Farewell to China

This is the Red Couch baby group picture that is taken at the end of each CCAI trip.

Family pic from the Red Couch.

Kylee checking out the Tigers

Kylee crashing out during a bottle feeding. Mom can't believe it.

Sorry for the slow down of the blogs, Monica and I have not been very healthy the last 48 hrs. Fortunately though we have not had a lot of meetings or paper work the last couple days, so we have had a chance to hang out and try to get healthier for our trip home. We did get the final approval for Kylee's visa paper work yesterday which is a big relief and means we are now ready to head home. Today we head to the US Consulate for our oath and then we receive Kylee's passport and visa. Tomorrow morning we complete the final travel adventure with a 16 hr flight with 2 sick parents, a 14 month old who is still not feeling that well, Yee Hah! All I can say is thank God for Monica's folks being with us. They have really been amazing.

A couple days ago we did get to travel to the local zoo which was by far the prettiest zoo I've been to, but considering how huge it was, there were not a lot of animals. I think Kylee really enjoyed it, even though she is a little young to really acknowledge the animals. She continues to blow us away every day with her progress.

If I'm not able to get a good Internet connection in the airport tomorrow, this will be our final blog from China. We will miss every minute we have spent in this amazing country. It is filled with such beautiful landscapes and even more beautiful people that are so kind and that truly embrace life. Most importantly, we have been blessed with this beautiful little girl from this country and we will never forget this experience as long as we live. We hope we have learned as much as possible from our time here so we can help teach Kylee about her the country she was born in and then bring her back here when she is older (if she wants), so she can experience first hand the culture of her birth place.

We now look forward to bringing Kylee home to the greatest country, filled with so many people that love her and yet have never met her. We cannot wait for her to meet all of you! We thank you again for all of your love, support and the wonderful comments you have posted to the blog.

We love you all and can't wait to see you!

Signing off from Guangzhou, China.