Friday Morning

This morning Quincy talked to Grandma and Grandpa O'Connell on the phone.  Being the technophile that he is, it was great fun.  He babbled at them in Chinese, which none of us understood, but they got a kick out of hearing his voice, and he was pointing at their photos while he was talking to them, so I think he understood who he was talking to.  When Grandpa said bye bye, Quincy repeated "bye bye".
 
He's actually responding to his new name already.  He recognizes it, even if he doesn't use it.  Sometimes when we say "Quincy", he will say "Quincy XinYan" or "Quincy Wu XinYan".  He also recognizes "no" and "yes" and repeats lots of English words.  He'll be fluent in no time!  He's a genius, I'm telling you.
 
His current favorite "toy" is the portable DVD player.  So far the only thing he's been able to watch are the DVDs to learn English that we got for him, but he's watching them OVER AND OVER.  I will never be able to get those songs out of my head...  Oh well, I guess it's better than Barney!
 
Today we went to visit the orphanage where Quincy grew up. It was a very clean place. It wasn't at all what might be expected when thinking of an orphanage. We got a tour from one of the lovely women who worked in the office there. She took us around to see all the places that Quincy would have been on a day to day basis. We saw where he slept, where he ate, and where he would have played. There were not very many children there when we went. The guide said that most of the children were out in foster care. Most of the children who actually stayed there were the ones with very acute special needs. They had several workers who were with the children, physical therapists and caretakers in general.

After that, we left and went to the hospital where Quincy was found. He was apparently there for quite some time after being abandoned.  Apparently they were waiting for the parents to come back.  It was a very busy place. There were children and parents everywhere. That is kind of how China is in general. It is a beautiful place, but being from a big open place like MN or SD, it seems like people are just everywhere you look. Anyway, the hospital was not a place where we wanted to stay for very long, so we took a few pictures and left.
 
The first 2 pictures are outside the orphanage, the 3rd is at the hospital and the final one is Quincy falling asleep next to mama on the ride between the 2. :)

All in all it has been a great trip. We are impressed over and over with Quincy's understanding of things he really shouldn't have any understanding of. He loves to fiddle with everything. I am surprised he has not taken apart our DVD player and converted it to HighDef yet. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.
 
Take care ya'll and we will post again soon, assuming the boy ever takes a nap. :)


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