Frequent Flyer

Tino has amassed more frequent flyer miles than any 4 1/2 year old in history. With that said we are boarding our flight from Shanghai to Chicago. Tino is signing out.

Consulate Appointment

Our travel China is coming to a close. Tino was sworn in today an will receive his travel visa tomorrow afternoon.

Shopping again

No please! No more shopping! We shopped so much that mama and daddy had to buy me a suite case of my very own.

Gone fishing

We took some time out from shopping to do a little fishing. Tino caught a gold fish and then decided to ride the magic dragon

Dr visit

After a stressfull day at the Dr. Office a little exercise and dinner is required

First plane ride

Having a snack before we board the plane to Guanzghou.

All tuckered out

Boys will be boys

Our last day in Chengdu City

We finalized our adoption yesterday and today will be getting Tino's passport. Later tonight we will be flying to Guangzhou to meet with the American Consulate so that Tino will become a US citizen.

Day at the panda zoo

Free day

Just waking up after a nite on the town

Peoples Park

After a tiresome day at the Notary we decided to go to the park and have some fun

End of first day

Our first day has come to an end

Never get between a boy and his noodles

"Gotcha Day"

On our way from the orphange to shop till we drop

Gotcha Day

On our way to pick up Tino! Go Giants!

Forbidden City and Great Wall Adventure

Our day of site seeing started early after meeting and sharing stories with the other parents in our group. Our first stop was Tenneman Square, where we learned all we needed to know about Chairman Mao! We then made our way to the Forbidden City. The history of the Forbidden City dates back to 1404. It took us almost that amount of time to traverse it. One interesting emperor who goes by the name of the Dragon Lady killed her son so that she could remain in power. Hillary Clinton has nothing on this lady. After all that fun we made our way over to the Great Wall of China. After a jog up the wall and back we were exhausted. More to come later

We finally made it to China after a long long long flight... Our first photo of us after landing in Beijing, boy were we tired!