Last day in Fuzhou!

Today is the last day here in Fuzhou. We go this morning to finish up some paperwork for here and then fly on to Guangzhou for 5 nights. There we will finsh the adoption and will be on our way home!

Yesterday we took Payton to the park here at the hotel. Things didn't go so well, he was so afraid of the grass. Mark and I both tried to sit down in the grass and let him know that it was ok but he just screamed, he couldn't stand to fell the grass on his feet. Hopefully this is something he will overcome soon!

Payton will fly for the first tiem today. Everyone pray that things will go ok for him today. Our flight leaves around 7:00 tonight and we get to Guangzhou around 9:00. We will let everyone know how things go.

Tanya if you read this post Payton is in 18 month shirt and he can wear 12 to 18 month pants.

Love and miss everyone

Payton packing his toys and ready for Ky!

Payton is so funny, if he finds a bag he will put all of his toys in them and carry it around on his arms. He is really good to sit and play by himself for along time. He is starting to understand several things that we are saying, but with his cleft palate he really cannot say anything much. We can understand him when he calls us ma-ma and ba-ba. He points to most things he wants. He will have several surgries ahead of him to fix his mouth, teeth and maybe lip surgery again. He will not let anyone hold him except for me and Mark, he is so afraid we will leave him. I know this will take time for him to trust that we will always be here for him. I cannot imagine what his life has been like for the last 2 1/2 years. You can tell that all he wants is to be loved and fed, such simple things in our lives! I'm sure when we get home everyone will see how easy it is to love this little guy. He is so curious about the world around him. Its so much fun to sit and watch his little mind at work.

Finger Lick'in Good!

Its 4:00 in the morning and Mark and I are wide awake! Payton had KFC yesterday for the first time. He ate an order of popcorn chicken, fries and mashed potatoes. His favorite was the potatoes, he licked the bowl they was in! Now we know that he will eat some good old Ky food. We had Pizza Hut and that was a 20 min. job trying to get it ordered, but it sure did taste good! Jess took us to a beautiful park yestersday and the rest of the day was free. Mark and I wanted some american food and went by taxi down into town. Mark said he never seen people drive like they do here NO RULES!!! We seen a old lady on a bike get hit by a car and got up limping and the man just honked and drove on! Marks nerves is shot driving in this town, he says its better than watching NASCAR anyday! Jess is taking us shopping today.

We sure do miss home alot! Britt, Mark said tell Buck he loved him and would be home soon to throw bone and play cheeseburger.

Miss and love you all!

Still raining!

Well we woke up to rain again this morning! This makes for a very long day when it keeps raining. We have a beautiful park beside the hotel but cannot go for the rain. Payton slept really well last night, but he has every since we've had him. His sleeping pattern is like clock work same time everyday. I just hope this keeps up! Mark and I still cannot make our bodies go to China time. We want to go to bed really early and get up about 3:00 or so.

Jess our guide will pick us up about 11:00 today and take us on another tour if the weather permits (lets hope, so mark can get out of the room) Payton has been putting Marks hat on his head when Marks takes it off. Last night when we went to dinner, he had to wear his!

We want everyone to know that we look forward to reading our commets that your sending.

Thanks for following along our journey to bring Payton home! We love and miss everyone.

Finally got out of room!

Jess took us on a tour today of a beautiful temple. The rain held off long enough for us to enjoy this beautiful place. Payton was so amazed with the fish and turtles in the water. I cannot imagine what his little mind was thinking about all the beauty around him. He is so curious about everything and loves bright umbrellas! Everytime he sees one he points and smiles. Such simple things in life mades him happy!

View from room!

Sure looks different from the view of our front porch.

Daddy and Payton in there UK!

Payton has been a big daddys boy today. Mommy has told him No to many times!

Stuck in the room because of Typhoon!

Well we have had some bad weather here. Yesterday when we got back from Walmart the weather just started getting worst. We were so lucky to hit the Typhoon season! Yesterday afternoon the weather turned bad and they ask everyone not to go out of the hotel. It was a very long day sitting in the room. We went to bed really early and Mark and I got up at 4:00 this morning. Between the time difference and the FOOD here, we really miss home alot!

Payton is doing very well, we could not ask for a better little guy. He doesn't speek anything much that we can understand, but he point to things to let you know what he wants. He now knows what NO means, and we have had to say that a good bit. When he doesn't get his way he can really throw a good fit! Payton has picked up on so many things just by watching me and Mark. He is a very good sleeper, goes to bed about 8:30 and get up about 6:30 to 7:00 he also takes about a 2 hour nap in the day. We are suppost to go on a tour today with our guide but not sure with the weather if it will happen. Lets hope the weather will break so that time will pass a little faster and we don't miss home so much! Here's a few more pictures of Payton playing in the room and a view from the window of our hotel on this rainy day. We love and miss you all and cannot wait to see everyone!

