Guangzhou

Have you ever had that feeling that you are living in the Twilight Zone or like a black cloud just seems to follow you around?  Ahhh well we have and do!  So many people have said how much they loved the time they had in GZ.  They were sad to leave. They say all the wonderful things and I was sooooooo looking forward to it.  What I would like to know is when did any of those people actually have time to enjoy it?  Is it beautiful?  YES!  Without a doubt the Island is stunning!  But I can' say we are enjoying out time here.  We have felt very uninformed by our agency and feel we have been left to fend for ourselves.  Up to this point everything was good.  We felt we knew what was going on at each step and so on.  Now we feel like we are lost.  We want to do the touring that is offered and try and do dinners with the group and that is about all the time we have.  Shopping?  When do you do that?  I ran frantically around to stores tonight trying to get some shopping done.  Our agency took us to the Jade and Pearl market and gave us a whopping 45 minutes to shop.  I can't shop like that.  We had NO idea what we were doing!  I am so thankful that we got some shopping done in Fuzhou.  We wanted to buy gifts for friends and family but I hate to say this it is all we can do to get the shopping in for the girls. 

Baby food!  Wouldn't you think that since we are on the adoption capital island in China that there would be a store that sells baby food?  Wouldn't you think that it would be everywhere since there are currently at this time 1 million adoptive families here?  I understand we are very lucky to have such a young baby but really... no food for the baby?  I am sorry but that is crap.  I have so many black cloud stories but to be honest I just want to forget them all. 

Here is what we have been doing the past couple of days... We had our medical examine on Saturday.  That was a complete and utter mess.  Mark about lost it.  Stick 2 million babies in a room and poke at them and you will understand the volume of crying and scared kids.  Then stick 10 million Chinese guides in the mix with all the shoving and pushing and you will understand what it was like.  The entire thing was a joke to be honest.  Thank the Lord for the last doctor we saw as he was very calm and nice.  Lauren cried the entire time!!!!  Here are a few photos.

All in all she past with flying colors.  We are very happy about that.  If this was what socialized medicine looks like... well repeal the bill.  I was already against Obamacare... NOW I have lived it and it SUCKS!

Ok, now  that I got that all off my chest... our family nucleus I doing amazing!  Lauren is a dream child!  The Lord blesses us again!  We couldn't be more in love with this little girl.  She is amazing.  Somethings we have learned about her...

1. DO NOT mess around about food.  When she is ready to eat you better be ready to feed her. 

2. Your spoon must contain food at all times.

3. She only likes to drink her bottle after all major food is eaten.

4.  She is happy!

5.  We already have several games we play. She loves High 5, sticking her tongue out and our fav dancing machine.  That I still need to get on tape.

6.  She loves to crack herself up.

7. She will give kisses to me and I love it.

8. She will attach Emma every chance she gets.

9. She loves her daddy.

10. She really goes with the flow!

11. She sleeps all nigh!

So much more but I would run out of room!

We have our Consulate appointment tomorrow to get Lauren's Visa bright and early so I really need to got to bed!  I hope to be caught up with my posts before we get home.... not sure that will happen.

I also want to once again say thank you for all your comments.  They really are so sweet.  I wish I had time to write to each of you but I am hanging on by a very tiny thread at this point.  Just know that each and every comment has meant the world to us!