The Medical Exams, Shopping and Tours of Old Chen House and a Buddhist Temple...

The medical exams went fairly well; Kaitlyn needed to get 4 shots, oral polio and a TB test. Lauren needed the TB test. She stepped right up and laid out her arm after watching Kaitlyn get hers; no problem:) She is a very easy going girl! Kaitlyn did very well with the shots; two in each arm - she didn't like that they were sticking a round ball (oral polio) towards her mouth, but eventually let them put it in. Fortunately, we were one of the first one's there so we could move through rather quickly. We finished in about one and one half hours.

We came back to the hotel and picked up lunch at Starbuck's and then took it easy for the rest of the afternoon/evening to make sure that Kaitlyn rested. She laid down around 5 p.m. and seemed to be pretty tired. She actually skipped breakfast this morning and we almost missed the tour group to see the Old Chen House, Buddhist Temple and stop at the shopping market. She seems to be doing better now:) Five other families from our agency arrived yesterday to finalize their adoptions in Guangzhou this week.

Lauren wasn't too hungry at breakfast either, but maybe because she is tiring of the same selections:) I know I am. We have been in China almost 3 weeks and I can't wait to get home and cook a meal! We miss the boys terribly, but only a few more days and we will be home.

Tomorrow we will have the TB tests read and then we are going to the Pearl Market. We are going to do a group dinner at the Macau Restaurant nearby, it serves Portuguese and Cantonese cuisine. It will be nice to have a change of pace. We also talked to the group about the Mexican restaurant here and we are going there for dinner tonight:)