Day 11 Shenyang and Guangzhou

We are now in Guangzhou where we will do the US Consulate part of the process. We had a successful day with yet one more meal at the wonderful dumpling place and then a van ride to the Shenyang airport. The flight here took about 4 hours and it was so much fun to experience AiJun's first airplane ride with him. He was making all kinds of motor sounds and was thrilled with the whole thing. I am happy to report he had no motion sickness in either the airport vans or the plane. 

We are at the White Swan Hotel which those of you have adopted from China know well. We just arrived and it is midnight so we won't be able to explore much until tomorrow. All we have scheduled tomorrow is Gage's physical which should just take about 30 minutes. The bad news is that we have to meet our new guide Lynda at 7:45 AM to go to the physical. I will probably take him and let Dave and Jake sleep a little since we are up so late. Plus I slept 13 hours last night since I was kind of wiped out with a cold.  We will also have the photo taken for his visa tomorrow. I am down to just two envelopes of cash to disperse for adoption related fees and I will be happy to part with those.

We got Gage's Chinese passport today and his picture is so cute! I can't believe he is ours. Our guide explained that China doesn't allow dual citizenship so when Gage becomes an American citizen on Friday, his Chinese passport will become invalid. It is a sobering thought for him to make such a huge decision at such a young age, and we don't make that decision for him lightly. We are pleased to know that he really wants to be adopted, really wants to come to the US and really likes us! We know he will have a wonderful life with us and are happy that it has finally begun.