It is 8:30 Monday morning here. We are waiting to meet our guide to go the bank and change our money to Yuan for the adoption fees. We meet Grace (our guide) at 10:30. There is another family here with a 6 year old girl - Summer. Her and Piper have really hit it off. They are having a lot of fun together. The kids are going to stay here with Vern and Sheryl while we go to the bank. When we get back, I have to go with Grace to Walmart and get the necessities for Tierzah. There was a mix up (of course) and the baby backpack with all the supplies needed for Tierzah that I paid for didn't happen, so now we need to scramble to get stuff.
Then we meet later today (2:30) to go to civil affairs to get Tierzah! Finally - today. I guess you could say I am now in active labor! I will post pictures later today, so look for them when you wake in the morning!
Love and miss you all
Shannon
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Update from Shannon!
Hello from Hunan! It is 5:30 am here. We have been up since 3:30. The time zone thing is really kicking us - especially Piper. She took a 4 hour nap today! We couldn't wake her up. By 8:00 she was out cold again and now, up watching Hannah Montana!
This hotel is beautiful! This place is interesting, but very different than home. We can't find skim milk! In fact, we had Papa Johns for dinner! So much for eating like the locals. They do have a fabulous buffet breakfast here. It is included in the price of the hotel and it's huge and WESTERN! I had a great omelet and bacon.
Last night Sheryl and I ventured out to Walmart - yes, I typed Walmart. It was an 8 RMB cab ride (about $1.50 US) to an area of town which resembles Time Square - only more people! Things are very face paced here, which I didn't expect.
Today is Sunday and we will join with 2 other families today. One family we met briefly in Guangzhou. They were on our flight from LA and were heading first to Beijing. They have a 6 year old daughter - Summer. It was nice for her and Piper to meet. She seamed like a pretty fun kid, so having them with us traveling will be nice.
Ok - Time for a shower! We get Tierzah tomorrow at 3:00. We are 13 hours ahead of you, so it will be 2:00am Monday for you. I'll try to get pics up as soon as we can.
Love you and miss you all - Shannon
This hotel is beautiful! This place is interesting, but very different than home. We can't find skim milk! In fact, we had Papa Johns for dinner! So much for eating like the locals. They do have a fabulous buffet breakfast here. It is included in the price of the hotel and it's huge and WESTERN! I had a great omelet and bacon.
Last night Sheryl and I ventured out to Walmart - yes, I typed Walmart. It was an 8 RMB cab ride (about $1.50 US) to an area of town which resembles Time Square - only more people! Things are very face paced here, which I didn't expect.
Today is Sunday and we will join with 2 other families today. One family we met briefly in Guangzhou. They were on our flight from LA and were heading first to Beijing. They have a 6 year old daughter - Summer. It was nice for her and Piper to meet. She seamed like a pretty fun kid, so having them with us traveling will be nice.
Ok - Time for a shower! We get Tierzah tomorrow at 3:00. We are 13 hours ahead of you, so it will be 2:00am Monday for you. I'll try to get pics up as soon as we can.
Love you and miss you all - Shannon
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