We're in Guangzhou at the White Swan Hotel!

Hey ya'll! We are finally in Guangzhou and I actually had a decent meal! I'll start from the beginning of the day but I am so excited that we're finally here.

This morning we had to pack up and it took forever. There was so much stuff and Chi Chi was so hyper it was crazy. She kept doing peek-a-boo and playing with her toy phone that if you touch the center button it sings for about 5 minutes. It's abnoxious. Chi Chi loves it though. Jasmine also came in and for some reason she's obsessed with me. But I love her! She wants me to be the fun person all the time and sometimes that's easier said than done.

We finally got packed up and we were so excited to leave. We had to go on a plane though. I was thinking,"Oh, this should go well, 10 babies who have never left an orphanage crowded onto an airplane, great!" We put all of our stuff on the bus and we were off. Chi Chi wasn't mad at me today and she was being nice to me- by nice I mean not hitting me and laughing when I made funny noises! We were dragged across the airport in which case I was dragged along with Jasmine too. It was a long time before we finally got on the plane.

All of the seats on the plane were spread apart. Some families had 3 seats spread across the whole airplane- yeah right, we can put the baby in a seat by itself at the back of the airplane. My Dad had a seat near the front while my mom and I and Chi Chi were at the very back. Chi Chi wasn't one bit scared and she was chowing down on these new sweet potatoe bite things that Kelly (a mom there) gave to her. She was trying to feed another baby too and she fed me. She was being so sweet to me! Aww!!

When the plane was taking off, most of the babies were crying, but Chi Chi wasn't. I was making her laugh so she was totally distracted. She didn't even care if her ears were popping I guess.

The flight was only an hour long so it wasn't that bad. Although, they gave us these bran cookies which make Chi Chi poop so she did a huge one on the plane. It smelled SO bad. My Mom had to change her in the bathroom on the airplane. That went well-not. She was fine after that though and pretended to read her book saying, "ba bo."

Ok, this is the most exciting part! When the airplane was landing, it hurt Chi Chi's ears. She doesn't know how to pop them so it hurts. She started crying and my mom tried to pick her up but she wouldn't let her. She then cralled over to me and climed up on my lap and put her head down on my shoulder. She was grabbing onto me and crying. I was soo happy! I was comforting her and she finally closed her eyes in and tried to go to sleep. When the airplane hit the ground and finally came to a stop, my mom and I waited till most of the people had gotten off. I stood up with her and she didn't want to go to mom or start crying or even hit me. She put her head back down on my shoulder and stayed calm. I was soooo happy. I was pointing to her and all of the parents there were giving me thumbs up cuz they all knew that Chi Chi never let me hold her. When we say Dad she still was letting me hold her and didn't grab for him or anything. I was so happy and she just mad e a desicion that she liked me or something. Yes!!

I carried her through the airport and let me tell you- she is soo heavy. My arms were burning. Ah! It hurt but I wasn't complaining! I was so happy she was letting me carry her i didn't care! She pointed at a fly on a window and I went over to it. It was on the outside of the window. Chi Chi started to blow at it to make it go away but it obviosly didn't work. It was so cute though!

We then collected our bags and went onto the bus. On the drive there, Chi Chi still let me hold her and was laughing and everything! My mom decided that she wanted Chi Chi and I handed her to my mom and Chi Chi drank her bottle. Then she immedietly wanted to come back to me! I was really tired and I was half asleep so she just sat down next to me.

The only thing I remember about the drive there is that we passed beautiful feilds and it was lovely. Then we passes over this HUGE river because our hotel was on an island. Then I fell asleep until Chi Chi woke me up at the hotel.

The hotel is HUGE! It has 28 floors and a HUMINGOUS lobby. The lobby has this big waterfall- 2 stories high! And this big cod fish lake. To get to different places you get to cross a bridge over it and they even have on for the kids where they can just look over at them. The cod fish are litteratly 2 feet long. They are giant. I'll take a picture of one and put it on the blog tomorrow! When you walk in you see tons of families with adopted children. This is the last stop and I think it is required or something. We are on the 26 floor and we have a seite. It is the best. Chi Chi loved putting the card key in and out to open the door. I love it here!

When we arrived, Chi Chi was so hyper and I really don't know why. She was like bouncing off the walls and she was cracking up. We have this wierd closet in our room that has two enterences- the bathroom and the bedroom. Chi Chi and I played in it for a LONG time. I would crawl through it one way and go "Boo!" and she would die laughing. She did it to me too and it was so cute.

After our luggage came we decided that we'd go out to dinner with the little girl named Anna and her parents.It was the first decent meal I've had in a long time. I was so excited. I had pizza and cake and it was great. Chi Chi loved this fish thing there and kept trying to feed it to me but I wouldn't take it- it looked nasty.

After dinner we went back up to the room and Chi Chi was still hyper. We played the little closet game some more and then it was time for her bath. It was so funny! She would touch the running water and it would spray her face and she'd crack up! It was adorable. I think it was the most fun bath she'd ever had.

It's now time for the dreaded bedtime so I gotta go help. She's already crying so I'll write about bed time tomorrow. I miss you guys so much and tell people to reaad this stupid blog because it I'm doing this for nothing I'm gonna be real pissed-lol! Look down at the bottom of the blog for the pics!!