"Saturday, Saturday, Saturday nights alright"
Since I couldn’t sleep and Taylor was “up before the dawn” we had the opportunity to meet several new families at the White Swan Breakfast Buffett who had recently been united with their children for the first time! “Wonderful Feelings, Wonderful Day” (okay so I’m in the “tune” mode - you guess the tunes)... It was mixed blessings to see everyone, most of the girls NSN (Non Special Needs) between 8 and 12 months, and one older boy. One little girl reminded me so much of Taylor screaming when we tried high chairs I had to talk to the Mom. Amazing the varying experience of these children’s grief/bonding!
Well, onto the shopping! We contracted with Ann from Red Thread China (and if anyone is in Guangzhou and they want the best guide/dealer around, she’s your lady!). I started with PEARLS no less and then onto Jade, silk outfits and finished up with T-shirts. Having spent less than I would have figured but more than enough time shopping (especially since Andy and Uncle Doug brought the sleeping Taylor back to the hotel) I hit exhaustion and headed back for nap! We all crashed, except Uncle Doug who took advantage of the time and got the update on Alex’s game (Congratulations Alec!) among other things. A little complaining did us good and Taylor now has her own bed (and a soft one at that!).
We headed off to Lucy’s for dinner, an “All American Girl” or grill, but Andy just had to try something different, his soup was loaded with varying things we couldn’t identify and some we could. He did enjoy every minute of it. Sorry guys, not a lot of pictures of the street vendors food items today, I’ll get those next week when we’re back in Guangzhou, but tomorrow we’re off to Changsha! At Lucy’s, for some reason, Taylor asked about Julia (her Suixi sister from her adoption) because I think she remembered that we had dinner at the next table to the Livie’s and it was one of the first times Julia and Taylor had really been outside together. It was nice to know that Taylor remembers fun things from our first visit but makes me wonder how much more she remembers too! The Swan Room (a game room donated by Matel here at the hotel) has been cleaned up and there were not a lot of activities, then again, there are not a lot of children here now because of the trade show. “Toomorrow, Toomorrow” we’ll spend the morning at the beach (after I find Taylor’s bathing suite” and then head up to Changsha for a probably uneventful day, but I’ll post Andy’s meal again, can’t wait to see what he tries next time :)
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