We're coming home!!

Yesterday was our last day in Guangzhou and this morning we are packing up and getting ready for the LONG flight home. Please pray for us that the flight goes smoothly and that Olivia is calm. We are looking forward to going home. We have really enjoyed our time here and will remember it forever, but there is no place like home.

Yesterday we got to do some more shopping in the morning and then right before lunch, Olivia and Baba got some more pool time while Mama shopped. After lunch we all packed up and headed to the US Consulate here in Guangzhou to get Livi's Visa and have the swearing in ceremony. 57 families with their children all filed into a large room where they looked over our paperwork and then did a mass swearing in. No cameras or other electronics are allowed in the room so we don't have pictures. But, there was a camera crew there from Reuters doing a story on adoption and they were allowed to film the ceremony. Livi fell asleep on the bus on the way there and didn't wake up until after the whole ceremony. She didn't miss much.

From the consulate we headed to another mall that had a Pizza Hut in it. Our guide, Amy, said that since we had eaten all Chinese food for dinners in Guangzhou, we should have some balance and eat American. It was very good. One of our travel mates was having a birthday and his wife surprised him by ordering a cake from a local bakery and bringing it out after dinner. He was very surprised and the cake was delicious.

We headed back to the hotel then and crammed in a few more hours of (you guessed it) shopping. This morning we are up bright and early (4:00 AM) to get ready to catch our 8:30 flight. We will see you all in the USA!