Wednesday, Aug 31st
    We got up, had breakfast and then went to meet Faith Yue Fei. We sat in the very room where we met Jadyn last year, which was kinda nerve wracking/bringing back memories and feelings. Faith walked in with her teacher and with a big smile on her face waved to us and went to a different room to wait. We then walked over to meet her...she walked up with a huge smile and gave everyone a hug! She is the sweetest girl you will ever meet!! So precious. After that, we went shopping to get them both clothes, shoes, swimsuit, etc. The girls took to each other instantly! Faith started to cry as we left the adoption office, because she missed her teacher, and Anna comforted her -- so sweet! And Anna is actually taking to Faith more than me now... We got dinner to take back to the hotel, along with the birthday cake for Anna. We skyped some friends and had a birthday "party" for her. She's 14 (supposedly) now!

                                    Tuesday, Aug 30th
    I slept a little later today, but not much. It was 5:45ish when I got up. Xui Mei was the last up. She still seems happy. She wore the same clothes yesterday, slept in them and again today... we'll see how long this lasts. I spent about an hour playing with Xui Mei; She taught me a lot more Chinese words...she takes hold of my hand and teaches me how to write the Chinese characters and then makes me do it alone...after awhile I figured out how to do the strokes and stuff -- took awhile though, lol. We're about to leave to go to Guangzhou, now. We get Faith Yue Fei tomorrow!!

                                    Monday, Aug 29th
    We got up super early, once again, and left the hotel at 8:30am to go meet Anna Xui Mei. When we walked in the room she clung to her nanny and was crying alot and refused to even look at us. She wouldn't talk or look or go near us for at least an hour.. maybe two. After awhile, a little toddler came in and Xui Mei jumped up and was laughing and playing with the little girl. She obviously knew her quite well. Being the baby-lover that I am, I went and played with them, too. It didn't take too long before Xui Mei was playing and talking to me, too. After about three hours, we left the office, with Xui Mei, and went to walmart. She picked out a few clothes and shoes. Poor girl doesn't know know what to do, I don't think. She doesn't like how we speak different languages... who would? We went to dinner at the "Blue bird" across the street, but it took way too long for the food to get to us.. it was awkward silence. When we got back from dinner, we taught her how to play UNO...she loved it! I played with her for at least an hour, if not longer..she beat me a lot. lol. I got a notebook out and started writing a few Chinese words down and the English word next to them -- She started going through word after word, teaching me how to write it in Chinese... She gave me 4 pages worth of a Chinese lesson.
Bed time was interesting...she didn't want to take a shower, or even change her clothes... she brushed her teeth at least...

Sunday, Aug 28th
    I think the jet-lag has finally sunk in... I've been awake for an hour and a half and it's only 6am right now (sigh). But at least it's 6pm back home, so people are still awake to talk to! (Yay!)
After breakfast this morning we sat around our hotel room for what seems like the entire day! (really only 5 hours. which I mostly skyped with people the whole time). Then we went to the minority village. That was pretty neat to see all the different minority groups. But, it was kinda miserable, too. My dad started feeling sick as soon as we got there and it was hot and way too much walking for my foot to handle.
Right now it's 7:15pm and we've been sitting in our hotel room for a long time, once again. About 45 minutes ago my parents laid down and were talking...I just looked over and they're both sound asleep! Makes things pretty boring for me... no one to talk to. lol. Guess I'll go get ready for bed here soon. We have a big day tomorrow! (We get Anna!)

                                    Saturday, Aug 27th
    This morning we got up around 7am, went to breakfast and then Helen took us on a walk around Green lake park. The lake/park was gorgeous!! I wish the states had parks like this one. It's incredible. There's a ton of people everywhere, dancing, singing, playing games, etc. I wish Americans were like this. We went to Walmart after that. Yes, Walmart in China. It was interesting. My foot doesn't hurt quite as badly today, thank goodness, but the walk around the park/walmart did me in. After resting for a few hours, we went to meet Victoria Rice and her 3 daughters (Rachel, Esther and Grace). They help out in Anna's orphanage, so we got to hear some stories about her, from them! Getting to them was the only issue. We had to take a cab, and the driving around here is insane! Plus, the taxi driver had no idea where the place we were meeting them was. But we made it eventually. We walked around some little shops and then went to dinner with them at The Wicker Basket. I ate Puh Thai :)
After dinner we caught a taxi once again. About 5 minutes into the drive back the driver pulled over opened my door and motioned to me to scoot over. I had no clue what he was saying, but I moved over a seat...then a lady came running up to the cab and jumped in next to me... guessing it's his gf/wife... lol. We made it back to the hotel without problems this time, though. We've had some interesting cab rides, to say the least. Once we finally got back to the hotel I skyped with Rachel! :) Then went to sleep... I couldn't keep my eyes open at all. Walking everywhere really takes it's toll on you. lol.

                                        Thurs - Fri, Aug 25th-26th
    Last night I began and finished packing for China  at 11pm, (I'm a terrible procrastinator, when it comes to packing). I tried staying up all night, since I had to get up at 2:45am to get ready to leave for the airport. But, I ended up falling asleep at 2:30am lol. So, I slept for all of 15 minutes and then rushed around loading the car, etc. We got to the airport at 4:30am, our plane left at 6:55am. We flew from Louisville to Dallas, TX, and believe it or not, I slept...the whole way. Then, from Dallas we flew to Incheon, Korea, which oh, only took 14 or so hours (bleh), and then last, but not least, we flew from Incheon to Kunming, China! (I literally slept probably 80% of the time throughout the traveling). So, after a grand total of 34 hours, we landed around 10pm, (China time), got our luggage (we found all our luggage with no complications this time. yay!) and then met our guide, Helen. She took us to our hotel....omgness, the driving (yikes)....I guess I had forgotten how crazy they drive here...
All my joints were so swollen from sitting on the planes so long, but my foot was even worse. Since my foot's been hurting/swollen for several weeks now, sitting in the plane just made the swelling and pain worse.  Once we got to our hotel room we all pretty much just crashed for the night...but wow, the beds are like a brick wall (no joke). The floor is 10x softer than the beds...I'm thinking I'll end up sleeping on the floor before we leave here lol. Even with the hard rock beds, I still slept like a baby... no idea how, seeing as I slept basically the whole way here.