Sorry we haven’t time to post much on our blog. Mark’s illness returned on Sunday morning (only this time in his stomach—not nice) and that was travel day. We flew from Nanchang to Guangzhou. Ronnie had a big job to do with caring for baby and husband and packing everything. You can’t imagine what an operation it is to move nine families with new babies. Fortunately, our guides do a wonderful job with arrangements, 
and though it is long and hard, everything goes smoothly.
Our last day (Saturday) in Nanchang was spent with a visit to a Confucian/Taoist Pagoda and our continued quest for a tea house. We finally found a tea shop and after a convoluted discussion involving a translator on a cell phone we ended up buying a very expensive bag of green tea. We have no idea what it is, but it must be good. We also had to go back to Wal-Mart to buy another suitcase for all our purchases. A Saturday afternoon at Wal-Mart is no fun.
Allie did great on her first airplane flight. She was her usually squirmy self, but a bag of toys and a lot of Cheerios kept her busy. She does like to move. As Ronnie says, “She plays hard and she sleeps hard.”
We are now in Guangzhou, which is a major manufacturing area in China, only two hours from Hong Kong. Driving in from the airport it looks like a much more concentrated city than Beijing. Large apartment buildings packed tightly together. We are staying at the famous (in China adoption circles) White Swan hotel. It is a top-of-the-line 5-star hotel. It has everything and it is all best quality. Because all 6-7000 adopting US families have to go to the US Consulate that is in this city, and they virtually all stay in this hotel, they cater to families with adopting babies.
Right now we are lying in bed watching the Super Bowl. It began at 7:30 AM here and is on ESPN. The only bad part is that we don’t get the US commercials. All the commercials are about Asian soccer. We have to leave for Allie’s medical check-up (standard practice for all babies) at 10:00, so we will miss the fourth quarter—oh, the sacrifices we make for our children!
Allie is going great. It is so amazing to see the changes in her in such a short time. She is a very active, happy child who eats everything. She also likes to have everything on her own time, we are learning to be more flexible. She still sleeps about twelve hours a night and takes an hour nap each afternoon.
and though it is long and hard, everything goes smoothly.Our last day (Saturday) in Nanchang was spent with a visit to a Confucian/Taoist Pagoda and our continued quest for a tea house. We finally found a tea shop and after a convoluted discussion involving a translator on a cell phone we ended up buying a very expensive bag of green tea. We have no idea what it is, but it must be good. We also had to go back to Wal-Mart to buy another suitcase for all our purchases. A Saturday afternoon at Wal-Mart is no fun.
Allie did great on her first airplane flight. She was her usually squirmy self, but a bag of toys and a lot of Cheerios kept her busy. She does like to move. As Ronnie says, “She plays hard and she sleeps hard.”
We are now in Guangzhou, which is a major manufacturing area in China, only two hours from Hong Kong. Driving in from the airport it looks like a much more concentrated city than Beijing. Large apartment buildings packed tightly together. We are staying at the famous (in China adoption circles) White Swan hotel. It is a top-of-the-line 5-star hotel. It has everything and it is all best quality. Because all 6-7000 adopting US families have to go to the US Consulate that is in this city, and they virtually all stay in this hotel, they cater to families with adopting babies.
Right now we are lying in bed watching the Super Bowl. It began at 7:30 AM here and is on ESPN. The only bad part is that we don’t get the US commercials. All the commercials are about Asian soccer. We have to leave for Allie’s medical check-up (standard practice for all babies) at 10:00, so we will miss the fourth quarter—oh, the sacrifices we make for our children!
Allie is going great. It is so amazing to see the changes in her in such a short time. She is a very active, happy child who eats everything. She also likes to have everything on her own time, we are learning to be more flexible. She still sleeps about twelve hours a night and takes an hour nap each afternoon.
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