Busy Day

Today started with a check up at the local medical clinic. Thankfully they have a section for adoptive families so we didn't have to wait in the longer lines. I don't have a lot of pictures of our activities today because I've found it's very hard to herd 4 kids through large crowds and take pictures. When we first got to the clinic they took pictures of each boy to attach to their files that followed them to each room. When it was our our turn they weighed and measured the boys. Xander didn't really mind but Parker was not a fan of anyone who took him away from James. After they measured them we waited some more and then we saw a "doctor" :-) He asked us what their special need was and then examined it and took notes but we couldn't read them since they were in Chinese characters. Our guide was reading over his shoulder and just said it was just notes about their conditions. Once we were done with the doctor that was the end of our medical visit. It was very painless and it was fun to see the other families with their new kids.

After the clinic our guide dropped us off at the hotel for some afternoon naps. Xander decided that sleeping was not as important as screaming last night so we were both a little sleepy. Both boys seemed a bit nervous in the new hotel last night and were not thrilled about the new cribs so we were all ready for some rest this afternoon.

Once we were rested we headed out with our guide and the Haas family to do some shopping. Our guide took us to a wholesale shopping area that reminded me of a huge building of oriental trading stuff. Paige ended up with some treasures and we all enjoyed the experience. We were impressed with how well the boys hung in there for 2 1/2 hours of shopping in crowded buildings. Below is the only picture I took today. The Haas family was looking for some kites to take their boys at home so our guide asked a shop keeper and they said they had more kites on a different floor. We followed him to the basement of the building, it felt like we were doing a secret kite deal :-)




We are now back at the hotel and the boys are enjoying climbing all over Andersen and Paige and video chatting with their Grandmas at home.

Tomorrow we don't have any appointments so our guide is taking us shopping again and to one of her favorite restaurants for lunch and then we are going to swim and relax after lunch.