Happy Birthday Lottie!

 

Happy 2nd Birthday Lottie!  We are thrilled to have been able to spend Lottie's birthday with her and had been praying that direction for months.  God is so good to bless us with that gift.  Lottie's birthday pretty much revolved around our preparation for and travel to Guangzhou.  We spent the morning packing up our bags and playing in the hotel room.  We ventured out for lunch and a quick walk before meeting our guide to check out of the hotel.  Before heading to the airport, we had to get Lottie's passport and final pieces of important paperwork to take with us.  Our guide, Ring, brought Lottie some birthday cookies to have a quick celebration before we left.  We are so thankful for our guides in Fuzhou who helped us through each step of the China side of our adoption!

 

 

We spent several hours at the airport waiting for our 7:30pm flight.  Poor Lottie was exhausted because she did not get a nap but sweet thing did not want to give it up.  She also was not a fan of sitting still.  Chad ended up walking her in the stroller up and down the airport concourse for a LONG time.  She fell asleep for just a few minutes before it was time to board.  We were pretty nervous about the plane ride, especially because Lottie was very fussy and upset right before boarding.  However, she calmed down and behaved very well on the plane.  She did not sleep any, but we were able to find enough things to keep her occupied for the couple of hours we were in the air.  Upon boarding the plane, we were surprised when a flight attendant brought a small cake to our seat in celebration of Lottie's birthday!  We were very impressed with the hospitality of Xiamen Airline.

 

We arrived in Guangzhou fairly late and by the time we got settled in at our BEAUTIFUL hotel, it was about 11:30pm.  Lottie was beyond exhausted but ended up sleeping very well.  Thank you all for praying for us as we traveled with her and thank you to everyone who helped to celebrate Lottie's birthday in the U.S. while we are away!  It was a successful day but we were more than grateful to see our bed at the end of a long day.