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Friday, June 18, 2010

We are now in Guangzhou, and it is very nice here! First of all, the flight to leave Xining was 1000% better than the flight to get there! Amen for that! There is a lot of construction here, but it’s so warm and sunny… and humid. We didn’t do a lot of this first day. We went for a short walk around, after ordering Papa John’s for lunch. Then we went back to the room to color and get cool… did I mention it was hot here? Then we went to Lucy’s (a popular place around here with Americans because they have our kind of food) for dinner. What’s funny is that I am the only one who didn’t get American food… I got sweet and sour chicken! I am just really enjoying eating Chinese food in China! Tomorrow we have Leah’s medical exam, which will I’m sure include some shots, although we don’t know how many yet. She has to be immunized according to the US, but won’t have to repeat shots she’s already had. Hopefully that will all go smoothly!

Since there wasn’t much today, I really only had one major thought, and no it’s not long… you’re welcome! We are truly enjoying this time in China, and learning about different parts of China, and their culture. But the one thing I’m very excited to get home for is SPACE!!! It is not the easiest thing trying to parent 3 children in hotel rooms and airplanes. They all want to play together and be kids, but when you are living out of suitcases and confined to one room (two in our case now… the bedroom is a separate room) it gets a bit, how should I put this… hectic … chaotic… loud! For their sakes as much as my own sanity, I can’t wait for them to be able to have our whole house to play in, and the backyard, and our neighbor’s yard! (Watch out Cristen, they’re coming!) It’s going to be so much easier for them to be able to spread out a bit, and be able to run. But as much as I’m ready for that, I am still not necessarily ready to leave China yet. This leg of the journey will be very different than Xining because this is where everyone has to go before going back to the states. Therefore, there are lots of adoptive families here, and it feels more like a celebration before returning home, rather than soaking up all we could in her home city / province to try to learn about her land and her people.





 

Pretending to sleep


The girls!


Wrapping baby up with… what else


Climbing up Daddy


Made it to the top


She’s obviously done this before



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