1 week

I can't believe its been a week already! Adam is doing well adjusting to his new home. He is not longer afraid of Sebastian, our dog. He will even pet him now on occasion. We have been working on establishing a very consistent routine for Adam to help him feel comfortable in his new environment. The 12 hour time change has been difficult. For the first few days Adam was only "napping" for 2-3 hours at a time, however, 2 nights ago he slept through the night without waking. Last night he still woke up twice. Right now he seems to enjoy just being held most of the day, as well as playing with his toys occasionally. We had our first appointment with the pediatrician this week. He was very pleased with Adam's growth and development. He did say though, that he thought Adam may actually from New York, not China, due to his behavior during the examination:) Good thing both of his parents are former New Yorkers!

We're home!!!

After a long 28 hours, we made it home! We are glad to be home. Adam did very well traveling.

Last Day!!

It’s been a busy few days! On Sunday, we went on a tour to a Buddhist Temple called the Six Banyan's Temple. It was very beautiful; we even had the babies blessed by a Buddhist monk. We also visited the Provincial Folk Art Museum and the Arts & Crafts shopping center. It was a fun, but very HOT!! It was 97, with 85% humidity, and yes, no air conditioning. Zhi enjoyed riding in the backpack and checking everything out. On Monday, we had our appointment at the US consulate to take an oath and to submit our documents to receive Zhi's visa. He will be a naturalized US citizen when our plane touches down in Washington DC. Today we are packing! We also had our "famous red couch" photos taken. It is a tradition for adoption families and groups to have their photos taken on the red couch here at the White Swan. Zhi wasn't so happy about this. We are looking so forward to coming home!!! We depart for Beijing early tomorrow morning, then leave Beijing tomorrow evening at 6:25pm!

 I would like to say thank you very much to our very supportive family and friends who have helped us along this journey. It has been a very long 7 year journey, but WORTH EVERY SINGLE STEP. We have been so incredibly blessed with an amazing, beautiful child. Your support has meant so much to me.

In Guangzhou

We made to Guangzhou last night. Zhi did great on his first flight. We left our hotel at about 1:45 in the afternoon and arrived in next hotel at about 10:00 that night. The plane was delayed for an hour, of course once we werealready aboard. We kept Zhi busy with his snacks and drinks, but not knowing when we would take off we began to worry that we would be out of snacks before the plane departed. However, he feel asleep about ten minutes after takeof and woke up abour 5 minutes before landing. I was worried about him napping till 6:45, but decided to go with it. It worked out well since we were up past bedtime. It is so beautiful here. We had Zhi's physical this morning then enjoyed walking around the beautiful parks.

Still in Zhengzhou

We are on our second day of "free" time. We did plan to go with the group to the Henan museum today, but Zhi is not feeling so well. He is having some serious tummy troubles, so we decided to stay close by. We have been taking walks, playing, and going to the pool. Although, you risk your life trying to walk on the sidewalks here...I also went on a shopping trip with some of our group for essentials at the Lotus center. That was a good cultural experience. We are really looking forward to going to Guangzhou tomorrow! We have been amazed at what a great job our agency does. That have done an outstanding job of organizing everything! Our agency rep here is so helpful and so great. She actually went out at 9:00 last night to get us medicine for his stomach. The group we are traveling with is also so wonderful! We are so thankful to be with them!