Crazy Day!!

The boys (feels so good to say that!) were really tired from traveling yesterday and they both slept in. Therefore we had a little bit of a late start. Since we didn't have time to go down for breakfast, Jeff and I decided to have a little Starbucks. :) Real coffee tasted very good! Our big appointment today was an appointment at a medical clinic to fill out all the medical forms for Caleb's US Visa application. What an experience! The picture does not do the chaos justice. We'll have to show you the video when we get home.

 

We arrived shortly before 10am. We stopped at a small baby store to have their visa pictures taken. Then off to the clinic. Since China just recently celebrated a national holiday, the clinic was extra busy with families who were adopting from China. I must say that I was amazed at the number. I would say that there were no less than 25 other families at the clinic doing the same thing we were doing.

The medical appointment consists of three parts. Height and weight, ENT check and overall check from what they call Medical and Surgical. We had to wait in line at each station. It was very loud, babies crying everywhere and hardly a place to walk. In all honesty there was not much to the visit and we didn't really glean any information from it. Caleb did not have to get any shots however because we signed a form saying that we would be responsible for getting them within 30 days of returning to the states.

After that appointment, we stopped at the Chinese Wal-Mart to pick up more diapers, formula and wipes; then we headed back to the hotel. Once there, we were able to take a walk and eat lunch before we had another paperwork appointment. While I took Caleb to work on paperwork, Jeff was able to take Sam to the pool. Sam had been looking forward to that for days.

Tomorrow we have a day of relaxation and shopping. There is a very beautiful island where the US Consulate is which has a lot of nice shops. I'm looking forward to it! We are certainly enjoying our time in Guangzhou, but are still looking forward to coming home.

Will be posting our "Gotcha Day Video" soon. Thank you for your continued prayers!