Fri Aug 25th China.

Yesterday,

After a playroom session where Alia attempted to improve her standing skills we put her down for a short nap.
3pm it was time to meet Amy. She had been back to the Civil Affairs Office and had received some of Alia’s papers including her Chinese Passport. This afternoon’s duties with Amy included getting a passport photo of Alia and getting her the required Chinese medical examination.
First across the road from the hotel to the photo shop for the passport photo. It was raining cats and dogs outside and we almost stepped into a poodle, but we protected Alia with two large hotel umbrellas.
Alia, who has been great at posing for photos would not comply for her passport. Our baby’s photo is of a scrunched up Alia face.
Off to the “Clinic” for the medical exam, the rain had subsided so we walked for about 10 minutes until we reached the clinic.
A series of 3 quick exams by 3 different female doctors yielded a perfect baby. These exams are notoriously basic and can’t be taken too seriously although they are law. Alia wasn’t too bad considering she was being measured, weighed and prodded.
A quick walk back to the hotel then we spent an hour or so in our room with Amy filling out paper work and paying our final fee for our US Consulate interview.
That should be the end of our official duties until our last day in Guangzhou on Tuesday.
That is the day we have our exit interview at the consulate and take our oath.
So what to do between now and Tuesday? Well it’s raining again so let’s go back to the playroom.
The next hour or so in the playroom Alia made a few new friends and had great fun playing. This was followed by dinner at a Shanghai Cuisine restaurant down the road and a nightcap at Roses before bed.
Alia crashed early that night. Asleep at Roses and after a quick diaper change immediately asleep in her crib.

Our daughter makes incredible improvement on a daily basis. She loves being with us and is so happy……and so are we!

Friday am

Nothing really to report yet today. Raining outside, breakfast in the coffee shop and getting ready for playtime.
More to come….