We are loving Guangzhou!

We flew into Guangzhou the afternoon of the 20th and WOW what a difference from Nanchang:) This is like a vacation now, there are beautiful parks,you can hear the bird chirping and its warm! its just a leisurely place to walk,the side walks aren't covered with people and we can walk around with out worrying about all the people and the crazy driving.
We started our day (Feb.21st) with breakfast at the hotel and then waited for our guide Bob to come to our room to do paperwork for the US consulate. We then headed to get Mia's passport photo and then to have her medical exam, she did so well-we were so proud of her. She now weighs 24.3 lbs.! After we finished all official work we went shopping at a local mall, Penny and I had a great time shopping and Bob,Scot and Mia were good sports. We loaded up and headed back to get lunch at Lucy's restaurant, we had a good ole American lunch-hamburger and fries! the rest of the day we just strolled around town sight seeing and checking out all the great parks. We went to dinner at an Italian restaurant last night that was great-Mia loved it too, she loved looking at all the other babies there and she would get so excited she would giggle and scream with excitement. She is such a happy little girl now.

After dinner we walked back to the hotel and went through the parks, the parks really come alive in the evening with families and lots of kids out playing and learning the traditional dances. They even had a group of kids learning a dance with swords, even little one's were doing this. We are really enjoying ourselves here and I know Mia is too.