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Going For Gracieskip to main | skip to sidebar Going For Gracie The on-going story of our journey to bring our Gracie home from China. Thursday, November 8, 2007 I know you dont really want to hear about every little detail, you just want pictures!! Here she is playing with dad. We had a big day today. It is Gracies 3rd birthday. We went to a beautiful park where her skirt fell all the way to her ankles and she was oblivious! Then we had a potty emergency and the Warnes girls (G & L) peed on the street in front of the Sun Yat Sen Memorial!! More about that later. We go to a BBQ restaurant for a birthday celebration, then cake and ice cream!! All in all, a very memorable birthday! Posted by The Warnes at 11:21 PM 0 comments Wednesday, November 7, 2007 Trying again with the pictures Here is my second attempt at downloading. Good luck to us all! OK, here is the deal. Apparently there is an error with the blogspot site right now and I get an error every time I try to attach the photos!!! So Sorry! Posted by The Warnes at 10:09 PM 0 comments Day Four, All is Well We are slowly but surely getting to know each other. Gracie is good at communicating her needs, whether by pointing or shaking her head, or looking troubled (this means "find the potty!"). She continues to astound us with what she knows and what she has already been trained to do. We dont walk around without slippers on, even to go potty in the middle of the night. We zip our own coats. We button. We feed ourselves using forks and spoons. Its like watching a little adult! She is still very quiet, but yesterday for the first time we were treated to giggles and smiles! What a sight that was!!! Lily is being a great big sister. She is patient and gentle with her, and eager to help. Yesterday we went to the Guangzhou version of Walmart! What an experience! The meat counter especially was an eye-opener. Gracie had to go potty and there were only the "squatty-potty" kind. I was so nervous b...