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Does this look comfy to you?  This is Lainey, during her nap yesterday!

Well, we are really down to the wire now, today is our last full day in China.  We have mixed feelings really…VERY anxious to get home to our kids, family, friends, dog, house, my red chair, Randy’s big TV, Mountain Dew, potable water, and drinks with ice!  But, we have found that we do love it here.  The people, especially. Most of them are just as nice as can be. The others don’t really say anything, but don’t exactly smile either :) But, all in all we love these people and will have wonderful memories of living among them for this short while. And, of course, we will be forever indebted to this country for giving us our precious Lainey.  We had to come a long ways to find our daughter, but she couldn’t be more perfect for our family.

Here is the view from our hotel window on this glorious day…blue skys and warm, just a little breeze.  The city goes on and on.

Lucy’s restaurant is a very popular eating place for us mis-placed Westerners. American food!  We’ve been here twice.  We’ve noticed even more of us adoptive families come to Lucy’s near the end of our trip, ready for comfort food.

Donna and Jenn (friend from the CCAIWC yahoo board) and our daughters Lainey and Kenzie at Lucy’s last night. They look a bit suspicious of each other, hmmm??

Randy took this shot from the river side of the hotel last night.  Beautiful!!  See on the far left building, one of the Olympic characters is displayed.

Back to Jordon’s today for our last bit of shopping.  Would you believe Randy is getting into shopping even more than I am??

All the store ladies dote on Lainey, saying how beautiful she is, giving her toys and crackers.  She looks pretty happy to get the attention, huh?

Lainey loves shoes…here we are finding just ONE more pair.

Randy thought you might like a picture of one of the markets on the street here in Guangzhou.  Not sure about the top 2 bins, but the next one is sandworms and the close one is water beetles.  There were also all kinds of fish, silk worms, and snakes. Lunch, anyone?

A shot of the nice sales ladies, wrapping up one of Randy’s chosen treasures.  Pray that it makes it home in one piece.

We must now wake Lainey from her nap (oh no…) so we can board the bus for our oath taking at the US consulate.  We’ll try and post a pic of that later.  Thanks again for all the comments!!!  Hugs and love to all!