This was a siteseeing day. We visited Nanchang's city park and zoo. Jessa enjoys being outside as much as possible. She is very interested with all the sights and sounds of outside.
Friday 29Oct2010
Today we boarded the airplane for the city of Guang Zhou in the Guang Dong Province. It has a population of 13 million people and has a warmer climate. This was Jessa's third airplane trip. The first two were when she was flown to Beijing when she had her corrective surgery. She did very well but she got restless near the end of the 1.5 hour flight. She doesn't like cramped quarters - a definite foreboding for our return flight to American of 14 hours. We arrived at the White Swan Hotel which is where every adoptive couple comes before leaving the country. After arriving at the hotel we had Jessa's picture taken for her Chinese Passport. Then we called it a day. As each day goes by Jessa gets more comfortable. Tonight she was walking all over the place making funny noises and laughing. However, once bedtime came she cried for all she was worth. She was angry that we put an end to her fun. We had to restrain ourselves and leave her in the crib so that she would retain some of her orphanage training - that of going to sleep when it's time and not requiring parents to hold her for a long time until she doses off. It worked. She cried for about 15-20 minutes and then gave up and went to sleep. Otherwise, she would have continued her funny escapades.
Saturday 30Oct2010 at 9:45
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| Healthcare Center |
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| Jessa right before immunizations |
We took Jessa for her medical exam and immunizations at the Guangdong International Travel healthcare Center a few blocks from the hotel. We left our other children in the hotel room to do homework. The examination was a three-part process. The first part was Medicine and Surgery. Here the doctore examined Jessa to see that her motor skills and walking were good. He also examined her surgery and found that everything looked good. The second part was Height, Weight, and Temperature. Jessa was good in these vitals as well. The third part was the ENT. Jessa was also found healthy here. The final process was to update Jessa on her immunizations. She only need four - two shots in both legs. When we walked into the immunization room she started to cry before receiving any shots. We had to hold her arms and legs down while she received them. Jessa is a very strong girl. It didn't take too long before she had settled down and stopped crying. It was totally swamped and very loud. This process took about 3 hours since there were dozens of couples here with their adoptive children. They had come from all over China. Amid the many couples here it was comforting to be able to see and talk with many from America.
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| Long lines |
Located right next to the White Swan Hotel are several square blocks which are centered around a beautiful boulevard. Walking through this boulevard felt similar to walking around Temple Square. The buildings and grounds are very well maintained. There were lots of large trees, multiple colors of flowers, several varieties of plants, bronze sculptures, and couples getting wedding photos taken everywhere. Just in our return to the hotel we counted about 8 couples. This area was very peaceful and the most restful of all the places we have been so far.
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| Boulevard |
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| Wedding picture |
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| Spencer found french fries |
When we returned to the hotel we took the whole family out to lunch at Lucy's. This is a restaurant caters to all the western visitors at the White Swan. The rest of the day was spent taking naps and hanging out in the hotel room. We went shopping for an hour and then returned to Lucy's for dinner.
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