** Adoption countdown: 6 days until Pam, Terry and Matthew return home **
GUANGZHOU, China (Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, 3:35 p.m.) – The final leg of our adoption journey began today when Pam, Matthew and I landed in Guangzhou – where we’ll be until Thursday taking care of final paperwork to bring our son home.
Our two-hour flight was pleasant – and Matthew was a stark contrast to our daughter, Camryn. When Pam, Camryn and I flew from Nanchang to Guangzhou in April 2006, Camryn cried much of the way.
This time around, Matthew would sit still. He climbed. He babbled. He threw his sippy cup filled with water, He made friends with a man from Malaysia who sat behind us.
And when our lunch was delivered half way through the flight – chicken and rice – Matthew refused to eat it. Well, he took a couple of bites of rice and then ate little else.
Today, it was all Momma. Matthew wanted his Momma rather than his Baba. And when Pam got up mid-flight to use the restroom, Matthew had a major-league, lung-clearing conniption fit.
He wound up spilled part of as small plastic bottle of milk all over his new outfit. He was so hysterical, one of the flight attendants on China Southern Airlines stopped by to console him.
She even gave Matthew two small children’s books with large pictures and as story in Chinese characters. I., of course, still can’t read Chinese so I’ll just have to make up a story when I read the book to him.
We arrived at our hotel, the White Swan, at about 2 p.m. and now relaxing in our room – happy and thrilled t o have broadband Internet in our hotel room for the first time in China.
I got tired of going to the lobby to use wireless.
Not much has changed here since we stayed at the White Swan in April 2006. The rest of the day is free for us, so we’ll relax before heading to what I think is the Kiume Restaurant for roasted pigeon tonight
Copyright 2008 by Terry R. Cassreino. All rights reserved.
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