Sunday in Guangzhou

Last night was a hard night. We had a really hard time putting Lilah down for the night. She was crying and screaming uncontrollably and there seemed to be nothing we could do to calm her down. After a couple hours of this she was really exhausted. Finally she fell asleep, but not for long. She woke up screaming again at around 1:45 in the morning. she wouldn't let me hold her at all. Erin ended up having to walk the halls in the hotel holding her. Only when she was moving would she stop crying. After over an hour of this we made another bottle and gave it to her in her crib. She finally took it and fell asleep for the rest of the night. We all slept late this morning and barely made it to breakfast.
After breakfast we walked to one of the two parks near our hotel. There is a small amusement park there as well and Quinn and his friends were able to go on some rides. They had a really good time. The weather was getting blazingly hot so we headed back to the hotel and went swimming in the afternoon.
Later on we had a session where we had to complete all the remaining paperwork to bring to the American Consulate appointment on Monday. This took over 2 hours and was a big pain in the arse. The Chinese paperwork for the adoption was miniscule compared the US immigration paperwork.
Anyway, after that was done we went out for a group dinner at a local Cantonese restaurant. The restaurant also operated as a street market for live poultry and seafood of all kinds. There were many different kinds of fish, crabs, mussels, shrimps, scallops, eels, frogs, snakes, and even small-ish crocodiles for sale. All live. The kids were loving looking at everything. And the food ended up being great.
That's it for today. Hopefully tonight will be better than last night.