Revelation!!

Well, thanks to our incredibly helpful new friend, we have figured out our electrical issues. There are basically 2....the first is...hair equipment is always tricky. We figured that out when I melted my straightening iron, and then almost blew up my hair dryer. Thankfully, I didn't blow up my hair dryer, but that is what caused the power to blow in our room. The second is.....we don't need a voltage converter for our computer or camcorder. I had read/heard so much about the voltage converter, that it never crossed my mind NOT to use one. Hopefully, we will be smooth sailing from here on out. I have no idea what the internet situation is in Nanning though. I had a hard time finding translated information regarding the details of our stay there. I know we can post because I've seen several blogs of people that post while they are there, I just don't know how often, etc. We fly out tomorrow morning to go there. The schedule will be to fly out in the morning, check into our hotel, get situated and then go get Jillian. We were all discussing the details last night and my stomach just dropped. I really can't believe we are one day away from meeting her. So many questions are going through my mind. Oddly, the main one is what on earth does she look like now. We are going with a group of people that received referrals for Non Special Need children. They all have pictures from 2 months ago. The picture I have of Jillian is 1 year old. My bio children changed SO much in that period of time that I can't even imagine what she is going to look like.

Today we will be heading out to church, then the Jade Factory, then the Great Wall, then lunch, then a break, then dinner, then the Chinese Acrobat Show. I imagine it will be another exhausting day, but it sure is helping us sleep at night....mostly. Both of us are still waking up wide awake at 2:15 or so. Thankfully, we did go back to sleep last night until about 5:30. Maybe after today, we will be able to sleep all the way to 5:30!! What a treat that would be!!

On a side note...our guide, Sherry, is Chinese. She had mentioned that translating meanings of our daughter's names is not really what we thought it was. She said, while Yu may mean rain, and Lu may mean rain, the chinese characters for Yulu may not mean rain at all. I happened to have Jillian's paperwork with me and asked her to look at the Chinese characters for her name. She said "oh yes, Yulu....those characters, (she actually said the Chinese word for them which has left me right now), means Beautiful Jade Pendant. Interesting. I thought all this time, her name meant rain. I like beautiful jade pendant much better!!

Here are some pictures from yesterday! I hope you enjoy! It really was a spectacular day!!!

Here we are in the Forbidden City

A beautiful roofline

The Marble Boat in the Summer Palace. This entire thing is made out of marble and they built it facing the dock instead of ready to leave to symbolize the power of the emperor. I even got to use my very first squatty potty!!