Sorry guys, yet another post without pictures. Aaron took a cab to the Sony service center, and they didn't have a camera charger either - and neither did the Friendship Store across the street. We have just a few pics from our visit to Sha Mian Island yesterday (it was a lovely day!), but we can't risk uploading them.
Aaron and Quinn are off today to visit Longgang SWI, where Quinn spent 18 months of his life. It's a 2 1/2 hr trip each way, so Calliope and I are staying in the hotel. Currently, she's filling the new stroller with random stuff from around the room and wheeling them in circles, saying "This goes to to the recycling bin!"
Quinn is still very much a daddy's boy. He did give me some giggles and smiles this morning (woke us up at 4AM!) and even let me tickle him, but there is no doubt who has lately become the center of his world. He toddles off after Aaron every time Aaron leaves the room, and it's pretty stinkin' cute. He lets Aaron do anything, without complaint. Diaper changes, nose wiping, even a shower (necessary after three diaper blow outs in 10 hrs) . . . as long as Aaron instigates the activity, he's completely fine with it. We've decided that, if he had to choose one of us to immediately attach to, it was better to be Aaron than me anyway. He's such a big boy that I never could have carried him around so much. Aaron, however, is able to lift and carry both kids, the backpack, and push the stroller all at once. It's good to have an iron man around at times. It's going to be interesting to see how he will handle two kids, three suitcases, three carryons, and the stroller at the airport. Oh, how I am going to laugh with my tiny purse in hand.
Yesterday, we had to go to the big, brand new police station in Guangzhou for some completely unknown reason (we just do whatever Connie, our guide, tells us to do), and among the dozens of other adoptive families waiting there was another boy from Longgang SWI. He was maybe 9 or 10 yrs old, and recognized Quinn right away. Came over and was teasing him, calling him by his nickname, Hao-zi. It was a sweet moment. I guess they don't keep the babies as separate from the school aged children as we thought.
Not sure what we are doing tomorrow . . . it might be a free day, or we might be going to Yun Tai Gardens. We purposely didn't schedule very many touristy activities, or a lot of shopping days, because Calliope is so easily overwhelmed outside of the hotel room. She really loves just being in the suite.
I can't remember now if we mentioned that the notary that handled our adoption interview at the civil affairs office was the *same* notary that handled us for Calliope's adoption. We didn't remember her, but she remembered us 3 1/2 yrs later! Calliope does tend to make an impression.
She and I are going to have lunch in the hotel's Cantonese restaurant now. They have AMAZING dim sum, and you get to eat inside a boat. A pretend boat, but still. Pretty cool.
-starla
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