Day 2 Guangzhou Monday,May 28, 2012

This morning we all went to have our medical exam and visa photo. Laikyn and all of the other kiddos did great! She finished her picture in two snaps and then cooperated well for the checkup stations. She only cried for the TB test and I think I might have cried over that needle stick. She was 28 lbs and 32 inches, which are both slightly less than what the orphanage told us. I'm thinking either they weighed her in all of the winter layers, or she was sent back to the orphanage from foster care and got less food for a while. We finished everything in 1 1/2 hours despite the huge crowds in the clinic. We decided it was socialized medicine at its very best. After naps today, we took her in her first swim. She giggled nonstop until we had to get out due to thunder. Glad she is going to like swimming since that's how we usually send our summers. Tonight was a dinner cruise on the Pearl River. It is Chinas 4th longest River and runs through the Guangdong province and even Yang Chun City where Jillian was born. We set out around 6:30 and had a buffet dinner in the enclosed cabin. Then as it got dark, we viewed all of the lit buildings and bridges from the upper deck. Many are covered in multi colored lights, so the city and water just shimmer in color. It is supposed to be similar to Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. The neatest was the Guangzhou Tower which glows with changing color and is the tallest building in the province. very impressive. I got a kick out of sailing by the White Swan hotel where we stayed with Jbug. The evening ended with a juggling show in the dining room. It was neat, but the music was extremely loud. Laikyn let us all know about it by plugging her ears! So cute! We paid for keeping her out late though as she was too overly tired to go to sleep and slept very restlessly when she finally did give it up.