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Rocking Chairs & a TricycleHome Kiys Place Kiys Recipe Box Kiys StitchingAdoption TopicsAdoption FriendsTravelPhotos100 GW Quilt Thursday, November 8, 2007 8 November I have not been good about updating, terrible in fact! Once we hit Guangzhou, it seemed like time sped up super fast. We only had three full days here, so lots of official stuff to do, along with the (dreaded) shopping and some sightseeing. Tuesday was our first full day here, after arriving late the night before. We had babys visa photos (and the guy that took Emis is AWFUL! no one will ever see the horrible picture he took of my beautiful baby!). We also had the physical, which was basically weighing and measuring, taking temps, looking in ears and throats, and general prodding. Needless to say, Emi was less than impressed and wasnt afraid to tell everyone in a 10-block radius. Gotta love our gal. :) After that, we had a free afternoon. Jeff, Emi and I spent much of the afternoon (before and after nap) just strolling the park and the shops. We seriously lucked out on the weather here, it is gorgeous! Perfect slacks and a short-sleeved top weather, my absolute fav. Emi got more used to her stroller (we are working on it for the airports) but unless the thing was moving, she wasnt happy. She hates hates hates the Ergo we brought along, I am seriously bummed about that. Maybe once we are home we can play around a bit with it, but for now we are just carrying her and using the stroller. Wednesday we had a basically free morning except for needing to stay in our rooms from 1030-1130. That was the time that our guides (Rose and Connie) had our Consulate appointments. They took all of our paperwork over and met with the Consulate folks, we just needed to stand by in case they needed to call with any questions. After that we were free to do anything until later that afternoon when we went to the Pearl Market. I have pictures, but they are on the other camera so will have to add them onc...