Hello Guangzhou!

We arrived in Guangzhou yesterday (Friday) afternoon after an uneventful flight. Well, only that Miss Sophie didn't want to wear her seatbelt. We are making a big issue out of seatbelts NOW so that hopefully when she gets home she "gets it" quickly.

I put her hair in pigtails after bath and she loved it!

Met up with some other families last night for dinner at a real Chinese restaurant and that was a blast. 3 families, 4 little girls, one couple has identical Chinese twin girls!

Our medical appointment was this morning along with 40+ other adoptive families! It was controlled chaos! Sophie did GREAT! She went to 4 different stations, weight, height and vision, ENT, TB test (she was fine and got a candy from them when it was done), then a doctor examination. After that our group of 5 families filled out paperwork for our consulate appointment next week.

We went to dinner at Lucy's with another family who has been here many times before, the Horners. It is so nice to be with BTDT people! Plus Bill and Pam and their adorable daughter Ellie are delightful company! Lucy's is a restaurant that caters to American families and has burgers and fries on their menu. I had a grilled cheese, Shawn  and Jake cheese burgers, and I guessed that Sophie might like Rice Noodles with Beef and she did. She also had a bite of her first burger! She loves fries, but we already knew that! She had some entertainment to watch out the window as there were tons of teen-aged Chinese girls dressed up as anime but they were gone by the time we were done at Lucy's.

Next stop: We FINALLY got this monkey to her correct habitat: a playground! She had a great time, scaring Daddy a little. She was climbing all over the place and finally her foot slipped and got a bloody lip and then she was done!

Our camera battery died after the playground, but we walked around the island looking at all the cool statues, playing at the exercise spots and doing a little shopping. (Dee, I got Milly a darling little red silk dress!)

Dancing and singing with her fan. She put on quite a show for 20+ minutes, singing and dancing! Then she played balloon tennis with "Gugula" (that's what she calls Jake) for another 20 minutes. Then the handle broke off.  :(  It was worth the $2 though!!

I am noticing her being more willing to repeat English words now. Maybe it's because we are trying to copy her words and are totally butchering her language!

She is hungry again, so gotta go get this girl some food! We are going to try to order from......Papa John's!!! :)