Hi all! Today was a very nice relaxing day. We woke up around 7:30am and talked to Nicholas and both sets of parents. Afterwards, we went downstairs to have yet another awesome breakfast. Today I only had scrambled eggs, a piece of ham, and a few pieces of cheese. Not too exciting, but very tasty. I then proceeded to go back to our room where I had to stay from 10am until noon. That was the time of our U.S. Consulate appointment, and our CCAI representatives, Jason and Grace, took our papers there to start Noelle's visa process. If there was any problems we had to be in our room to answer the phone call. Needless to say we had to wait until 1:30pm because they were slow at the consulate, but our papers were all good. Thank goodness!!! Tomorrow Brittany and I have to take an oath at the consulate and we will be able to come home after Noelle's visa gets processed on Thursday. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and we are thankful to be going home soon. We have really enjoyed ourselves here and the people here have been so nice to us. However, it may be some time before I eat Chinese food again at home. We are really anxious to eat more "normal" food instead of eating in a restaurant for every meal. We also miss Nicholas so very very very much. We miss all of you! (MY GOODNESS I MISS MY OWN BED TOO!!!!!) We shopped a lot in the afternoon until our "Red couch" pictures with all the babies and parents. Brittany and I bought some traditional Chinese clothing to wear for the occasion. It seemed the proper thing to do and many of the couples we came with did the same thing. All the babies dressed in traditional clothes were so darn cute. (Noelle was the cutest of course!) After a short rest we changed clothes and went on a dinner cruise on the Pearl River which runs right through the city and past the White Swan, our hotel. The buffet was not to my liking (traditional Chinese food, much of it really odd for me- like roasted duck in a pot along with the ducks' heads staring right back at me.. not very appetizing... and odd fish dishes with their tails and heads still on.... etc..) While I did not like the food, the view was absolutely stunning. We came back to the hotel and put Noelle to sleep. She fell asleep on the bus, and wouldn't wake up to have her last bottle of the day. I hope she doesn't wake up in the middle of the night to eat! Oh well.... we shall see. Good night all. I'll see you very soon............