Pictures taking a long time to upload - I am tired - will upload tomorow

Day 10

Well it is official, Maggie is my daughter in the eyes of the USA! She will become a citizen when her feet hit the ground in Los Angeles. I am so excited! Tomorrow we have our swearing in ceremony in the afternoon at the US Consulate. There can be no cameras so we will not have a picture of this.

In the morning we will go to the oldest Buddist Temple - it is 1200 years old. Then we are off to the toy market then home for a nap. We have been gone the last 2 days during the day so Maggie has not had a nap. This has caused for many a early nights for her.

Today DuPre, Jennifer, Mom and I and the girls walked through the market. This is where they have the eels, starfish, scorpions, snakes, etc. It was pretty cool. I have attached some pics below for your enjoyment! People purchase all of these items for meals.

We walked thru the market and went to Pizza Hut - YUMMY!!!! Then off to the mall to shop around again. It was a really fun day and I just love spending time in the "real" China!

Tonight we went with most of our group and went on a cruise. The Pearl River runs right next to our hotel and it was a fun dinner cruise. The items on the dinner buffet were hysterical. For Example, they had Toasted Goose Duck . We didn't even know what that was. The view was really nice but cold. The temperature today and tomorrow is rather chilly so I wrapped Maggie up. One of my co-workers, Renee Smith, made Maggie some caps and I put one on her today - It was so cute and people stopped me on the street and pointed to her hat and gave a thumbs up. Thanks Renee - that was fun!

Maggie continues to do well. She definately knows her momma and likes to play with Gran. I just still cannot believe that she is my child - I am so lucky! God is so faithful to see me thru this process and I know without a shadow of a doubt that He orchestrated this whole process and brought us together to be a family.

Enjoy the pics! We leave on Friday to be home on Saturday night! We can't wait.

Love to all,

Tricia