We had dinner at Hard Rock Cafe to celebrate Gigi's (one of the adoptive mothers) birthday. Kids enjoyed a good "American food".
We also had an opportunate to meet Sue's best friend from college, Bai Yan. They have not seen each other for 16 years. They had alot to catch up.
While waiting for Anna's visa, we together with a few other families ventured out of the Island to a local shopping street. We bought a few small things. The experience was interesting. On the way back, we had Thai food. It was great. Sue wished her friends at Gentex were with her. We were so stuffed that we did not eat anything at our celebration dinner at Lucy's bar after receiving Anna's visa later. We had just beer. Believe it or not, they provide kid high chairs in bars in China! and the beers are good!
A few fathers went out having their celebration cigars. Berthold wore his traditional chinese dress and smoked a cigar. Sue said that he looked like one of the rich chinese old landlords or a business man. Toby and Joshua were very proud to wear their chinese ropes and hats with a fake long hair braids. We wore traditional chinese dresses for a few hour wondering around in the hotel.
Anna is making so much progress. She graduated from her bottle today and started to use her zipping cup. She can wave bye-bye, clap her hands and offer kisses on commands. She enjoys walking around. She is a very happy baby and very content. She eats and sleeps well. Oh, maybe not. We just check on her, she is smiling at us instead of sleeping in her crib. She likes to play at night, just like everyone of Franz family!
This will be our last email from China. We will be in Hongkong only one day tomorrow and will not plan to set up email. We will be home soon!