Last day inTianjin

Today is our last day in Tianjin. I have mixed feelings about leaving. Tianjin is such a tough place, not very pretty, smells bad, everything looks as if it's in some stage of construction but it's also the birth place of Nathaniel. This is a big deal. This is where he was carried for 9 mnths in his birth mama's womb. This is where he was abandoned at #10 building at 13 days old. This is where he was cared for by nannies who I'm sure loved him and did their best. This is where I first touched my son and got to see with my own eyes how wonderful and perfectly made he is. I am sad and happy for him to be taking him out. He of course has no idea and I'm glad. I want to have some memories to give him so I was thinking about what I might say . I will say how happy I was to come here and meet him and claim him as ours. I will say the people we met along the way from the taxi drivers to the waitresses were so unbelievably kind and helped make our experience wonderful. I might say a bit about the rotten conditions and the smog that stings my face and eyes but it won't be much. I want him to have happy memories even if they are the memories I tell him and not the ones he actually remembers.

Tomorrow we fly to Guangzhou and stay at the White Swan hotel. This hotel is where I think most if not all of the adoptive families stay because the Consulate is in Guangzhou. It caters to families so I think our stay might be a little bit easier there. We fly out on the 28th. I wish it was tomorrow.

Talk to you later :-)

Katie