Accidents Happen

When you live in a hotel with two small children, something is bound to happen. Last night a coke zero got spilled onto our laptop. Luckily, we have Internet access since we also have the iPad. Unfortunately it does not have the VPN downloaded on it so I can not get on blocked sites such as FB and blogger. Thankful that we put our blog on the story of you so Tina will post for me!!! So my blog junkie friends can still get your fix! The sad thing is I have no way to share photos with you. We have a zillion cords and electronic devices with us but I don't have the cord to download photos to the iPad. Maybe when we get to Guangzhou I can find or borrow one. I will try to figure something out. But for now you will just have to trust us that our girl is darling and yesterday we got tons of laughs and smiles! Everyday we see more and more of her personality and oh my she is so much fun!

Tonight we leave for for paradise, aka the Marriott in GZ! Last night Lily came to our room to deliver all the documents from the notary. We now have official copies of our adoption documents (yippee), if we would like to live in China forever with our girl we would be good to go, but since we would like to make her a US citizen and bring her home then we must now do all the official stuff with the US embassy in Guangzhou. Today we will get Alice's passport and we fly out late tonight. It will be a late night & we have our medical exam early in the morning. Poor Ali has to get poked.... She will need a TB test before we can bring her to the US.

A bit about yesterday. Lily picked us up in the morning and took us to a beautiful scenic area. Nanning is called the "green city" b/c it is so lush and green. It is very tropical and pretty. We love the old architecture here and love walking around these scenic areas. Tai was able to run around and play in the park a bit. It was very beautiful and we are glad we went. After our stroll through the "park" we went to a pagoda. It was 9 stories high and really cool. We de decided to walk up the 9 flights to see the view. Lily said it was cooler inside, apparently her idea of cooler and ours is a bit different! It was HOT and the stairs were narrow and steep. However, the view was really awesome! 

We were outside a total of one hour yesterday morning & it was too much for Tai. It is so hot and humid here, I have honestly never encountered anything like it. When we got out of the Pagoda tai got sick. It was too much for him. When we got in the car, Jason looks at me and started laughing out loud. I said what is so funny, tai was sitting with a barf bag and I was miserable too. He says "you look like you just stepped out of the shower fully clothed". Literally I was saturated with sweat. It was so funny that we were both laughing hysterically. I think our driver and guide must think we are such a spectacle! Man, it was funny and we needed a good laugh that is for sure. The next thing we know, lily turns around and says " now I will take you to a park to feed the fish" we both scream in unison NO take us home please!! Keep in mind we were outside about 1 1/2 hrs! The only Fenton not effected by the heat and humidity is Ali. She is just happy as a clam. I suppose she is used to it. We had noodles in the room for lunch then everyone rested while our girl napped. After lunch it was raining again so we stayed in the room and played all afternoon. Which ended up a good thing. Our girl has not had a BM since we got her despite our best efforts so we had to pull out the big guns, the miralax. The poor girl cries and cries when she poops and insists I hold her. It is very sad so we are anxious to get her home to the doctors and have her checked. We found a restaurant in the hotel that serves a variety of cuisines and it was delicious for dinner. I am delighted to say that Ali eats everything! Finally someone in my house will eat veggies with me!

When we were out yesterday, the locals loved us! Many people wanted pictures of us. Mostly Jason. The young girls would run up giggling and ask to take a picture with Jason. I told tai that they thought his baba was handsome. Or it could be the huge nose!?!? People wanted to speak to us but the funny thing was you would be like 10 feet away before you would here " heeeeellllo, or how are you" it was so funny. We always responded to everyone and our guide says we are very friendly.

Today is always a bitter sweet day for us. We are so excited to be one step closer to home but very sad to be one step further away from our daughters home. She has really grown comfortable here in our little hotel. She squeals in delight when the driver pulls up to the hotel and she runs through the lobby to the elevator. When u get off she darts for our room and knows exactly which one is ours. I fear we will have some regression when we go to a new hotel. But again, that is expected & par for the course. It must be so confusing and so much for a 2 yo to take in.

Sorry about picture situation. I will try to figure out someway for you to see this cuteness over here! She is so much fun and we are falling more and more in love with her everyday. Tai continues to be a good big brother and she loves to mimic him. She now runs around the room shooting spider man webs just like her big bro. She still doesn't talk much but she makes the cutest noises and squeals. I will try to post again when we get settled in paradise.

Alice will take her first plane ride today!