Guangzhou and swimming

Well, it's Saturday night here in breezy Guangzhou. A typhoon hit the cost north of here so we're getting the left over wind, which is nice because it cools things off a bit. We arrived here yesterday after a very long day of travel....again. We took off from Changchun on what we thought was a 5 hour flight to Guangzhou. Much to our surprise, they announced the landing after only 2 hours! Hmmmm we thought, where are we landing?? Turns out we had a stop over in Hangzhou. After 40 minutes on the ground and some people getting off and on, we took off again for another hour and a half to Guangzhou. Life is just full of surprises!
The biggest news here is that we got Joe in the pool!!! Hooray!!! Jan talked him into taking his socks off the afternoon we arrived (not sure he ever really had bare feet before) and he even let her dip his feet in the pool. After dinner last night we put a swim suit on him and he actually went in. He liked it so much it got a little dangerous (b/c he cannot swim!). Today I went in a shop in the hotel and bought him some swimees (arm things) and off he went. I think he was in the pool for 2 hours this afternoon and loved every minute of it. How cool is that?
The other news is that he passed his medical exam with flying colors but wouldn't smile for his visa photo because he was mad we wouldn't buy him a truck. I told Guy there is no way I can take him in Target when we get home because he wants us to buy everything he sees and gets very pouty, even fake cries sometimes, when we say no.
Everyone was once again over-tired tonight so hopefully we'll have a quiet night so everyone is rested up for tomorrow. We plan to go to an English service at a local Catholic Church and then probably do some shopping and swimming in the afternoon.
After an excruciating paperwork checking session this morning I think we have everything in order to complete the adoption and get Joe on the plane with us!
Thanks for your comments. Gabby, I'll make sure Margaret reads yours tomorrow morning.
I hope some of you were able to view the pics my awesome niece Tammi set up. I'm going to try again tomorrow with the whole picture thing. There are many more English speakers/understanders around here.
Take care everyone and thanks for your thoughts and prayers.