Guangzhou

Thankfully we survived the flight yesterday, but poor Anna had a hard time getting settled down to sleep last night.  This morning was the health exam, so we headed out around 9 to get started.  I was so thankful that our guide had suggested we arrive early, because we were the first ones there for the adopting families.  The clinic is for 2 groups of people - Chinese who are hoping to immigrate to the US, and American families who are adopting.  The first stop was getting her picture made for the
official records - another picture!

 Poor Anna keeps having to get her picture taken for different official documents, and each time it is the same...they have a little seat for her, I explain that she can't sit without support and is very weak...and we have to prop her up and hope that they catch a picture without her leaning to the side.  Thankfully we were successful after just a few attempts.  After we sped through the medical exams (nothing too difficult there - just had to visit 3 different stations), we saw several other families coming in with their newly adopted kids.  It seemed that all the poor kids were worn out, as most of them had flown yesterday, too.

After that we stopped by a grocery store to pick up a few things.  It is interesting, because the grocery stores I have visited here in China are all several stories high with "moving sidewalk" kind of things to take you from one level to the next with your cart.  Ah, it will be so nice to get back to my favorite Super Target with all that wide open space!  We found some chicken feet at the store, but we decided to skip that today and just stick with yogurt and bananas for snacks.  After our shopping expedition,
I worked on some paperwork with our guide, who will take it and make sure that everything is in place for our big visit on Monday to the US consulate!  Getting closer...just 3 more days in Guangzhou!