Trip to Shamian Island

Today we went to Shamian Island. This is normally where we would have stayed. It is a portion of the city that caters to adoptive families and where some of the process is completed. The White Swan is the famous hotel that almost all of families in our situation usually stay. They were sold out due to some type of convention this week, so we are at the Garden Hotel in a different part of Guang Zhou. It was also fun to go to a market today. It was an awesome cultural experience and we visited a part of the market that specialized in toy sales. It was fun. Lori thinks McKaden wore herself out shopping; I'm inclined to think she got bored with shopping. We spent a better part of the afternoon playing with Mac in our room. Much to my chagrine we taught her how to kick the ball while we are running around holding her hand. . .we need to keep her away from soccer as long as possible.