Arrived in Guangzhou

GUANGZHOU: The last leg of the trip. We made it to Guangzhou today with no hiccups. Thank you, Lord! We were leary since we don’t have Eric’s passport yet and didn’t have a guide with us, but it worked. Guangzhou is where we get the boys’ medical check-ups, shots (hopefully none are needed), have our appointment at the U.S. Consulate, and pick up the boys visas. All American adoptions end up here, so we are beginning to see a lot of Westerners here for adoption. Tomorrow is a free day, and we are hoping to catch the church service on Shamian Island. We attended church there for Jaiden’s adoption, missed it due to Daniel’s emergency Doctor’s visit on his adoption trip, and hope to make it again this time. Their service is in both Chinese and English and was packed the last time we went. Then we’ll see if Lucy’s is still in business for lunch…a popular restaurant on Shamian Island. Today was Eric’s 2nd airplane ride (his first was on Monday)…and Brandon’s 1stplane ride. The pictures today show:

-Amy and the boys in the back seat of the taxi on the way to the airport.

-The boys wearing their matching jackets…Brandon’s foster sister graciously bought these for the boys.

-The boys on the internet at a Ctrip shop in the Shanghai airport. Eric even got to QQ with 2 of his friends who were online at the time!·

-The boys on the airplane. Notice the shirt Andrew is wearing…this is in honor of the White Oak Boys Basketball team that made it to state and will be playing for the state championship in a few hours. Go Roughnecks!!! (Have fun, Josh!)

-Mike helping the boys enter some new words in their notebooks. (These notebooks are for journaling, new English words, questions they want to ask or things they want to remember to share once they come across someone who can translate.)

Preliminary observation: So far we would say Eric reminds us more of a Daniel and Brandon reminds us more of a Jaiden. Eric is fast and wants to be first, just like Daniel. Brandon is more thoughtful and deliberate…and even eats slow like Jaiden. So we think of Daniel and Jaiden often and miss you too, Amanda and Josh! And thanks, Amanda and Josh, for posting these updates for us!
(will try to update the pictures when i have time but needing to run-Amanda)