Traveling

Today we had a leisurely morning at the hotel playing and packing up - It's amazing how much stuff I have! Ugh! But we got all our suitcases packed, kept within the 44 pound limit, and headed off to the airport to fly to Guangzhou. All families who adopt from China end up in Guangzhou the last week of their trip. The US Consulate is in Guangzhou, so this is the city where Jay will get his visa to fly *home* to the US! Chengdu had amazing food and a great feel, but we are definitely ready to fly to Guangzhou where adoptive families won't get the stares and where we are one step closer to coming home! We said goodbye to Carrie, our amazing guide in Chengdu. As Sam told her, we would've been totally lost without her!

The airport was probably the most frustrating part of the trip so far. Haijun was so so excited to fly on an airplane and he was running all over the airport, running into people, getting behind the counter at the terminal pushing computer buttons,... I mean imagine the most out of control child and that was it. But once he was wrangled onto the plane. He was super excited and did great on the flight.

It seems like we have a really good day and then a really hard day. Today was hard. My parents flew to Xian to do some sightseeing and will meet up with us in Guangzhou in a few days. That will help a lot. I feel like today I didn't do especially good by any of my kids - I was asking Audrey to sit by herself on the plane, carry bags, and basically take care of herself because I had one out of control kid and then Sam who suddenly had many needs - basically fighting for my attention. I had a million carry on bags, and kids running crying and peeing everywhere. Yes, peeing. Thank goodness for Pringles containers, that's all I'm saying about that. Hopefully the pattern is right and tomorrow will be a good day!