Three-week growth spurt?

We’ve been here almost three weeks and we can see Chloe growing before our eyes. A couple of days ago we met with the head pediatrician and she described Chloe as a blossoming flower, that she could see Chloe coming out of her shell since we’ve been visiting with her. Maybe she says this to all the families but we don’t care, it was good to hear.

As for her “growing before our eyes,” I don’t want everyone getting their undies in a bundle. Mee and I are taking extreme measures to stunt her growth (foot binding and the like) until she comes home, that way she will still be little and cute for all of you. It’s really best for all that we do this, but mostly we do it for the aunties.

The last few days we’ve had great visits with Chloe. She went through a spell when she would test us by being grumpy and sort of rejecting our attention. But now either she’s coming around to us or Mee and I are getting better at parenting. She really seems to like us and is even a bit sad to see us leave after our two-hour visits. It’s about time.