Difficult Day

Today has been a really difficult day for me.  I started the morning with the realization that we are not even half way through the trip.  I think if I could have one good Southern meal I would be okay.  I love the food here, but you don't have the options that you do back home.  Just imagine going to a Chinese restaurant every night for an entire week.  Tomorrow will be the half way mark, and I'm counting the days until I can see Ryan and Spencer.  I miss you guys so much!

We went to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda today.  It's a Buddhist temple, so we learned more about the Buddhism than we probably cared to know.  Notice the swastika on the Buddha's chest- kind of creepy, don't you think?  It is interesting to hear the history and it helps to understand the culture a little better.  We bought a book at the gift shop about some farm paintings that are unique to the Shaanxi Province.  We had another person at the gift shop tell us, "Your daughter looks a little bit Chinese."  This is totally cracking me up.  It's like they've never had couples here adopting children before.  We also went to the city wall, which was originally built to protect the inner city.    It is about 13K if you want to walk the entire wall.  We were okay with just seeing a small portion of it.  

It has also been a more difficult day with Katie.  She has decided that Travis is her favorite person and she doesn't care much for me.  Travis is having to bear the brunt of carrying things.  He carried the backpack and Katie the while we toured.  She did walk some, but she will only hold his hand.  She did let me hold her for that one picture.  We took a taxi to WalMart and Travis handed her to me and went to get something in another part of the store.  She started screaming and I was getting some very ugly looks.  I kept thinking, "I hope they don't think I just kidnapped this baby."  As soon as Katie saw Travis walking down the aisle, she started yelling "baba" and the people that were staring went about their business.  I'm trying very hard not to be selfish and feel hurt, but it is difficult.  I knew this might happen, and if I had not mentally prepared myself for it I would be really heartbroken.  I know this is a huge adjustment for her and I'm trying to be patient.  She did kiss Travis on the cheek today, which was so sweet.  

It's bedtime here, and I'm exhausted.  More touring tomorrow- we go see the Terracotta Soldiers.