Visiting Charlotte's Orphanage

Look at those comfy Chinese child car safety seats!! We wonder how she's going to like being strapped in when we get home.

A little blurry because we were driving, but this shows the rural mountainous area that Charlotte came from. It was a very pretty area.

Charlotte immediately began running around and playing with her old buddies.

This was Charlotte's crib. She was in a room with three other little girls.

We were visiting during lunch time so Charlotte got one last meal. She and this little girl stayed together the whole time we were there. They had been roommates since arriving.

Charlotte dancing in the bouncy seat. She had a fun day!

Today we hired a driver to take us from Guangzhou to the city where Charlotte was born, about three hours drive away. It absolutely poured (a repeat of yesterday but worse), and we saw several accidents, but thankfully, we arrived safely. Charlotte looked a little puzzled as we drove up to the orphanage building, but as soon as she saw her old playmates she got so excited. We could see her true personality come out which was very fun. She ran from one child to the next and was smiling from ear to ear. We could tell that she was the Alpha Dog (we had been told she was the leader of the group) and some of the kids looked like they were thinking, "Look she's back, watch out!!" Ha! Ha! We had a lovely time visiting and it was so good to meet Charlotte's orphanage director, nanny and other ladies who work there. We are so thankful that they took such good loving care of her. God was blessing us even before we knew about our daughter Charlotte. We thought she might be upset about leaving, but she did really well and was fine to come away with us.