We meet after breakfast; we needed to leave at a bright and chipper 7:30 am to get to our 8:30 am consulate appointment. After passing thru security and checking all phones, cameras, etc., we waited for the last of the families to arrive before they gave us general instructions. We all said the adoption citizenship oath (all the answers and documentation we have provided is true and accurate, etc) then each family was called up to provide the proper documents and their child’s passport to generate a US Visa which would be ready the next day after 3pm so our children can get into our country. It was over before we knew it and we walked around a beautiful park across the street until Brian and Ann’s appointment was over and we all drove to see the downtown skyscrapers and the Canton TV Tower, the tallest structure in China and the seventh tallest in the world. After that it was off to check out the Pearl and Jade markets in the shopping corridor on the other side of our hotel.
This shopping corridor has tiny stores that sell clothes, shoes, undergarments, umbrellas, socks, etc. the amount of people in the street at all hours is INTENSE.
Back at the hotel we made another attempt at swimming then walked to Sha Mian Island for one last dinner at Lucy’s. Back at the Holiday Inn Penelope went right to bed after a tiny whimper. Penelope is progressing by leaps and bounds, everyday there is major progress. For a little girl that didn’t act like she had ever walked before (Jell-O legs and drunken sailor are common nicknames), hadn’t ever had solid foods (rice cereal seems like the only thing she has had), hadn’t ever fed herself bite size pieces (she is completely enthralled with Cheerios), and there is no record of her speaking any words, and once she transferred her attachment to me it was only me and she had to be in my arms at all times, daily she is making great strides. They are like little miracles each day promising a great future.
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