We took a lot of pictures today... way too many for me to get on here tonight! This one is my favorite from today and was taken this evening at the farewell dinner Children's Hope hosted for all forty of the families that are a part of our larger group. The dinner was in a restaurant just a short walk from the White Swan. We sat with our travel groups, which in our case was our four Sichuan province families plus Matt and Carrie and their little girl, since they were the only ones that went to their province. It was a very fun meal, lots of different dishes brought and placed on a large lazy susan in the center of the table. The congee (rice porrige) and steamed egg that the babies like was brought first... great planning for forty moms and dads with wiggley babies! Gwen ate more tonight than I think she's eaten the whole time we've been here. :-) During the meal the CHI coordinators played a power point presentation for everyone with pictures from the whole trip. Lots of pictures of our group because we submitted a lot! They also thanked us for adopting the babies, and encouraged us to come back for another baby! They asked us to tell others about adoption... they told about the CHI foundation, which provides funding for medical care for orphans with special needs. It was really a special time, pretty emotional. At the end they gave every family a matted paper cut of the animal of the year of our daughter's birth, made by older special needs orphans. Gwen was born in the year of the monkey... very fitting in her case!
Anyway, this picture was taken after the dinner when Gwen and Alia were hiding behind the cloth that had been hung on the wall to project the power point presentation on to. A fun game of peek-a-boo!
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