Last Leg

We've made it to the last leg of our trip.  We are now in Guangzhou and staying at the White Swan.  The hotel is located on the historical Shamian Island, overlooking the famed Pearl River.  We are actually going on our second day here.  The flight from Nanning was only one hour and all the babies seemed to do well.  It was still a long day for traveling...our flight didn't arrive until about 10 pm and we still had a 40 minute drive to the hotel.  

 

This Shamian Island is by far my favorite area of the trip, even though it seems to be the most humid.  There isn't as much of a language barrier, everyone seems to speak English.  The island looks to be geared towards all the Americans that come.  The hotel itself is very beautiful.  There is a waterfall and fish pond on the main level.  That first morning we went down and had the breakfast buffet you'd think we'd died and gone to heaven.  The food itself was okay, but getting to eat something other than noodles for breakfast was a treat!  Eric went and took care of some paperwork this morning while Nathan, Emily & I ventured out.  We found the Swan Room, which is a playroom at the hotel.  We also did some window shopping.   We ate Subway for lunch.

 

This evening we met up with the other Holt families.  Everyone seems so nice. I'd say there are about 16 families total. There are so many beautiful babies and children.  We had a group dinner at an Italian restaurant. Walking back to the hotel we stopped and watched some people playing badminton.

 

These last few days have been especially hard.  We've had a few meltdowns with both kids.  Heck, the entire family!  Emily still isn't bonding with Eric.  She will look at his picture in her photo album we sent before we arrived and will kiss his photo, but she screams if he looks at her.  She isn't even going to Nathan like she did in the beginning which in turn is upsetting Nathan.  So for now we have a Mamma's Girl.