Say Goodbye, Guangzhou...

Change is in the air, and we will be too in a few hours ...
... and he's already being Mr. Grumpy so we'll have to see how he does on the plane.

Thank you, everyone, for all your well wishes and support while we've been over here.
We're probably going to need it when we get back as well!

One Last Thing about ATTACHMENT:
He will most likely one of the first time he meets you (or anyone else) do a reflexive "Please give me attention" maneuver he learned in the orphanage. It's pictured below and he's very good at it. The arms up and the pouty face are perfect. What he wants to be is picked up:

At least for the first few weeks, please DO NOT pick him up, but redirect him to us.
We are still trying to firm up the parental attachment ... we're only at about 10 days in with in his 26 month life ...

Here's the 'send me back to Momma' maneuver:

Ok, that's all for now. Will post again Saturday or Sunday when we're back in the US!!