Today is the Day!

Good morning! We just had a wonderful buffet breakfast and are off to rediscover the Shamian Island in Guangzhou.

Yesterday we left Hong Kong on the train. The photo is of the Train Station. Also, Megan enjoyed her very first McDonald's experience in Hong Kong of all places! She had a Happy Meal and it was GOOD! (She even shared french fries with mommy - I think McDonald's fries are tops....must go back to my high school working days :o)

We arrived in Guangzhou mid afternoon yesterday and got settled into our beautiful suite at the White Swan. It is nice! Plenty of room to spread out but something is missing (we get her today!) We met up with our travel group, took a brief tour of the island and then all had dinner at Lucy's. There are 3 other 5/6 year olds in our group and they hit it off immediately. We couldn't get over how quickly they bonded. It was great fun and we finally got to meet our new friends face to face. We have been emailing for months and here we are!

We meet at 2:30 this afternoon to board the bus for the Civil Affairs office. We will meet the babies there. We are so excited and apprehensive, we can hardly stand it. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. A flood of emotions are running wild and I know it will get even more intense as the day goes on. It was so fun to see all the families and babies at breakfast this morning. They are all so precious and tomorrow morning we will be one of those families!

Our next post will have the pictures you have all been waiting for! (Us too!!!) Hopefully there will be smiles among the tears but it usually takes a couple days for everybody to "be one big happy family". We know that it will happen.

We continue to covet your prayers.....especially for good health. We cannot wait to send you all the good news. Again, thank you for sharing this with us. It is hard for me to see clearly through the tears that well up when I think of how many special family members and friends are along this journey with us. It is truly overwhelming and we are SO BLESSED!

We love you......have a great day and we will be in touch again soon!
~L