It is our last day in Guangzhou. The day began with group pictures in the lobby of the hotel with all of the traveling families. It was mayhem with everyone shooting as many pictures as possible, while mixing in camcorders and grabbing new friends and travel guides wherever possible. It truly felt as if we were on the red carpet of a movie premier. Most of the babies were dressed in silk pajama keepsakes. The group shots will be memories treasured forever of these people we have come to know so well over the past few weeks. The large group shot on the stairs are only half of this travel group of 27 families. The smaller group shots are of our Lehigh Valley Travel Group and of two of the guides that helped us Amy and Lineker. We all climbed aboard the travel busses for one last appointment at the US Consulate. We were not allowed to take pictures within the building. The whole appointment consisted of proof of ID for the parents with their adoptive child and a quick oath stating we had not lied on any of the paperwork. Upon learning the children will be official US residents upon opening of special brown envelopes by the US Immigration inspectors, the group let out a huge cheer! We now have the awesome task of fitting all of our stuff into suitcases by 9:30 PM tonight for the bellhops to retrieve. We have an "on the bus" time of 5:45 AM where we will say good-bye to Guangzhou and head to Hong Kong for a one day extreme sightseeing adventure. Friday we depart for the US in the morning - to arrive in the afternoon - technically it sounds like a quick trip...should be no problem with 4 kids! Hopefully we will be able to stick a few more photos of Hong Kong on tomorrow night. Other wise we look forward to seeing everyone stateside and want to thank everyone for the massive support we have received through the whole adoption adventure. Hans (fill-in blogger)