{"id":253,"date":"2008-02-27T04:09:10","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T08:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=253"},"modified":"2010-03-20T01:05:05","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T05:05:05","slug":"226-tuesday-227-wednesday-catching-up-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/253","title":{"rendered":"2\/26 Tuesday – 2\/27 Wednesday – Catching up again…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the lack of post yesterday, we just ran out of time to post.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, where did I leave off last time?\u00c2\u00a0 Red couch photos, right?\u00c2\u00a0 The next day was 2\/26, Tuesday and the only thing on our agenda was a visit to the Pearl Market in the afternoon.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a nice, un-rushed morning, allowing us time to have a Skype computer\/video session with our 4 kids back home.\u00c2\u00a0 This was the first time that Abbey, Marley, Payton, and Ethan saw Lainey in action and not just asleep in her crib.\u00c2\u00a0 It was wonderful, seeing their faces as they saw their baby sister!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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We then went to breakfast, meeting our friends Bruce and Karen from Atlanta. They’ve adopted an adorable little 2 1\/2yr old boy, Micah.\u00c2\u00a0 You’ll see pics of them later.\u00c2\u00a0 Next stop was the Swan Room, a playroom in the hotel.\u00c2\u00a0 The room is sponsored and maintained by Mattel (the Barbie company, another reason for the Going Home barbie we received…)\u00c2\u00a0 Here are a few pics of Lainey enjoying her playtime.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Next stop was more shopping yes, more.\u00c2\u00a0 Then lunch and nap, and it was time to meet for our afternoon outing.\u00c2\u00a0 We met at the lobby and then took taxis into town.\u00c2\u00a0 We were let off at a huge, outdoor shopping courtyard looked like a cross between the State Fair (lined with counter food places, where folks were getting all sorts of unidentifiable snacks on a stick) and what Times Square must look like.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>s and KFC…the only fast food restaurants we’ve seen here.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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We walked through one mall, HUGE, with many levels and then into another big mall with tons and tons of jewelry stores and kiosks.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Pic of the indoor mall…6 floors?!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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In this next mall, there was ONLY jewelry stores.\u00c2\u00a0 Our guide pointed us toward the reputable pearl places and we shopped.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Randy then decided that we’d walk around a little by ourselves and would catch our own taxi back to the White Swan. So, we window shopped and people watched our way back to the outdoor courtyard. Then, we waited at the curb for a taxi.\u00c2\u00a0 After watching a few go by and seeing others jump in line in front of us, Randy got aggressive and started running after them since waiting wasn’t exactly working.\u00c2\u00a0 Taxi secured (and shared with another adoptive mom and her new 13 yr old daughter), we made it back to the White Swan unscathed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The rest of the day went like this…more playtime in the Swan Room, dinner in the room for Lainey, and then we went to Bruce and Karen’s room to share a Papa Johns delivered pizza.\u00c2\u00a0 Yum!!!\u00c2\u00a0 Here are a few pics.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Lainey and Micah…we’re already talking arranged marriage<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Lainey does NOT like the bus, and after Randy decided that he didn’t want her to use his camera as a chew toy, she decided to voice her displeasure by having a hissy fit on the bus.\u00c2\u00a0 Sorry, folks.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, thats our girl.\u00c2\u00a0 She continued this fit for a while, in the stroller at the zoo, until we had pity on her and picked her up.\u00c2\u00a0 After this, and a few cheerios for good measure, she was happy and ready to see animals!\u00c2\u00a0 Here are some pics.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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A jaquar for you, Marley!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Payton and Ethan, you would have LOVED the lion.\u00c2\u00a0 He was pacing about in his cage, and roaring his head off…you could hear him ALL over the whole zoo!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Today, our final paperwork was delivered to the US consulate by another CCAI guide, and our guide Kathy had her cell phone with her at the zoo, ready to receive word that all was perfect with our paperwork and that we’d actually be able to officially leave China with this little girl.\u00c2\u00a0 How relieved we were to see her coming around the corner with this news, we all high-fived and hugged.\u00c2\u00a0 NOTHING stopping us now!\u00c2\u00a0 Praise God!\u00c2\u00a0 We take our official oath at the consulate tomorrow (about a 30 minute bus ride, hopefully Lainey will be in better spirits).\u00c2\u00a0
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Celebrating our consulate victory with Kathy, our CCAI guide!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Mom and Lainey at Monkey Hill<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Right now, Lainey and Randy are napping.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d love to be, but I’m here, tirelessly working to update all our friends and family back home on this blog.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll be crashing in bed early tonight.\u00c2\u00a0 Love to all!!\u00c2\u00a0 Less than 2 days and we’ll be on our way HOME!!!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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**forgot to mention, Lainey has learned to respond to us saying “kiss” by leaning her face in to us for a kiss.\u00c2\u00a0 And, yesterday, she learned to wave hello and bye bye.\u00c2\u00a0 She’s really impressing us.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Sorry for the lack of post yesterday, we just ran out of time to post. So, where did I leave off last time?\u00c2\u00a0 Red couch photos, right?\u00c2\u00a0 The next day was 2\/26, Tuesday and the only thing on our agenda was a visit to the Pearl Market in the afternoon.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a nice, un-rushed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}