Our flight was long but tolerable. The food on the plane was good- lots of Chinese dishes. We're dealing with the jet lag by getting out of doing stuff. The Chinese people are very nice and helpful. They love to practice their English with us and often thank us when they find out we are here to adopt one of their daughters of China. We try to tell them we consider Mei Mei to be a gift their country has bestowed upon us.
We were able to take an afternoon tour of the Great Wall. We rode the sky tram up the mountain. It was very misty and our guide took us to a part that isn't so crowded with tourists. It was an awesome sight to behold and hike on.
Yesterday we had an orientation meeting and they gave us updated information about our babies. The picture of Mei Mei is blurry because we had to take a photo of her photo. It's nice to see her smiling. Her update indicated she takes her last bottle at 8:30 p.m. and sleeps through the night until 6:30 a.m. HURRAY! I guess we'll find out if it's true... tonight. This morning we will fly to her province, Jiangxi, and this afternoon they will bring the babies to us at the hotel. She'll be ours from that moment on. More tomorrow about our Gotcha Day.
Please give lots of hugs and kisses to the boys. We miss them so much but we know the're being well taken care of.
Colette and Jeff
PS Those of you in Ventura- please share this blog with Colette's mom and the boys. Thanks
2 comments:
Hi Colette and Jeff, we are so glad that you got there safely. Mei Mei smiles so beautifully and a little bit like Gabriel. We had boys for Alek's B-day today. They had fun and they stayed till 4 pm. Nicole is super nice and she took good care of boys - especially Julian. Gabe swam a lot with Tadek and Alphie. He got very cold and he shivered a lot but I rubbed him with a towel and cuddled him up and he recovered :-) The boys seem to be in good spirits. Don't worry about them - just bring Mei Mei home soon.
I can't wait for next news.
Yours
Kasia ( and boys)
This is a great shot of you guys on the wall... totally amazing climb isn't it? Your hair is adorable Colette; very new momish and easy to take care of.
I am posting this late Sunday night in CA, so it's already Monday for you and GOTCHA DAY is over. You are with your beautiful daughter and we can't wait to meet her.
Be safe and take lots of photos.
: ) Jennifer
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