Goodbye to Beijing

This pic is from last Sunday, after her first bath with us, still very scared. She is definitely not so timid or scared these days.

Above is our Gotcha moment. I tried not to cry...

We are packing up and heading to the airport shortly. The missing documents finally arrived around 1pm yesterday afternoon just before we were heading out for a shopping trip. Needless to say I was in a much better mood and had tons of fun shopping/bartering at the Pearl Market. Got some squeaky shoes for Lily and a few other keepsakes.

Lily is having a nap at the moment and I was able to switch seats online so now we are all sitting together on the flight from Beijing in Toronto. We are overnighting in Toronto and will be home around 12:30(noonish) on Friday!

I missed saying goodbye to CAM this morning, Lily fell asleep and I was waiting to Dale to return from grocery shopping - sorry CAM. I cannot tell you how grateful we are for your assistance and support during this trip.

We enjoyed China more than we anticipated. It is bittersweet knowing we are taking Lily from her birth country but she has such wonderful friends and family waiting to meet and welcome her to Canada. We hope to be able to take her back for a visit when she is older. Thanks for following along and all your encouraging comments. Love, Noella, Dale and Lily.