Quiet Day on Shamian Island

Today we had a pretty quiet day. One parent from each family had to go to the Consulate to resign a form tht we had signed at home. The agencies, not just ours, all had the wrong form. So I got to ride 45 mins. to the consulate while Scott stayed back with a sick David and Sierra. David is still under the weather although he did go to dinner with all of us tonight and is feeling better. Some of our families are leaving tomorrow so it was the last night with all of us. Tomorrow we pack and then go to the consulate for our swearing in ceremony. We leave early Friday morning to fly to Beijing and then take the 5:00 pm flight home. It will be Sierra's third birthday! We arrive in the US at 5:00pm Friday, how weird is that!!! It,s like a wrinkle in time!!!

Here's the serious Sierra!!

Sierra with Dad!

Sierra in the stroller holding hands with Isaiah, a sweet little boy will be living in Florida!!

Thiss is silly Sierra who was going around, opening her shirt and saying Ta- Daaaaaa!!!

And this is soapy Sierra who loves to take a bath!!! Unfortunately she hates to get out!!!

I can't believe its almost time to leave!! Except for David getting sick, its been a wonderful adventure!! The time has gone by so much quicker than I thought it would. We have met wonderful people who it will be hard to say goodbye to. Our travel group families are an awesome bunch!! All their children are lucky to have them for parents!! Our friends Diane and John and their beautiful daughter Julia live so far away in Wisconsin. We will never forget the friendship we shared with them here on the island. Thank goodness for the internet as we will definitely keep in touch!!! I already dread having to say our final goodbyes to everyone. But I am so ready to get home and start Sierra in her new life. It won't be easy, orphange life is very different and it will be hard for her just to be a 3 year old. We see things sometimes that just breaks our hearts. Its hard to explain but its there. But she has a light in her eyes now when she smiles that she didn't have before and her laughter is music to my ears!! I can't wait for all of you to meet her!!!! We are all tired tonight so I am signing off. Tomorrow I will post our last post from China!!!