Friday, August 6, 2010

China Day 8: We made it to Guangzhou!

We left Hangzhou and took a 2 hour flight to Guangzhou this afternoon.  We will stay here until Thursday, when we leave for Hong Kong and then head back to IL.  It was Hannah's first airplane ride, and I don't think she's very fond of flying.  She did pretty well the first half and fell asleep.  We were really relieved because she had been fussing quite a bit before that.  When we started to descend, her ears must have started to bother her, and she woke up screaming.  There was nothing we could do to help her since she wouldn't take her bottle or any food.  When the flight attendant came over and talked to her, she snapped out of it and stopped crying.  She did pretty well after that, but it was pretty bad for awhile. I asked the flight attendant if she could have a little juice, and they brought us a whole huge bottle for her.  She didn't want to let it go and carried it all through the airport.  It was the cutest thing to see this little girl with a huge bottle!  She's so independent, we couldn't help her with it, but she wants to do everything herself.  She does so well doing things on her own. She is a pro at eating with a fork and even drinks out of cups without a problem.  Since we got to the hotel, she's been doing amazingly well.  She did get into the toilet paper as soon as we got to the hotel, so I had to post a picture of that.  She's definitely going to keep us busy!  We are more in love with her each day!

Picture Captions:
Picture with our guide, Echo
Ready to get on the airplane
First flight
Goodbye Hangzhou
Sitting with Mommy
Carrying her orange juice bottle
Destroying the new room!!

2 comments:

Lisa said...

So happy for you all! It's fun to look at the photos and read about your experiences. And Hannah is super adorable.

Julie B said...

welcome to GZ! you must visit the store, A Gift from China! it's an amazing store! have fun shopping!