The only thing on the agenda today was the "red couch photo" -- this is a famous thing with the "White Stork" -- I mean White Swan hotel that we are staying at.

This was interesting with the 5 little ones. The 2 boys in the groupd didn't want to cooperate at all. The girls seemed to be fine, but they didn't always want to smile -- and I don't know that they ever smiled all at the same time.

As you can see by the pictures, everyone purchased the traditional style Chinese dress/outfit. Lilly looks adorable in hers.

Other than this we really didn't do much today, we gave Lilly plenty of time to sleep. We played with her - trying some more "belly time" to help her with her arm strength. She is now sitting up really well, she can (and has been able to) roll over front to back and back to front. Last week she was barely able to hold her head up for a few seconds when we put her on her belly, now she is using one or both arms to hold her head and shoulders up. She is doing really well.

She is still taking her medication and her ear looks great. She actually took a few bites (although she was fighting us) of rice cereal this afternoon. This is a hugh step because when we first tried she wouldn't let us anywhere near her mouth with a spoon.

So tomorrow we wait in our rooms sometime around 1130, our guide will call to let us know that everything is good to go and either we go as planned on the next day to take our oath and finalize everything as per USA or she says there is a chance that we may wind up doing this tomorrow instead.

So - a little explanation -- we have already adopted Lilly as far as China's concern, now we will be adopting Lilly as per the USA. We will go to the Consulate either tomorrow or the next day to take her oath of citizenship. At least this is how I understand it at this point -- things may change or be totally different when we go through it. We've had to roll with the punches so far...

That's all for now, hope everyone back home is doing well!