Nanchang With the Girls

Wow. We've been in Nanchang (Jinfeng Hotel) for a few days now, and it's been wonderful. On the first day, we had about 2-3 hours from the time we got off the plane to the moment we met Feng Chushuai and Feng Chushuang (now Olivia Chushuai and Vivienne Chushuang).

We were the first in our group to meet our babies. They looked a little older, more hair, and they cried a lot at first. They are SO BEAUTIFUL, and SO SWEET. We are in love!

Vivienne took to me and Olivia to Rachelle. For a couple of days, they would not go to the opposite parent, but that has changed. They laugh a lot, they play, babble in baby talk, and fight each other for toys, which means they are pretty normal babies.

We've seen many sights so far here in Nanchang. Nanchang is much different that Beijing. It is wild, with traffic going all ways with pedestrians bicycles and scooters zooming in between. Even though there seems like a constant state of chaos, it just works.

We have met many locals on the street, and they have all been very nice, and really happy to see our little girls with happy parents.

Rachelle found a little shop that made the girls a bracelet. While at the shop, the owner asked about the birthday of the girls. When Rachelle told her 7/20/05, she smiled and produced two small newspaper ads with their pictures taken the day they were found, 7/26/05. Amazing!

The weather here is hot, and the humidity is so bad that it feels like you are in a very large sauna. We've had some local food, and it was VERY GOOD, not like the crud they try to feed you in some Chinese restaurants in the states.

We are leaving here in about three days, and heading to Guangzhou for four days, then Hong Kong for two, and then home.

We are having a ton of fun with these kids, but it is WORK! Our travel group and some other groups here have been awesome, and so helpful. We went to the Walmart in Nanchang, and got a little carried away so our new friends had to help us carry all our baby stuff back to the bus.

All the babies in our travel group seem happy, and healthy. All are VERY adorable.

Oh, the local beer here is great, but I couldn't resist buying some PBR at the market across the street.

OK, probably forgetting something, but I need to sign off for now. I will try to blog again before we leave Nanchang, but if I don't look for a post from the White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou.

Bye for now...

- Chris, Rachelle, Vivienne, and Olivia.

P.S. For Michael, Lynda and Aunt Tiffer, please say hello to Ophelia for us and tell her we miss her. To the new grandmas and grandpas, you are going to adore these little kids. They are loads of fun!