Preschool!

A huge day today!  Anderson started preschool at McCormick Montessori.  He will go three full days/week.  His teacher is the same teacher that Karina had when she also attended McCormick.  We are so fortunate!

Anderson had a good day.  His teacher described him as helpful and nice.

Autumn in Chicago

We are finally over jet lag!  And for the most part we are sleeping through the night.  Anderson will start preschool the week of October 19th, 3 days a week.  We'll see how it goes!  Celia is enjoying spending time with Anderson before she returns to work later this month.

Here are a few playground shots from this past week.  We had some beautiful autumn days here in Chicago.

Welcome to Chicago!

We arrived safely to Chicago late Monday afternoon and have been getting over jet-lag (gradually).  Here is a picture of some of the welcome crew at the airport, and a picture of our two children here at home.

Overall Anderson is doing well.  We are taking it a day at a time.

Thank you for all your positive thoughts, prayers, wishes while we were in China.  We will continue to keep the blog updated.

Final stage: from Guangzhou to Beijing

We are in the final stage of our journey uniting Anderson with our family.

Climbing the steps of the airplane to leave Guangzhou.

Sightseeing in Beijing: here we are as a family, in front of the Temple of Heaven.

A typical Anderson look (smiley!)

Momma and her two children.

Exploring Guangzhou

We have been exploring Guangzhou as a family, enjoying our time very much.

Chad, Karina, and Anderson walking down a street in Guangzhou.

Here we are, playing in one of the many nice parks we've discovered here.

Lunch with Holly Anderson, Oma and Opa's neighbor in Wheaton, who also lives in Hong Kong.

Karina & Anderson in Guangzhou

We spent a little time visiting a local zoo (we did see a panda but the picture didn't turn out, since the panda was in the distance and behind glass).

Karina feeding a giraffe.

Anderson showing off for the camera.

Karina and Anderson having fun, playing in our hotel room.

Arriving in Guangzhou (Saturday)

Here we were on the high speed (NOT) train to Guangzhou. (We had a 50-minute delay, sitting on the tracks, for no apparent reason.)

However, we arrived at the Garden Hotel in Guangzhou without incident, and it is very nice. We all slept very well our first night here.