Tuesday, December 26

Today was primarily an administrative day with a little trip to an open food market thrown in. In the morning we had pictures taken with the babies in our group followed by a visit to the doctor to get approval for the American visa for Leah's passport. After visiting the market in the afternoon, I headed into town to get some paperwork done on our ticket for Leah. Three hours later I just made it in time for a group dinner at a Cantonese restaurant. They have a saying in China that the Cantonese eat everything with four legs except for the table and chairs. The more brave in our group tried the sand worm salad. It's pretty much what you think it would be. Yes, Noah and Jordan, mommy and daddy ate worms!


Leah has figured out that the little red light on the camera means it's about to flash. She doesn't like the flash, so this is what she does to blink whenever she sees the red light. We now have an enormous number of photos with this expression. Lara of course thinks this is an indication of how brilliant she is.


This is about 1/2 of the babies in are larger group that got matches in our time frame with our agency.


These are the 4 girls that came out of Chongqing orphanages. The 3 on the right were in the same room from the same orphanage.


This is the doctor's office for American visas. Leah's already gained 2 pounds since we picked her up.


Snakes in the open food market. Remember the saying above amout what the Cantonese eat.


More food in the open market. These were alive in large bins.


The open food market.