After waking up very early (actually closer to the middle of the night than morning!) we got dressed and wandered around the White Swan for a bit. It was very dark and quiet and we watched the staff starting to set up the breakfast buffet, checked out all the big jade carvings, and wandered all throughout the lower area of shops and the fish ponds.
After a very early breakfast we decided to walk in the park and watch all the people doing their morning exercizes. Abby thoroughly enjoyed this special time with just mom -- something that we don't get to do very often at home. The gardens in the park are so peaceful early in the morning. We then spent a couple of hours just strolling around the island and watching it slowly wake up.
At 10:00 we met up with our guide Rebecca to go shopping at the Carrefore store for baby essentials, snacks, and bottled water. We also met Sara and Brian, the other family in our group who are adopting a Guangdong baby. The rest of our group will arrive here on Friday since their children are in other provinces.
As soon as we got back to the hotel Abby was immediately ready to set out again. Sara and Brian joined us and we again walked from one end of the island to the other and back again. And any of you who know our Abby personally know that she talked a mile a minute to anyone who would listen the entire time! We were wandering around for almost three hours. I think Abby tried to explore every inch of every shop we went into and every street and alley we ventured down.
After a late lunch at Lucy's around 3:00, per Abby's requested itinerary it was time to hit the swimming pool. Even though the afternoon was quite warm the pool water was too chilly for Abby to stay in long. So we came back to our room, ran a full tub of warm water and she jumped in with her bathing suit on. We blew up the beach ball, starfish and fish and pretended it was the pool. By that time she was so exhausted that we snacked lightly in our room and she was snuggled up in bed and snoring by 5:30! And there wasn't another peep out of her until 5:30 this morning.
Hopscotch in the park
Abby has decided that China is her favorite place in the whole wide world!
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3 comments:
What a lovely day : ) The pictures are beautiful!!!!!!! I'm sending hugs and kisses your way.
Love reading the stories. And, China should be one of her favorite places. It is such a very special place - isn't it. I am so very glad she has this special time to be with you - especial the quite time before Ruby arrives. She will remember it for a lifetime. I love the photos. Hugs.
Diane and the girls
What a special time for Abby, I was smiling from ear to ear while reading that whole post, until the last sentence which made me cry (happy, of course) You are doing good, momma!
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