I learned from Kelly that about 10,000 international adoptions took place each year between 2000 & 2005. 2007 will only by about 6,000 as the Chinese government is implementing incentives to encourage it's citizen's to adopt. Also, more and more people are migrating from the countryside and giving up farming to work in the factories, many of which are built near the coastal areas for product to be shipped out. Their economy and their culture is changing rapidly. The cost of an apartment type of condo unit is rising rapidly
















Bath time! Carlee Mei loves the tub! She's averaging 2 baths a day, sometimes 3, just to get in and play.














Climbing on the table in the play room at the hotel














Ain't she cute?!















Jamie & Rebecca Lynn playing hackie sack. When I first saw this picture I thought they were dancing.














Our guide, Kelly, took the group to her home for lunch. She had asked us a week ago if we wanted to do anything on New Years Day. When nobody responded, I told her we wanted to go to her house. Well, she took me serious and took the entire group there to meet her family (husband, daughter, & in laws). Kelly is a really nice young lady (someone said she is 31) and has been very helpful to all families in this process. There are 7 families in the group, large by normal group standards. She told me that most of the time she has 2 - 3 families, only 5 groups in 07 with 5 or more families.



















Getting ready for group pictures














All 7 children in our group



















Our first family of 6 picture
















White Cloud Mountain tour, watching the fish














Who went to the photography school?














Buddhist Temple incense burning














Inside the temple



















Wishing Tree
















This tree grows along this wall creating a somewhat flat set of roots














Dragon on corner of temple roof.














Little Miss Independent, or "Squeaker Jr." as we have referred to her as (Squeaker was Jamies nick name)














Atop White Cloud Mountain. That's smog hovering over the city of Guangzhou. Makes us really want to come home.














Some of what the newer development looks like in Guangzhou.