that no it was the steak that was good and hamburgers were not good. OH WELL!
Day Two:
We had gone to bed at about 11:00 and all of us were up by 3:00 a.m. We went to Breakfast at the hotel. Byron tried several new things. We left to go to TWCA (agency) at 10:30. We stopped at a rest stop on the way. Our guide assissited us with selecting lunch. Andrew and I had chicken nuggets (yuk) and Byron
He had some kind of very adventurous pork plate. He even ate with chop sticks! When we were back in the car guide Mei Ru said “You are very American”! She said most families will try different foods. Later in the drive, I ask her what she thought was strange in America. She said “ I really have a problem the food…and started laughing. I said see you know how I feel!!

We stopped by agency, and then went to foster family. The foster mother was waiting in the door with Brooke. She looks just like her last photo. She was smiling and happy. I held her first and then Byron and then Andrew. She is very active. We were also informed that she has been sick with a cold and is now on medication. The foster mother provided a lot of information of Brookes schedule ect. She then fed Brooke before we left. Well….Brooke has a reflux problem like Andrew did!! And milk was coming out everywhere!! The foster mom states she feeds Brooke and then places her in the stroller in an upright position. Then we left after about 30 mins. We went back to the agency to sign some paperwork. All the things that we sent were returned to us. In the car on the way to the baby store (Brandy you will like this) Brooke spit up again….Andrew started gagging and started talking about the night everyone was sick in your car!! We quickly handed him a zip lock bag and begged him not to throw-up in our guide’s car!!

It has been an amazing experience!

We went to the baby store and bought bottles, diapers, formula, and some baby books. Brooke loves the small board books. They have English and Chinese and came with a small CD. Brooke slept most of the two hour ride back.
When we made it to our hotel we were all very tired!! We played with Brooke, fed her, gave her yucky medicine. She was a little fussy, but not to bad. Andrew and I took a short nap while Byron watched Brooke. Byron ordered pizza from Dominoes. Byron said it was better than his lunch. Andrew and I (YUK)! We had beanie weenies! Byron went to bed at about 10:00pm and I stayed up until Brooke went to bed at 12:30 a,m I put one of the CD’s in the computer to play for her/ Our computer played it with graphics of various lights. She liked watching this. She is still asleep at almost 7:00 am!! Almost no crying last night. Most families report babies cry all night the first night. Well Byron is off to pick up our Breakfast…at McDonalds! I hope it is good or Andrew and I will be very hungry.
We are off to AIT to get Brookes Visa. Then we are going to one of the tallest buildings in the world: Taipei 101. Our guide says there are lots of American restaurants!!!