March 13

We slept in this morning until around 7:30, got everyone ready, and went to the breakfast buffet at our new hotel. The buffet was incredible! It had all kinds of American style breakfast foods so I ate until I couldn't eat anymore. We came back to the room for Macy's bath before her medical exam. She absolutely loves the bath and doesn't want to ever get out. So, we had another minor meltdown because Mama had to get her out of the tub. The girl likes to be clean! :)

We met up with all of the other adoptive parents from our agency when we came to Guangzhou. All of their children were from this province so they have been here all week. We loaded the bus for the dreaded medical exam. Every adoptive child has to go to this place in order to leave the country. (by American law) They check their height, weight, head circumference, eyes, ears, throat, and look over their bodies for marks. Because Macy is over 2, we also had to get a TB test. The TB test was the easiest part of the whole exam. She held a piece of candy and they did it very quick. The other parts were not so easy. We had to talk with several doctors about Macy's special need. She had to do some extra exercises for the doctors to get an accurate report for the USA. Overall, it wasn't as bad as I thought but she surely showed the nurses and doctors that she is a feisty girl that will fight back when you mess with her.

After our medical exam, we had some free time to check out the area and shop. Because our exam took longer than everyone else's, we just had time to eat lunch at Lucy's Restaurant and get on the bus. Lucy's is a famous restaurant on the Shamin Island that has American style food. So, once again, I ate and ate and ate. We came back for Macy to take a nap. After dinner, we found a playroom for Macy to release some excess energy from being in the room. She loved all the balls in the room so she will fit right into our family. She played with many balls during her therapy sessions so she got a good workout in tonight.

Tomorrow, we will relax and fill out some important paperwork for Macy to enter the United States. Enjoy the pictures of today.