Day 8- Nanning

Today was our last full day in Nanning. Channing woke up at 7am and decided to start the day off on a sour note. She cried for over a hour for Go Go (our guide David). That was harmony to the ears. Before she would cry to go back "home", so it was nice to hear her say something other than that. She is so super attached to David.....and he is also getting attached to her. He is so good with her, I cannot believe it. He calls her a princess and gets such a kick out of her. She just lights up when he is around.....laughs, giggles, runs, plays......he can get her to do anything. Mom and dad are bugging him that we are going to take him home to Canada too!!!!! He says its too cold there!!!
Our day was a bit slower today which was nice. We went for breakfast, then mom, David, Channing and I went shopping to a market and to a mall. Dad stayed behind since he wasnt feeling very well. After shopping we came back to the hotel and Channing and I went for a walk, then to the pool to meet her friends. At 4pm I had to meet David in my hotel room to review all the adoption documents to make sure there were no errors.....all was perfect!!!! My friend Rindee and her 3 kids came to our room to give Channing a gift. It is beautiful....I will post pictures tomorrow!!!
We took David out for a nice supper tonight. Channing was so funny. She loves to be dressed up and look "lang lang" (pretty). David picked an excellent Chinese/Western style restaurant.
After we walked down a few streets and did some shopping. It was so nice out and the street was all lite up.
Channing is blossoming more and more each day now. She has her moments where she is grieving but it is more evident that she is attaching to me. I think once we leave David she may be better in Beijing, but of course she will grieve him for a few days. I did find out today that everything I knew about where Channing spent her time here before I came was the same as I already knew......so thats nice that there wasnt any surprises!!!
Tomorrow we are going to see the countryside. We are going to the rice fields, mountains and to a real family's farm. So that will be interesting!! This city is so beautiful!!! We then will be heading to the airport at 4pm to fly back to Beijing. This should be fun....Channing's first plane ride. Its so hard to believe that Channing will be leaving her birth province........I will be hard taking off that runway!!! I may not be able to post tomorrow since we get into Beijing late.....and then we have to be up bright and early the next day!!!

Pictures of the day!!!

Writing her name in Chinese!!

our hotel