Our 10th day in China/October 25th

Hey guys! We are loving it here in GZ and have been keeping really busy.  We started out this morning with Starbucks.  Woohoo!  I thought of you Ali Gish.  If I could have brought you one I most certainly would have;)

Brennan enjoyed his first Starbucks experience.  Especially bc his dad got a chocolate chip cookie which is all over his face!

After breakfast we met our guide Judy and headed to our medical appt.

 Here we are waiting our turn.  B doesn't seem to mind the wait.

 Getting his ears and throat checked out.

 Here he is getting weighed.  He weighs right at 23lbs.  What a chunk;)

 This was the doctor who checked him over.  He kept looking at his file and then looking at him and then asking our guide questions.  It was making me nervous something was wrong so I asked Judy what was going on.  She said that he was just confused why his parents would abandon a perfectly healthy baby boy.  He said his surgery when he was a little baby obviously fixed whatever was wrong and he is perfectly healthy now. That's such a wonderful thing to hear!  Although we are going to have him checked out really well next week at our pediatrician.

This is just a shot of the office.  

After our appt we headed to the pearl market to look around.

 It was huge.  They also sell Jade and other different types of stones and jewelry.

This is where we bought the pearls.

I have heard for a long time about this restaurant Lucy's here in Guangzhou that adopting families always go to.  They serve American food.  We stopped there for lunch.

It was pretty good.  We enjoyed having something American other than McDonalds and it gave Keith and our guide Judy a long time to talk politics.

After that we headed back to the hotel and rested for a bit and then we just went out and walked around a while and explored the hotel.  We are really getting anxious to get home but we are making the best of our last few days here and trying to get in as much as we can before we leave.

Mags, Connor, and Sam,

Hope you guys are doing well.  Sorry our facetime wouldn't work yesterday.  I am really hoping it will today.  I heard you toilet papered Aunt April's house.  That's awesome.  I can't wait to go with you next year.  Daddy and I are so ready to hug you and get home and see if 6 people can fit in our bed to watch TV.:) We love you so very much.  Be ready for lots of hugs and kisses!!