Day 1: Arrive in Beijing after about 24 hours of traveling, check into the hotel and go to bed.
Day 2: Tour of Tienanmen Square, the Forbidden City and rickshaw ride into old china for lunch...all in the freezing cold. Fun!
And if you've never heard of a squatty potty, here you go....imagine this cultural experience.
But the good part of this day was our afternoon/evening visit to Haze's foster home (which is really an orphanage, but they call it a foster home to differentiate it from government run orphanages). We took a 90 minute taxi ride through Beijing to Angel Home, where our son has been living since he was about 3 months old. And we finally met him in person. Here are some pics...
First glimpse of our beautiful son through the window.
Reaction to new family. It's okay. We understand.
Mira and Haze's first meal together!
And some of the other kiddos at Angel Home...
Two babies and a volunteer in the room next to Haze's.
None of these kids are left laying in their cribs during the day. Yay!
Preschool room
Dinnertime
Piggyback with Tracy, the volunteer / translator.
We felt so fortunate to have seen where Haze has spent most of the first year and half of his life. We were welcomed with open arms. Some families are not granted entrance into their children's orphanages. The word thankful doesn't begin to describe how happy we are he has been in this warm, loving environment...after comparing it to the much more cold, desolate orphanages we saw later in the trip. We didn't get to take Haze with us yet, that comes in a few more days when we meet him in Zhengzhou!
Day 3 - The Great Wall and a jade factory
Day 4 - Fly to Zhengzhou and prepare the room for our new little one!
Walmart run with the other families
Crown Plaza Zhengzhou
