Day 9 - Guangzhou and Victory Hotel
This was Emmaxia's first experience at a Thai restaurant. Unbelievable food and honestly we think daddy got more food on him than Emmaxia.
Here is the group prior to leaving the hotel in Nanchang.
Here was Emmaxia's first plane ride. Not bad for a first trip but there is plenty of room for improvement. Yea, we are that family with the crying baby in row 14. The later half of the trip she was great.
After about a hour long bus ride we finally reached our destination, the Guangdong Victory Hotel. We have only been here for a couple of hours but so far this place is awesome. The hotel entrance is more than impressive and Zhou made arrangements to get us suites. The hotel rests on an island and is surrounded by a quaint village type setting. A short walk down the block and we found ourselves a Thai restuarant that was more than impressive. We love this place already. More to follow soon right now, however, we need to get Emmaxia to sleep. Her schedule is still a bit off. She is growing each day, just wait until you see how cute she is in person.
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We decided to adopt a baby from China in September/October of 2005. After completing mountains of paperwork, background checks, fingerprinting, etc. (collectively called the dossier), we were officially on China's waiting list on April 14th, 2006. This moment of acceptance is called the log-in date (LID). This date is quite significant because families are matched with children according to LID. If you follow referral dates (the date a waiting child is matched with a waiting family), you will be able to see how close we are to being matched--at least in theory. When we started the process three and a half years ago, China was matching month for month, meaning one month of LIDs were taking one month to match. Now, unfortunately, one month of LIDs is taking about four months or more. So...we wait...we vent...we cry...we breathe...we hope...we believe.
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This was Emmaxia's first experience at a Thai restaurant. Unbelievable food and honestly we think daddy got more food on him than Emmaxia.
Here is the group prior to leaving the hotel in Nanchang.
Here was Emmaxia's first plane ride. Not bad for a first trip but there is plenty of room for improvement. Yea, we are that family with the crying baby in row 14. The later half of the trip she was great.
Love it, love it, love it.....we are all addicted to this site.. You three have all joined together so great, like it has always been.....I am always wondering if you fight over who gets to hold her and who gets to take the pictures!?!? I thought the little video was awesome; my arms just wanted to go through the screen to touch her.....I think you have been there long enough and now need to share, okay? JK! Love, the DeYoungs
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ReplyDeleteI've been following your travels and it is truly unbelievable to be reading your pots! This is the life changing event you've been waiting for and I'm so happy for you and Todd! I can't tell you how much I look forward to your updates and how much happiness and joy is in those words. Enjoy the moment and know that there are so many people here that are celebrating these moments with you.
Love, Jody
I have to agree with Amy, we are addicted to this site. I touch the screen just to try and get a feel for what you are going thru. The smiles are permanently attached to your faces so we know everything is going great. Can't wait to hold her and kiss her all over. We know the two grandpas are looking down on you and have huge smiles also, knowing that she is the most beautiful thing ever. You are going to be great parents.
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