Today was THE day

We got up early to get ready and eat breakfast.  Our guide, George, was at the hotel at 7:45am to take us to the train station.  The train station was HUGE and beautiful.  According to George, it is the largest in all of Asia.  The bullet train was very neat.  It is such a smooth ride for going so fast.  We mainly got to see farmland, power plants, and occasional towns.  We  had enough time before the kids came to check in and eat lunch.  When we got back from lunch, the kids were in the lobby waiting for us.  They smiled and giggled with each other when they saw us....they are precious.  We took everyone up to our room to fill out the paperwork and then the orphanage workers left, and it was just us and the kids, and george.  We took the kids out to lunch and played in the room.  Tomorrow we are hoping to do more.  The kids loved the art supplies we brought them and the balloons to play war with, but their favorite thing that we brought was Uno.  They are already using the words for blue and yellow and love to say DRAW to whoever has to.  Wen is very good with the numbers, but Han is excellant at using the app to spell words in pinyin (Chinese words in the english alphabet).  They have used the app all day to communicate with us.  It works really well.  I suppose what you would really like is pictures.  I don't have too many because the kids are still alittle camera shy, but here are the better ones from today.....

                                           Beijing Railway Station

                                          The Bullet Train

                                          This was our fastest speed.  It was 187mph!

                                          A small village we passed

                                                                                BaBa

                                                        MaMa and BaBa               

                                    Right after we met, sharing their memory books with each other

                                           A few of the people that came with them

                                                       Wen Qiang

                                                          I declare a balloon war!

                                                          PLaying with BaBa at KFC

                                          Han took this picture of Wen Qiang and me....I love it!

Today was an awesome day!!!  Tomorrow we sign the papers and they will have a forever family and we will be quadruply blessed with 4 kids! :)