Good morning Wuhan!
We started the day early getting up at 5:00AM to get our bags and our bodies ready for a long day containing two very monumental tasks. First, we went back to the Hubei Center for Intercountry Adoption to pick up the all-important red leather folder containing Becca’s official adoption certificate! Below is a picture with the notary who is a very important official in China, unlike in America, where a notary just has to pay a fee and have very little training to become one. Also pictured here are Sherry, our national guide for the first two-thirds of our trip, and Eric, our local guide in Wuhan. We also received our baby’s Chinese Passport.
After this, we went to the Wuhan Airport to go on baby Becca’s first flight! She did marvelously, and was a clown! She very much enjoyed playing with Annabelle, Rich and Michelle Haske’s adopted baby. God has made it so easy on us! I hear so many people’s horror stories about parenting, and the difficult times they have with their babies. We have had very few upsetting episodes so far. Our baby has such an easy personality, and is so flexible and easy-going! She loves to just have fun! Everything is a big laugh! She also has no problem getting along with other children. Anyway, there I go bragging again! Pardon my papa syndrome! 🙂 It peeks its way through at such unpredictable moments, but God has been so good to us, and we just can’t help but shout it from the rooftops! Below is a picture of our cutie’s first flight to Guangzhou:
As you can see, she had a great time! From there, we took a 45 minute bus ride to DongFang Hotel in Guangzhou. Our guide, Amy, is very sweet! We should have a picture of her sometime soon! The DongFang Hotel is huge! It has two lobbies, a shopping mall, and three or four restaurants. There is also a McDonald’s in the complex, where Rebecca enjoyed her first Happy Meal. Our room here is very spacious with lots of room for baby to run!
Pictures of room tomorrow!
One prayer request: Pray for an easy doctor’s appointment for Rebecca as she goes for the customary routine checkup, before being allowed to leave China with us to the USA. The appointment is on Monday. Thanks for your prayers and support!
God bless!
So thankful all is going well. We will keep the doctor’s appointment covered in prayer. Rebecca is a doll!
She is something!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy for you both.Well, daddy, you have your glow now!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Hello again from Kansas City. I just am soooo enjoying your journel from China. Your daughter is sooooo beautiful!! WOW! You have definately been blessed with a happy baby. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. Sincerely, Kathryn Heflin
Sarah and Brandon. It has been so much fun reliving our adoptions through your site. My name is Barb Pentecost and we have 2 daughters adopted from China through AWAA. I wanted to say how beautiful Rebecca is. I noticed Rebecca’s red cheeks! So many of the girls seem to have this. We found the best thing that helped our Sarah was plain vaseline. We would put it on her cheeks before bed and in the morning they were much improved. We tried everything. So I thought I would mention it.
May the Lord continue to Bless your family!