In Guangzhou... a new world

We are staying the the White Swan Hotel. The locals call it "The White Stork" Hotel because of the large numbers of babies who stay here on their way to new homes. It's a beautiful hotel to the point of being very opulent. Mei Mei likes her crib here- tight and cozy I think. The food is very good near the hotel. We are busy completing our final paperwork and while we wait for the paper work to be returned we take more tours and shopping excursions. Mei Mei's health and happiness seem to increase by the hour. She seems to have more color in her cheeks and even seeks out Jeff for play (as long as Colette is holding her). She finally rides in the stroller without much fuss and sits (more like slouches) in her high chair at meals. She's started to feed herself - before she wouldn't touch the food and had to be fed everything. Our room looks out over the Pearl River. Quite a beautiful view, especially at night.

Our adoption group took our famous "Red Couch" photos of the babies. Mei Mei is on the far right, top row. Eventually all the babies started crying. We took the photo of Colette and Mei Mei before the group photo (no one was crying yet).

Also took a photo of Colette's daily breakfast. It tastes alot better than it looks.

More later... love to our boys.

C&J