Arrival in Guangzhou

 We have arrived in the beautiful city of Guangzhou-YIPPEE!!!!!  We are thrilled.  This city is much more touristy and we definitely fit in more here than in Lily's province.  The hotel is a Marriott and many employees speak English so it is easy to communicate.  There are also numerous things to do here as a family and group when we are not working on paperwork.  This is where we work on Lily Kate's U.S. paperwork so she can come into the United States and immediately become a citizen.

     Yesterday, the plane ride was EXCITING for all the passengers who got to listen to our 14 screaming babies as we sat on the runway for an hour and a half waiting to take off.  We could tell all the passengers were talking about us in Chinese (we were the only Americans on the plane.)  Our babies were NOT HAPPY. When we finally arrived in Guangzhou we were very relieved.  We will travel from bus to Hong Kong so our last flight will be home to the United States.  We have not had good luck with flights on our trip so far.

     Today Lily Kate was not happy.  Today all the babies went for their medical exams where they were poked and prodded.  She then got a TB test which upset her greatly.  We determined that she weighs almost 20 pounds and seems fairly healthy.  She has a little bit of a runny nose but most of the babies do simply because of all the changes going on in their world this past week (food, environment, etc.)  We went to the hotel playground this afternoon and realized that she does not like slides or swings.  We do not think she has ever been on either one before.  She also put her feet in the swimming pool.  Maybe tomorrow we will take her in.  She got a hold of Abby's M&M's tonight and decided that she could eat them all day. She kept making the "mmmm" sound and wanting more when the package was empty.  It will be so hard not to spoil this baby!!!!!!!!!!!