Last Day at White Swan

Today is our last day in Guangzhou at The White Swan Hotel. We loved our time here but are so excited to head home!

Good morning sleepyhead. I thought ladybugs were appropriate for our last day here:)


Military exercise in streets of Guangzhou


Shopkeeper playing classic Chinese Flute. It had such a beautiful sound.

US Consulate

Yesterday Leila Meimiao became a US Citizen! She wore her stars & stripes!

On our way with my little giggle girl.


Mommy & Leila after we took our oath. We were so happy to be done with this portion of our journey.

The Open Market

The other day we went to the open market which included a pet market & a medicine market. It was very interesting:)




The Open Market



All types of tiny turtles.


Lizards on a stick used for medicinal purpose?


Big scorpions! Yikes!!


Lots of tiny super active scorpions!

Sweet Pictures

We just can't get enough. We are discovering new things about her everyday.

So peaceful. This is one of my favorites.


Leila & Adley hanging out. They are from the same SWI. Leila is 22 days older than Adley. They're already sharing hair accessories! So cute!



This is the smile we love! She babbles the whole time. Sound familiar?!

Precious Baby Girl

I know this picture is sideways but I forgot to rotate it (hahaha) It's Adoption Barbie! They gave these to every adoptive family at the White Swan Hotel! How fun!!



Playing in her PJ's


All Smiles!


Daddy with Laila & Leila:) Laila is 11 months and will live in California

We're at The White Swan Part 2

Since we can only post a few pictures at a time here are a few more:

Daddy, Mommy & Leila at The White Swan



Beautiful parks & walkways in Guanzhou


The gang waiting for our babies' physicals

We're at The White Swan!

For all of you that aren't familiar, The White Swan Hotel in Guanzhou, China is an icon. It's so beautiful and completely different from our last destination, Nanchang. Nanchang gave us the experience of culture and the authentic flavor of "Old World China" (although there is construction going on 24/7 throughout that city). The White Swan in Guanzhou was built in 1983 and is a classic beautiful hotel. To keep up with the rapid modernization of China it will actually close for a year in September. We are so glad we made it here before it closed. Leila's doing great although she had a tough time on the flight from Nanchang to Guanzhou. She has been tugging at her ear all week and after screaming on the airplane my suspicions of an ear infection were confirmed today at the medical clinic. It worked out well that we had our Visa Physical scheduled for this morning. Tomorrow we're off to do a little sight seeing and a little shopping. :)


Leila, Mommy & the doctor at the Medical Office. (He actually wanted this picture on his cell phone too) funny!






Leila being a trooper!

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