We are HOME!!!

THANK YOU for being at the airport. It meant so much to us to see all of you there!

Pastor and Lydia

Ni Ni and Lydia

Lydia with open arms toward Papaw

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Ahhhh...we are home. Thank the Lord for getting us home safely. Lydia did such a wonderful job. She actually did much better than John and I did on all 3 flights! She is such a trooper. She was just clapping her hands on the plane, playing and just being so sweet. The airline had headphones where you can listen to various stations or watch movies. I selected some really nice classical music for her and put the headphones on her head. She LOVED it! Check her out!

Lydia jamming to Mozart

Today was a good day. John and I still feel like we are on the plane. We are all just so exhausted. Lydia has done very well today. We tried some mashed potatoes and corn. Not too happy about the corn, but pretty darn happy about the potatoes. We also tried apple juice...um...not so much for that either. I know that all this will come in time.

She slept well last night. Only waking up a couple of times. On the other hand, John and I were up at 4 am...still on China time..Lydia is too..poor thing. Here are some pictures from our day.

Thanks for following our journey to LYDIA. It truly has been amazing. John and I will contiue to post updates on our precious girl!

Love and hugs from John, Claudine and Lydia

Last Post from China!!

Today was a new day! Check out those teeth!
She laughed and played with us for a long time tonight!

Super family with our FTIA coordinator..Catherine

Proud Momma and Lydia

Inside the White Swan Hotel

The famous "red couch" picture at the White Swan

Lydia in her new Chinese dress

Again, puckering up

Resting against Baba

Lydia giving Momma kisses

At the Buddist Temple

Some really great new friends from NY

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At the museum

Fans at the museum

Woodwork at the museum

Stained glass at the museum

Museum

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Lydia and Momma playing in the White Swan Playroom

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Night life in Guangzhou

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Well...Lydia finally fell asleep and we are now giving our luggage to the bellboy. Tomorrow morning we leave the White Swan Hotel at 5:30 am. We are SO ready to come home. Today was an amazing day. We went to the Consulate and had our swearing ceremony. It was pretty sweet.

Lydia tried broccoli, said her first words; Momma and Baba (and Dadda), and laughed, danced, clapped her hands, and melted our hearts. We had several sweet moments today. What a great last day in China. Tonight we all got together at our favorite restaurant Lucy's. We all had a great time.

So...we are just finishing up and getting ready to chill before bed.

I guess we will see you all (Lord willing) tomorrow at 6:23pm at the Louisville airport. NW #1884.

Please continue to pray for us........looking forward to getting HOME and seeing all of you. :)

Love the Super family

Guangzhou, China: we are loving it!

Today, I finally got Lydia to laugh at breakfast time so we thought this shirt was appropriate!
Lydia chowing down on some good chicken congee

As you can see..she was pretty hungry

The Ellis family hanging out with us for lunch

Lydia's new pajamas

Teaching the Chinese people what "you rock" means..we had so much fun!

Park next to the White Swan Hotel

The White Swan Hotel is located on the Shamian Island...it is just gorgeous here. This is part of the park on the Shamian Island.

More pictures of the park

Again...the park

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Sunset in Guangzhou, China--Shamian Island

The weather here is hot during the day and cool in the evening

View of the Island

Picture of the sunset

Today we went shopping in the district. It was pretty fun. Lydia is just doing great. We are falling in love with her more and more each day. She seems to be doing pretty well with Baba too. She still doesn't like to try new foods, but I am not going to stress out about that. We haven't even had her for a week yet!

We only have two more days here. It is a bittersweet thing. We really like Guangzhou....I mean we really like it! But...we are totally ready to get back home.

Thanks to all of you who helped us get here. We are forever grateful.

Tomorrow we are going on a city tour and we are also going to a Buddist Temple...this should be interesting........

Until then....