Will's physical

Yesterday, Will had his physical and received two immunizations. Not too bad, I've heard of some kids having as many as eight! As you can see there are alot of parents and children waiting. Looks like Will found a new electronic device, the I-Pod he's holding. We have a translation APP. on it called Jibbigo. Keith says they have been using that quite a bit.

The other picture is of Will in flight from Shanghai. I wonder what he's thinking?Then again maybe he's just thinking,"What's for lunch?". It will be interesting to get him home and find out!

Keith also says Will is starting to be a little naughty. Oh he stops when Keith tells him too, but sounds like he's starting to act like a real boy and test his boundaries.

Goodbye Shanghai!

Well, right now my boys should be on an airplane for the next chapter of their China Adventure. They should arrive in Gaunzhou about 12:30 am our time. hope Keith remembered the gum for Will. I've heard the pressure is even worse for Asians because of the placement of their ear canals.

But before they left, I received a couple more pictures of my boys out and about on the town. Remember the game, "Where's Waldo"? Well in the picture of Will nearly falling off a guardrail~not a good photo op. choice Keith~see if you can find the leapster. It took me awhile and I didn't find it until I zoomed in. So Keith almost lost our boy, but Leapster is safe and sound!

Will and Liam Skyped last night

I think one of the highlights of this time, is that Will was able to connect with a dear friend from Shanghai. Liam was adopted several months ago and the two boys were able to catch up. I'm sure it was a great encouragement to Will to be able to share some of his feelings with his friend who has been through the same situation. Will told Liam he was" a little scared, a little not scared", completely understandable feelings. Liam told him about the long plane ride home to America. However, it sounds like most of the call centered mostly on typical "boy talk" the joys of bike riding and rollarskating, Liam introducing Will to his brother, telling Will about school, showing Will his broken foot, ect... Hopefully when Keith and Will settle in the next part of their trip, the boys can Skype again. Will is the boy pictured on the computer screen, Liam is sitting with his headset on, ready to take his call.

Speaking of which, they will be leaving Shanghai in the morning for Gaunghzou (formally Canton). This is where the American Embassy is. Will will have a physical, any immunizations he needs, apply for his Visa, and take an Oath to our country. The minute he lands on American soil he will be an American!

They will have to wait for the Visa so they will go on more sightseeing with the guides and other families. The weather there is fantastic, everyday is forecast upper 70's and sunny! Lucky dogs, but I guess Keith earned it.

Pictures

There's hope for Keith yet. In the wee hours of the morning (afternoon in China), he sent some pictures. The one of them at the podium is when Jilei officially became William Jilei Knisely. One is Keith signing the stacks of papers required for the adoption.

He's offically a Knisely!

So Will was officially adopted yesterday. Sorry, no pictures, Keith continues to have technical difficulties, so I'm scrapping the bottom of my barrel for pictures. This was from the day he got Will, Will is on the left. I'm going to have to start drawing my own illustrations, if he doesn't get me some pictures soon. If you ever saw my art, you know you don't want to see my stick figure illustrations!

Today they have on their own. They are going with the other Bethany families to a museum and out to eat. Tomorrow is more sightseeing. They have to stay in Shanghai until Friday when they will receive Will documents so they can travel on to Gaungzhou were they can get Will his passport and Visa to come home. That process takes another week.

Fun things they have done so far, a pillow fight in their hotel room. Found out Will does not like "Tighty Whiteys", as in underwear.Keith's assignment for today is get that boy some boxers! And apparently lots of horsing around in general. Lucky Will he had the FUN parent come get him! I would be spassing out about pillow fights. Yes, when Will gets here I can see I get to play the part of the "Bad Parent"~cut to ominous music. But I'm glad they are having fun in general and Keith says it's still sunshine and roses~wait I think I hear that ominous music again!

Gotcha Will!

Keith got our boy! He said Will really likes the Leapster he brought with him. If you don't know, Leapster is a handheld electronic game device. What's different about it from other similar toys is that the games you play are educational. My hope was that he would like it and the games will help with his English. Keith says he knows how to count in English and he's going to town on the Batman game~which multiplying and dividing. Keith said Will really liked the spicy food at the restaurant they ate at yesterday. He said the orphanage staff said Will was pretty quiet with adults, which has been true so far. I'm most impressed with, Keith said Will went and took a shower without any prompting, if only my 13 year old would do that! Tomorrow they go through the final adoption ceremony. Will is on the left wearing grey, the other boy is Jay who is also being adopted. The other picture is Keith (on the right) and Jay's dad, Kurt. I thought the Dads did a great job co-ordinating their outfits! LOL~Please forgive the Mommy humor. Thanks, Katie for the picture!

12 hours from now................

12 hours from now Keith should be united with our son! They are to travel to the orphanage at 9am Monday morning~which will be 9pm Sunday night here. Keith went to the China Bank yesterday and got his money exchanged, he also got the correct adapter for the laptop. I'm praying he can get online and send some pictures, but frankly I'm not sure if he can. He has Wi-Fi in his room and I tried talking him through it last night, but it's almost impossible with him there and me here. We did practice a bit before we left, but it's alot different doing it here with me sitting right next to him and him 1/2 a world away! I know the important thing is he's safe and our boy will be home soon.
I'm attaching a few pictures of Will's orphanage.