Moving on!!!!

Well it looks as if all went as planned in Beijing and the Busters are ready to move on to the second leg of their trip! Again, I was able to FaceTime with Jaelynn & Kelly today! What a difference in just a few days! Really it was Jaelynn and Sophia on FaceTime because they of course needed to be the center of attention! So cute! Here is what Kelly had to say about Days 4 & 5! Take a look!

"Wednesday we went sightseeing and had lunch at a good Chinese restaurant. The restaurant was much better than our first experience. Our guide Jenny took us there. The quality of the meat here is not very good. For example the pork is more fat than meat. Our guide was telling us how Chinese people eat all the meat on animals such as the head and necks of ducks and fish. We only went to local restaurants twice since we have been here. It is too difficult to even order (when you go by yourself) because most people speak very little if any english. Every morning we eat the breakfast buffet at the hotel. It is a huge buffet. They have everything from typical breakfast food to lunch foods as well. They have a good variety of Chinese food such as fried rice, lo mein, spring rolls, veggies, steamed buns, congee, etc. We brought ramen noodles and eat them for lunch or dinner on occasion. We have also ate KFC and Papa Johns. They have Mcdonalds here but we haven't tried it.
We went to a park on Wednesday and Thursday and Jaelynn got to burn off some steam. She needed it. It is tough being in a hotel room with very little to do. They do not have a play area here for kids. So, we have used the halls and lobby of the hotel as our place to go on walks. Her toys have become whatever she can get her hands on in the room such as pull-ups, toilet paper, you name it... At the park she would play with other kids when she would see them. She is very social and active. On the go big time... Our guide works with adopted families while they are here and has been doing this for 10 years so she sees the children all the time. She was surprised how vocal and active Jaelynn is. She said a lot of kids are quiet and reserved at this stage. Not our little peanut!
As far as the adoption process things are right on schedule. This first stop here in Nanchang was to get Jaelynn, finalize her adoption, and get her passport. The adoption was finalized and we applied for her passport. Our guide is going to pick up her passport tomorrow. We ended Thursday by packing our suitcases to head to the 2nd leg of our trip Guangzhou. We board a plane Friday at 6pm China time arriving there at 7:30pm. This will be Jaelynns first plane ride. I am glad it is a short one. We will see how it goes..."

Please keep sending all of your kind words! Kelly is looking forward to reading them and she appreciates them more than you know!

Love,

   Brandy