Yesterday we flew from Chongqing to Guangzhou. It was about a two and a half hour flight. I am sure all the Chinese businessmen on the airplane were not to happy to see our nine babies boarding the small plane! Anslee has a cold so for the first time since we were at the orphanage she was a little fussy. She fell asleep right as the plane was landing and woke up as we were getting off the plane.
It is amazing how different each province is that we've visited.
In Beijing everything was covered in coal dust. You couldn't see the sun because of the pollution. They said it is the worst in the winter. It was freezing cold! I read a book that said the trees in Fuling looked gray like they had been in an attic for years. I found it much more accurate for Beijing.
In Chongqing the sun rarely shines. It is rainy and polluted. I did love this city though! It looked much more beautiful than Beijing to me. I loved the hills and the people there. The temperature was in the high forties to mid fifties.
In Guangzhou the sun is shining, there are palm trees everywhere and the temperature is like Orlando, Florida! The babies squinted for a while until they got used to the sun. They all love the shadows since they've never really seen them before!!
This is a picture of my friend Sherry (from California) and her baby Sarah before we boarded the plane.
After we landed, we drove an hour to our hotel. We let the babies rest an hour and then we had to go get visa photos and then their medical exams. We had about a 20 minute walk to the medical exam and Anslee fell sound asleep in the baby bjorn. She was exhausted since it was 3pm and she hadn't had a nap.
We arrived at the examination office and were all handed our medical forms. Then we had three stations to take the baby. The first one was a ear/eye/throat check. Anslee was still sound asleep so the doctor started softly slapping her little cheeks. I was trying to wake her quickly so the doctor would stop. She didn't wake so the doctor shoved the tongue depressor down her throat. That woke her up and as you can imagine she was not happy!! (me either!) The next station weighed, measured her height and took her temperature. She was miserable at that point and she had a fever. So the doctors start running around and talking in chinese so we had no idea what was going on. I called Zhou over and he said to go to the next station and then to have her temp rechecked. I went to the next station where the doctor does a quick physical examination and the doctor found a rash. So he looks and saw she had a fever and he starts running around. I was so stressed! They rechecked her temp and sent us to a room. Zhou came out and said if it is contagious we have to stay in China until she is better. Keith and I looked at each other and then Keith said "so do we have to stay?!" and Zhou said no because this isn't like measels or chicken pox. Thank goodness!!!!!!!!! Although we have enjoyed our trip we are ready to be home.
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Welcome to Guangzhou! We spent 11 nights there. Have fun buying squeeky shoes if you haven't already!
It won't be long before you are home.... for Christmas!
If you come to South Georgia, Katie would love to meet you all! We would too!
You can email us through the link on our website if you have any questions during your stay while in Guangzhou, or if you need any advice when you come home!
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