We have a wild women

Each day Ali gets a little more ACTIVE. She suprises us all the time with how quick she is picking up things. I think she has been saying some chinese words but, is trying to repeat what we are saying and she understands everything we are saying. I mention bath and she is off and running to the bath tube. (she loves her bath). We had room service tonight for supper and she couldn't wait for us to set her on the bed and eat with us. We tell her to wipe her mouth when she gets something on it and she gets a napkin and wipes her face. Today has been another long day. I am so glad that we went to the orphanage. I only started to cry two times. We were ask not to take pictures of the children. They didn't have very many kids there today because most of them are in foster care and some were at school. The kids that were there were setting at a table eating a snack when we came in and they all started waving at us and saying hello. (Yes that was one of the times the tears came). I could have brought them all home. The orphanage has a lot of special needs children. We went into one room where the Nannie said it was Ali's playmates. They were all setting on a little stool in a row having some kind of class. They were all about her age. Another tear jerking moment. One of the Nannie's came over to her and was calling her by name and reached out to take her from me. She buried her head in my shoulder and wouldn't look at the Nannie (that's my girl). All and all the orphanage was a pleasant experience. Very, very clean. Our guide from CCAI said this was a very good orphanage. She has seen a lot of them. The hats you see us wearing in the picture are gifts to all of us form the orphanage. Some kind of Muslim hats. Also when we arrived we were taken into a room and all set down at a table where there were plates and plates of fruit for us to eat. Xinjiang is known for there grapes and fruit. This afternoon our guide took us to a market where you could buy some kind of dried worms by the scoop. This area in not what I expected,it is very modernized. Tomorrow the group is going to the Heavenly Lake. It takes 2 hours to get there and it is all outside. I think we are going to pass on this bus trip. Ali's cold is starting to get better and I hate to take her out in the cold for that lenght of time. Robin also has a pretty bad cold, so I think we are just going to hang around the hotel, although Ali may disagree. She loves to go. I get her coat and she comes with a smile on her face and arms out. Oh, and another thing, she blows kisses. I take it all my posts are showing up because I can't access my blog from China. I can post but, I can't see it when I am done. Well, gotta go and get a few things done. Ali has been asleep since 7 o'clock and I hope that is for the night. She was really tired.
Good night form Urumqi (two more nights here)