monday afternoon: meet fuxiang

wow. fuxiang -- or xiang-xiang, as it appears we will call her -- was not too happy to see us...but that passed pretty quickly. she fell asleep in the van on the way from the govt office to the hotel, and xia is proving to be one hell of a big sister, playing with her and speaking in chinese in a way that puts fuxiang at ease, and cracks her up to boot. i'm so very proud of xia. xiang-xiang (yes, i know that's too many x's for one house) was all smiles and giggles at dinner and we played for quite a while when we got back to the room -- but she didn't much like this going-to-bed thing. had to put earplugs in poor xia's ears, and i lay with xx cradling her at first to quiet her down, to no avail...when something prehensile stirred in the back of my skull. wait-- doesn't it work to have them sleep on top of you? so i transferred to my back, put her on my chest...and voila. quiet. everyone is sleeping now...fingers crossed. will post lots more pix tomorrow. right now, we've got our girls. crazy!