Nap time!

Its been a long morning, we finished all of our paperwork and will get Payton's passport on Friday.We seen Payton's nannies and orphanage director at breakfast this morning and he would not even make eye contact with them. During the paperwork this morning the nannies tried to get Payton to let them hold him and he kept pushing them away. I am amazed at how quick he has bonded with Mark and I. We went to Walmat to pick up a few things and it was very different than our walmart. It has 3 stories with magnetic escelators so that the grocery cart won't move! Payton is down for his nap and it has been raining very hard all day. We will be going on a tour tomorrow around 11:00 to a monesary with our guide. She is great and fun to be with.

Nancy if you read this post, I gave the photo album to the director and the 2 nannies. They were very happy to see Adelie's sweet little face. They talked alot about it, but have no idea what they were saying! But seems so very pleased to have it.

Good night sleep!

Just a quick update on how the night went, Mark rocked Payton for about 5 minutes and he was out all night! It is about 7:00 and he is still sleeping. We have paperwork this morning to do and then Jessie our guide is taking us to Walmart. Will update later tonight.

Love and miss everyone!

Payton after his bath!

Payton playing

Daddy holding him for 1st time!

We have Payton!

This afternoon went great! Payton has adjusted to Mark and I very well so far. He has only cried once when he had to take away some of his snacks that he had ate a ton of. He is very protective of his food! We gave him a bath and he loves water,we had a hard time trying to keep him from sticking his head under the water. He seems to be very smart little boy and is curious about everything. We have been very blessed today with a wonderful little guy! Lets pray for a good nights sleep!

Just a quick update

Well its just about 3 1/2 hour until we meet Payton for the first time. It has already been a long day for Mark and I because we got up so early (6:00). We have been nervous, excited and restless all day! We walked down the street today to try and find me some diet mountain dew but we had no luck. We did find some chicken feet and lots of other interesting critters and Marks swears he is going to try some them!!

We make it to Fuzhou!

We are finally here 28 hours later! Mark and I are exhausted and it is now 11:45 Saturday night. Tomorrow is GOTCH DAY at 4:00 in the lobby of the hotel and I will try and post pictures after we receive him.

We make it to Fuzhou!

Last night at home!

This is the last night at home. We will be leaving tomorrow and driving to Lexington to spend the night with Mark's sister and our flight will leave early Friday morning.

Buck knows something is up with the suitcases and he's not happy about it!

We leave this week!!

We are so excited that we are just 4 days away from leaving to receive our little guy! It has been a long and stressful wait but so worth it. I have started to pack some of Paytons things and we will be ready to be on our way soon. Here's our inside travel Itinerary:

July 26 (Sat) Evening arrive at Fuzhou Lakeside Hotel (6 nights)

July 27 (Sun) GOTCHA DAY!!!

July 29 (Mon) Morning: Go to Civil Affairs Bureau of Fujian Province to complete the adoption registration procedure. Go to the Notary office to complete notarization procedure.

July 29 (Tue)-July 31 (Thu) Tour an free time Pick up all notarized paperwork except Payton's passport.

Aug 1 (Fri) Morning: Pick up Payton's passort.

Afternoon: Travel from Fuzhou to Guangzhou stay at the White Swan Hotel

(5 nights)

Aug 2 (Sat) Morning: Have visa piicture taken and medical exam on Payton

Aug 3 (Sun) Morning: Tour or free time

Afternoon: Complete the paper work at the hotel conference room.

Aug 4 (M0n) Morning: FTIA coordinator submits the visa application documents for us to the U.S. Consulate.

Afternoon: Tour or free time

Aug 5 (Tue) Afternoon: Have the group-oath taken at the U.S. Consulate and receive Payton"s visa.

Aug 6 Morning: Leave Guangzhou to Beijing from Beijing to Newark and from Newark to Lexington, arrive at 11:30 pm

Payton Nursery

Here is some Pictures of Paytons nursery. Its decorated in UK Wildcats, his daddys favorite team! Daddy cant wait to take him to a game!

Travel Arrangments!

Today we recieved our final travel arrangments!




CO - Continental Airline / MU - China Eastern CZ - China Southern
Jul/25 Lexington/Newark CO3046 (7:20am / 9:27am)
Jul/25 Newark/Beijing CO89 (12:10pm / 1:50pm + 1 day)
Arrive in Beijing at 1:50pm on July 26 and connect the flight at 7:30pm to Fuzhou.
Jul/26 Beijing /Fuzhou MU5182 (7:30pm / 9:50pm)

Aug/06 Guangzhou/Beijing CZ3105 (9:00am/11:45am)
Aug/06 Beijing/Newark CO88 (3:45pm/5:30pm)
Aug/06 Newark/Lexington CO3041 (9:15pm/11:30pm)