It is about noon our time & we are in the room waiting on lunch to arrive, then we decided that we all needed a nap today before more adventures this afternoon. We spent this morning at the most amazing park...i want one of these in CC! Gorgeous lake, tons of rides, trains, bumper cars, play grounds. Faith & her little friend Ellie & Emily had a BALL...it was just fun listening to the 2 little ones squeal as they ran from one thing to the next, then grab hold of daddy's hand & literally run, dragging him along behind to the next destination of fun & more squeals.

Gottcha Day

WOW...incredible day! What an overwhelmingly wonderful day. We left for the Social Welfare office at 2:00. We went upstairs to a lovely waiting room that was large & open with fun couches all around for families to sit & meet their new additions. We were I think the third family to meet our child. She was peeking out of the curtain to see us ahead of time & I knew it was her! She was happy to see us for a few minutes, but then was not so sure about this strange group huddled around her crying. Then others in the room began to cry & after a few minutes it rubbed off on her. :) She has a special bond with Jeff already & calls him Daddy & literally jumped in his arms when things got overwhelming for her. Bless her little heart. The tears pretty much continued until we got back to the room. Since being in our room she has been great. She is playing her Nintendo DS along side her big sister & happy as a clam. Also found out that McDonalds nuggets are a hit.

Touring China

Our time in China so far has been wonderful. There are 9 other precious families on this adoption journey with us and they are quickly becoming family. We all go thru waves of emotions...ok the mommas all go thru waves of emotions. Emily will look at me & say "uh oh, here come the tears". She is so right. The realization that this journey that we have been on for the last 3 years is finally coming to an end...or really I guess just beginning is at times very overwhelming. I have so many things running through my mind...will she like us, will she be happy, does she even want to leave where she is, will she be scared to death, what is she like, will she like Rusty, will I be able to comfort her when she is scared, sooo much more...
The last few days have been spent sight seeing in Beijing. We have 2 wonderful ladies, Rosa & Maggie, that have been our guides and have taken this group of foreigners under their wings. We worry about nothing, because we know they are taking good care of us, even down to loaning us coats for those of us who never expected it to be cold enough to have snow flurries in Beijing in late March! The Summer Palace, The Great Wall of China, Tienman Square & then The Forbidden City, Peal factory, other great places that I couldn't even begin to pronounce, much less spell have filled our days. After all of our sight seeing yesterday we all parted ways to travel to each of our childrens provinces...our destination is Guongzhou.

Beijing...here we come

Well guys, not sure i am doing this correctly...but here we go. We are in the airpot in Newark waiting to board our flight for Beijing