Beijing here they come...Goodbye Shenyang!!!

Well the packing has finished, bags were out at 8:20am and they headed to the airport in Shenyang for 9. Their flight left ontime..what a novel idea and they boarded the plane. James indicated Presley was very excited to be getting on a plane. Once they took off she settled down in her seat and fell asleep for most of the 1 hour and 40 minute flight. It seems like a little motion and our little one falls asleep. I will keep a note of that. LOL

Anyways, James called and they are settling into their new room at the XiYuan hotel. They arrived around 1:30pm. Our friend Brian and his son Noah arrived at 4pm. James met up with Brian and they headed out to a Pizza restaurant with the kids. James said it was so nice to have some company and to talk with someone from home.

Here are some pictures of the XiYuan. James said it is a little far, about 25 minutes from downtown, and that it is under construction. The pool is closed and he is not too happy about that. He likes to be able to go out and walk around without having to take a cab everywhere. What can you do..it is only for 1 week. Hang in there sweetie!

This is the lobby, they are always so impressive.

Tomorrow they head to the Great Wall, Pearl factory and cloisonne factory...so it looks like a busy day ahead tomorrow.

Not much to report today only that they could not do curbside checking for the stroller and they had put a fragile sticker on it. Well once they got to the room, James went to the bathroom and came out to Presley with the Fragile sticker stuck to her forehead. What a clown. He said he had a good laugh about that. He said we have our job cut out for us with Presley..she is non stop and is always on the go. I don't know how she will do when she gets her body cast on for 6-8 weeks. I am really not looking forward to that. I can't imagine how hard it will be for her to stay still and have to depend on Mom or Dad to bring her everywhere...poor angel..it is going to a tough time for her..but something we definitely have to do..We will address that once we get there.

Sara our guide from our last 2 adoptions stopped by the hotel to visit James and Presley today. She is so kind. She remembered I collect Tea pots and brought one for me and and a small gift for Kennedy from her daughter Kimmy(they met on the last trip for Jaden). How sweet was that!

Have a nice day all,

Karen