Update from Baby Central

The Gloria Hotel in Nanchang, China is Baby Central. Every room on the eleventh floor is occupied by new parents (or, as in our case, soon-to-be new parents) of little Chinese babies. You can't swing a wok without hitting an adoptive family. It's kind of weird, we've gotten used to being the only family around with Caucasian parents and Asian kids. Here, we're a dime a dozen.

Things in Nanchang have been relatively uneventful. The city itself seems nice enough; about 4 million people, decent public transportation and good restaurants. We've had two excellent and very economical meals in the city so far -- Nanchang's food is generally quite spicy, which is great for us. The transformer the hotel gave us for our electronics is no good, and we may have burned out Kori's iPod speakers, but other than that, we're having a pretty good time.

The biggest problem we're facing is that Kori's feeling awful. Achey, breaky, nauseated; she's just feeling pretty lousy all around. We're praying that she comes around by tomorrow morning when we go to the Adoption Affairs Office to get Xiu Dan. This should be one of the best days of our lives. It would stink if she feels too sick to really enjoy it. So, pray.

It's only 9pm, but I'm going to try to get to bed. I could use a good night's sleep. When we get Xiu Dan, I'll post new pictures as soon as possible.

Much love.