Last Day in Guangzhou

AHHHHHH!

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Who needs words between father and son.  Language might be a touch overrated.

Andrew took these photos.  We have had nothing to do today as we wait for our visa to arrive and then leave Guangzhou at 6pm.  We will fly into Shanghai, stay there overnight and leave the next day.  Unfortunately our flight is at 8pm so we are going to be a little bored just waiting to leave.  China a been very interesting.  We have enjoyed out time.  The biggest thing we miss is our kids.  Things are different in China then I imagined.  It has been a great trip and we get to bring home a cool souvenir.  hahha   Somehow bootleg dvds and fake jade pale in comparison.   We continue to have a great connection with Andrew.  He is so loving and amazing with us.  I think he legitimately likes us and is just beginning to love us.  We already love him and are already liking him as well.  There are a couple of habits that need to be curbed but that will come with time.  The only one we have been addressing is when we ask him to do something and he says "No!"  even after we ask a couple of times... like it's time to leave the swimming pool.  Or turn off the game it's time for bed.  We had something like that in the taxi cab yesterday and there was a clear point where he knew he was not obeying.  He was playing a game and listening to music but it was too loud.  I reached over to just turn down the volume and he snatched the game away.  I promptly grabbed his hands and took the game from him and put it in my pocked.  Using body language and motions I conveyed my disappointment in his actions and words.  He processed for a few seconds then looked away.  He felt genuinely bad that he hadn't listened.  I looked away out the window and was silent.  He tried to get me too look at something else and break the tension but I kept away.  I figured it was time he realize that actions have consequences.  After a few minutes of guilt silence, my wife prompted him to say "Sorry, Daddy." and he did.  I then smiled said it's ok and I love you.  Five minutes later I gave him back the game he was playing.  He seemed extremely contented that he could get in trouble but that it would be alright in the end.  Overall a good lesson.  I can't explain how great/strange it is to have an instant 11 year old son.  It is exciting and fun.  We really enjoy him and think the world of him already.  He is a great kid and we are blessed.  Can't wait for everyone to meet him soon.  See you later.