Well, guys, this is all she wrote! Grampa and Gramma have had a wonderful time in "Ahn's World" with Trev &Teri. A wonderful trip, all in all - no problems, no mishaps (we didn't accidentally kill him before he reached the US), pretty smooth sailing. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers - and also for following along with us as we've experienced Ahn's adoption story. It's been a great ride. We leave out of Hong Kong tomorrow AM. We'll stop at S...

Top 10 Highlights / Memories of China: Beijing, Zhengzhou, Guangzhou: 3 different cities, 3 distinct cultures/vibes. The architecture/buildings are a mix of old, ancient and new. In the North, things move slower and everyone speaks Madarin. In the South, the pace quickens and everyone speaks Cantonese. Restaurant Service: Let's just say they needed Grandpa's old food service experience to coordinate the serving schedule. Everyone eventually got their ...

Gramma & Grampa Goins are never tired of writing about the kiddo. So if you're bored by all this, don't read on. We think, of course, you want information about "Ahn's World". This is all new to us, too - and we don't have that much time left to share it with him - we go home on Friday. So here goes... The weather was better yesterday - after Teri & I (Candy) got our massages (a deal at $10), we got back and all five of us walked to Subway to g...

Happiness Buddha. That is our little Ahn, belly and all. He is quite jolly and is proving not to have a discerning palette. Yesterday afternoon, we stopped at Starbucks for a Mocha Java Chip Coffee and a pesto, cheese, ham sandwhich. We figured Ahn already has enough energy that he didn't need the coffee but he did enjoy a few bites of Mom and Dad's sandwich. Pesto at 13 months, who would have thought. Then last night, we went for Thai dinner. It di...

Doug, Dad, Grandpa Goins reporting - The setting here is beautiful. Guangzhou is called the Garden City. It sits on the Pearl River, a 3 hour drive inland from Hong Kong. Our hotel, The White Swan is on a small island in the river, as you can tell from the pictures. The architecture here is old British colonial, and Trev said it looks like New Orleans with its ante-bellum houses. Yesterday we walked to a Chinese government health clinic on the island for Ahn's ...