Greeting from Guangzhou...

Well we have made it to the last stop on our journey. Guangzhou, China. The day started out very early. We were up at 5:30am and of course started with the princess’s morning bottle, then off to a quick breakfast. We got on the bus to head to the Guilin airport at 6:30. Talk about a crazy time. It was an hour drive to the airport. We then had to wait to get all of our boarding passes for the plane ride. It was a complete jumbled mess. We got to the gate with no time to spare. We were not all even seated and the plane was backing away from the terminal. After another huge mess trying to figure out who sat where, no babies on isle seats, full plane, ECT, we had a 45 min. flight that went pretty smooth.

We made it to the White Swan Hotel on the Shamian Island around 10:30am. I just found this cool link that has all the shops on the Island...

http://members.fortunecity.com/shamian/

This area of Guangzhou is part of the older European settler’s part of town. The architecture is very European. The White Swan is just spectacular. Every hotel we have stayed at has been better than the last. This is a 28 story building that has just about anything you could want. 5 restaurants, 2 pools, game room, shops, a waterfall and koi pool and tons of sculptures for sale. It is really amazing. I didn’t get to many pictures today but I will try to have more tomorrow.

We didn’t have any official business to do today and tomorrow is a free day also. We are headed to the jade and pearl shops tomorrow. Lots of shopping at very cheep prices.

We walked around the island a little this afternoon. We were just window shopping for now. We had lunch at a little restaurant that caters to western taste. It was pretty good.

We all had a really fun day. We are starting to figure out what Mina wants and when she wants it. She has a great appetite. She loves scrambled eggs, congie, watermelon, French fries and of course cookies. She is also a cheerio nut. We have had limited success with baby food. Some she likes, sum she doesn’t. It just depends.

Her favorite activity is playing together with us. We have already learned itsy bitsy spider and she loves peek-a-boo. She loves to play games like take the lid off the bottle, put the lid on the bottle, and take the lid off the bottle... We are working on strengthening her muscles so she can sit up on her own. Right now she has to roll over to get up. She can walk with the help of a finger or two but she walks like a drunken sailor. She is really ticklish too...

Well that’s all for now. It’s kind of getting late and I’m getting tired. The girls have been asleep for a few hours already.

One last note... I can read the blog now... woo hooo... Keep your comments coming? Its have been really fun reading everyone’s comments. We really appreciate everyone following along the adoption reality show.

Michael Susan and Mina