Saturday, 5/22

Today we had a very quiet day. We woke up and I went to work out- there is a very nice facility here- it would be much better if it were air conditioned or had a fan moving air- but it is still very nice. We went down to breakfast and it seemed as though there were hundreds of new people in the restaurant. It turns out that there is a big convention in the hotel this weekend and also the other people from our adoption agency (CCAI) have arrived from their province last night so there were about 30 more families with babies in the hotel. It was kind of fun to see new faces. I had a meeting to fill out the last of the paperwork for Olivia to gain a visa and passport as well as citizenship when she gets into the US. One of the good things about adopting from China is that when we get home she is ours completely (we don't have to adopt her again in the US) and she is a US citizen. We paid our last big fee here and then we had the rest of the day to ourselves. Patrick, Olivia, and I went out to look at a couple of shops that we had not seen yet but after the first one Olivia fell asleep so we went back to the hotel. she slept for 3 1/2 hours- WOW! She sleeps with her eyes a little bit open. Cambria does this every once in awhile but Olivia does it every time she goes to sleep. It is not until she is in a deep sleep that her eyes shut all the way. After 1 hour she was restless- so I picked her up and I read my book while she slept. She slept that way for the next 2 1/2 hours- it was a very special time for me to love on her. **To the Hartley family if you are reading this: When Olivia smiles she looks like Mikayla- I noticed it first thing when we met her but I have forgotten to tell you this. It made me think of you all!**After this we went down to the playroom on the bottom floor of our hotel. It is a great room for the kids to play in. Olivia is not big enough or strong enough for most of the toys but she likes looking at them. We went to dinner at a local Chinese restaurant which was very good. I am glad our guide was there because he ordered for us and we ate family style. We got to try lots of yummy stuff. We came back to the hotel and put Olivia to bed. It was nice to have a quiet day. We are having a good time but are very happy to know that we now have less than a week left of our trip. Next week at this time we will be on an airplane home. YEA!
Lots of love,
Patrick, Donna, and Olivia