Goodbye and goodnight!

I can't believe it's our last night in Guangzhou! Tomorrow we take a 3 hour van ride to hong kong, spend the night there, and fly hong kong to Chicago-Dallas-Birmingham on thursday (or kind of 2 Thursday's with the time difference...). Now for anyone following this blog during our china travels, I'm sure that makes you as nervous as it makes us. That's a LOT of flights with a LOT of connections. Soooo... Clearly we need some prayer here. We should arrive in Birmingham on Thursday night at 9:45pm on american airlines. If you want to come to the airport to meet us, we just ask 2 things:
1. Check our flight arrival time before you come... The odds aren't in our favor for an on time arrival ;)
2. If you don't mind waiting down by baggage claim so we can hug our boys first! (not that we are expecting a massive crew at 10pm at night!! but you know...)

So down to business... Today we had our consulate appointment, where we take an oath to love and care for Mamie, signed some papers and got the visa rolling. We will get her visa tomorrow at 3:30 and we are free to come home! It was a neat little process, but no cameras are allowed inside. So we took our picture in the lobby and headed off to lunch. Charles deemed a celebratory meal at the Irish pub with some friends. And that is what we did! Then nap, play, dinner and bed. Nothing too exciting... Just trying to prepare Mamie for home! Where there is no daily excursion with 14 of her closest friends, no buffet breakfast, not total freedom to do whatever she wants... She may be pretty bummed to realize the reality of her new life!

In case I can't blog again before we leave, here are some Mamie milestones:
1. She started walking by herself today- without holding my hand
2. She let Charles hold her for about 3 seconds- twice... Now we tricked her into it, but it still happened
3. Her personality is busting out- she is quite a character, feisty and sassy- but also very sweet. Just praying her activity level stays at a minimum until we are done with plane rides. Please.















And on that note... Good night!

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