April 23, 2008

Well this has been the last day of our long trip. Here in Guangzhou, the day we arrived it was so humid. The past two days have been overcast and breezy. We have been able to dine outdoors for dinner each night. The first picture below is of the Koi fish were we eat breakfast each morning. They are huge. It is a long water way in the Hotel with bridges for you to cross and the fish are swimming every where. They are so nice to see in the morning or anytime you stroll through the hotel. There are also shops in the hotel. Then there is the first time Davis has been on a slide in the park. He loved it, and didn't want to stop. How do you like his little Chinese hat? He loves to wear hats. The waterfall is so pretty and the sound of it at breakfast is nice. Then we had our group photo taken of the families of our agency Living Hope and the children they adopted here in China. The last picture we added of the wedding couple was because every where we go there are so many couples having their pictures taken. The dresses we could tell were never new. Maybe only the very well off could afford new wedding dresses. Not sure about that one.

We have really enjoyed our time in China and hope to come back one day. Maybe when Davis is older and can understand his culture. The swearing in at the Embassy was today. I could hardly get the oath out because of crying. I guess it really hit me this was a done deal. Davis was ours. And we were told that once we hand the brown envelope (with very important papers) to immigration officials at the airport, Davis is an American Citizen. It seems that it has taken so long to get to this point. We have so many stories to tell, I'm sure we will be talking about this trip for a long time. We have enjoyed meeting the other couples and their families in our travel group as well. We all share something very special. I hope our children will continue to get to know one another, as well as our friendships with the other parents.

We can't wait to see you all,

David, Cindi and Davis