The Wait Continues

We waited so long to get here. Now we can't wait to get home. Don't get us wrong. The Chinese culture is fascinating. But our purpose is not to travel, or sight-see or do other typically touristy stuff. We can here to get our daughter. We have her and we're very anxious to get Chloe to her new home and continue the transition. Today was pretty low key. Quite boring for the most part. Right after breakfast we took Chloe back to the medical clinic to have her TB test read. Negative. One more bit of good news, and one more task completed. But that was the only official item required today. Our guides had scheduled a tour to one of the major Buddhist temples in Guangzhou, but we had visited it where we were here for Isabelle and chose not to go today. We had hoped, instead, to walk with the Yager family (we've become quite fond of their entire family) to a close "medicinal market", but it started raining as we ended up staying in our hotel room until the girls went down for a nap. We ventured out in the afternoon, but the continued rain forced us into Lucy's...a little restaurant the tries to cater to Americans. They have a decent selection of American food...but it really isn't very good. And it seems much more expensive that what we remember from 3 years ago. So we opted for some french fries, an appetizer and some soft drinks to pass the time. After a little more shopping we met up with Yagers and Huizings to go to an Italian restaurant for dinner. Relatively good food, and definitely good company. When we made it back to the hotel is was time to get the girls ready for bed. And tonight was the first time the Chloe has not gone down easily and quietly. It seems that each day that goes by, something in her little subconscious is realizing that her world is being turned upside down. It breaks our heart to watch, but we are becoming pretty good at tag-teaming our approach to settling her down. She is a wonderful little girl, and Isabelle is starting to really enjoy her big sister role. Although it's very clear that she's still struggling with someone stealing part of her spotlight, she seems to be accepting the fact that this isn't just a temporary thing, and she's showing her sweet, compassionate side. Progress is good!