hello!

we are in guangzhou now. it is crazy! chinese babies EVERYWHERE. The u.s. consulate is here and all adopting families stay at the White Swan hotel for this leg of their trip. it is a very touristy area, but kind of fun. lili had a hard time with the transition at first, but she seems to be adjusting finally. the hotel gave us a barbie doll with a chinese baby as a gift. mmphh. rene wants to know "what about ken?"

during her medical exam, people kept smiling and commenting on her name. it`s a great chinese name apparently. WACAP gave us a different translation. Everyone here says Fu means "blessing" or good luck and Xi is the character for "double happiness". pretty special.

we went to a buddhist temple and she was blessed by a monk yesterday. we also visited a folk art museum.

today we have the day off except a visit to a chinese market. that should be fun.

we cant wait to come home. we should get her visa tuesday. we are just waiting for the paperwork now. a few more pictures attached.

xoxo,

erika