Update!

Everything has gone well...after Gotcha day of course. Alexis Qi was very happy and all smiles when I first met her, then she started to cry and tried to get away. She has been very happy since, but has got given me time to divert my attention from her! She also has a cold and a cough. Here are some pictures to show you. She loves my iPad. She likes to look at my pictures, videos, and writing Chinese characters on one of my apps. She likes the movies that I loaded for her, too.

My Facebook account is locked out until I get on my laptop at home.

We are heading to her orphanage tomorrow morning. I will try to get some pictures for those with kids in Baoan. My guide said I will need to ask permission to take the photos.

Shaiman Island, Guangzhou

We left JFK on Friday around 3:00pm. We flew Cathay Pacific, JFK to Hong Kong to GZ. Our guide, Richard, met us at the gate. He asked me if I was Asian. That was the first time someone thought that I might be Asian (that I know of, anyway).

We hit a wall of heat outside of the airport at 10:00pm. We took an air conditioned bus to the Victory Hotel. We finally got into our room around 11:30pm.

The room in the Victory West is nice, but we are waiting to be switched to a deluxe room with a sofa on Thursday. The breakfast buffet is quite extensive. It even had crispy bacon. I already blew a fuse in the room with my converter and surge protecter so the maintenance team already knows us. :)

Today (Sunday), we met with our Guide, Alexa, and toured the island. She pointed out all of the 'safe' places to eat, location of the 7-11s, parks, and stopped at Jennifer's to find out about laundry services for later in the week. We then walked around ourselves and stopped at Starbucks. We ate Thai for dinner at Cow and Bridge. It was an interesting experience trying to order with the language barrier. It is hard to know the protocol when ordering and paying. We learned it is okay to call over the waitress by waving furiously at them from the other customers. There were some interesting items on the menu like intestines, pigeon, and ostrich. I went safe and ordered pork fried rice. We are just resting this evening to get over our jet lag since we didn't get much sleep on the plane.

We meet at 2:00 pm tomorrow to get Alexis Qi at the civil affairs office!! Can't believe it!!!

Leaving for China on Friday!!

It is finally here. I am traveling to China on Friday. We will arrive in Guangzhou late Saturday night.

Our Gotcha day is Monday, May 7th. Our consulate appointment is on the 17th!! Yeah!!

LOA!!!

These three letters equal relief! I received my LOA. It was dated February 6th. My agency received it on Wednesday, February 8th. I sent out my I-800 to USCIS; it was delivered on February 10th. I am sending off my Visa application to the courier tomorrow. This is really happening!!

It was also time to decide on her new name since it is needed on her visa application. And her name is........ Alexis Qi.

Updated Picture and Video!!

My agency visited Bao'an and I received updated picture and video!!  I can't wait to get to China.

 

Pictures and More Pictures



I have received several updated pictures in the past week!  It has been a good week.



Birthday Party Pictures!

Birthday Care Package sent using Red Thread.

I received pictures from Long Qi's Birthday and answers to several questions!   Qi turned 5 on July 3rd.

Bao means Bao An district ,Long means long hua street,orphanage staff picked out Qi as her name ,Qi means beautiful jade .

She is called as Qi Qi.

She likes white bunny.

Her best friend named Bao Sha He (宝沙河).

She likes to eat banana and cake .

Her favorite activities are dance and puzzle .

Qi Qi is a very smart and good girl ,she is very curious at new thing ,she loves dancing ,she will be very happy to be praised .She likes to finish whatever she does .