Baba and Mama Boo Hao!

One of the few words we've learned in Chinese is Hao, which means good.  Kirk has been asking Jia since the day we got her, "Baba Hao?" meaning, "Is Daddy good?"  She would always just repeat what we would say whether he asked her about Baba, Mama, Mei Mei, etc. she would say "Baba hao or Mama hao."  The other day he asked her and she said, "Baba boo hao."  Kirk was hoping it meant Daddy is very good.  When we asked the guide she said it meant, "Daddy is not good."  For a few hours she would say that Daddy is not good but Mama and Mei Mei were good.  Yesterday she added me to the "Not good" list and only she and Mei Mei were good.  It has become a game because she knows that Kirk and I will react when she says we aren't good, usually by tickling her.  So, when she wants to be tickled she will come up to me and say, "Mama boo hao" with this huge grin on her face and she braces for the tickles that come.  She is a very silly girl which is probably why she and Lillie Mei get along so well!

Today (Friday) is a free day for us while our guide goes to get Jia's passport.  Please pray for the boys as they are transitioning from the beach to my sister's house, then to mom's, then back to our house with my mom.  Pray for me as I pack this room!  Also, the shot situation doesn't look great.  Jia has had a lot of shots but she isn't current on most of them.  We could still be looking at 8 shots.  I could be wrong, but based on the CDC list and her record, she is only current on one vaccine.  Pray that I am wrong and that she doesn't associate us with those needles.  The medical exam isn't until next week. 

Love and miss you all!