First full day in Guangzhou

Today was a fun day in Guangzhou. First of all, Teagan slept last night for 6 hours without waking! It was wonderful. I also had Briley in the room with us and for the first, my whole family slept in the same room. I woke up at my usual 4am and couldn't get back to sleep. I could hear Briley breathing to my left and I could hear Teagan to my right. I said a little prayer to God and thanked him for how fortunate and lucky I am to have 2 beautiful babies! Briley is doing better with Teagan every day too. She will be a good big sister!
When adoptive families stay at the White Swan, the hotel with Mattel provides each family with a Barbie doll titled "Going Home". If you enlarge the photo you will see the Barbie holding a Chinese baby. You can not buy these in stores.
This is Peter with Teagan. He is such a nice guy. I couldn't imagine this process without Peter as our guide. He helped out so much when Teagan was having a hard time. He also loves Briley and the other older girls. Today when Briley saw Peter, she put her arms up and ran to him calling his name. This is Teagan getting measured during her medical examination. All babies leaving China need to have a medical exam as part of the American Visa process. Teagan weighs 19 pounds and is 71 cm long. She got a clean bill of health.

After the medical exam, we went SHOPPING! Shopping around the White Swan is incredible. The prices are low and they will go lower the more you buy. We bought some really neat things. This afternoon, Peter took us on a tour of Guangzhou. We first went to the Six Baiyan Buddist Temple. While at the Temple, Peter asked one of the monks to bless the babies. There was incense burning while the monk chanted and was tapping with a stick on a wooden instrument. It was very emotional for me as I held Teagan while kneeling in front of the monk. Briley was also kneeling and receiving the blessing. Briley really got into kneeling on the knee cushions and acting like she was praying in front of the buddas. It was really very cute to watch her act like the other Chinese. Briley also told me that she can now speak Chinese--she thinks so anyway and makes a good attempt at it! After the temple, we went to a Porcelain shop where they were handpainting the porcelain (It's a new shop Joann and Julie). After the Porcelain shop Peter took us to the most crowded Pedestrian Street in Guangzhou and then to a dinner buffet there.

The weather here is better than in Nanchang and you do not see the poverty as there was in Nanchang. This is a really nice area that we are at now. Tomorrow morning, Mom and Dad are going to a Christian church. We have the rest of the day free to do what we want. Thanks for keeping up with my blogg and checking in on how we are doing. Teagan is a good baby and we are really getting used to her now.