DSC_0165bLydia looking at her image in the mirror inside an elevator while being held by SiowFong
(when we received Lydia on January 4, 2007, she would start to cry once the elevator moved, but within a few days, her fear of elevators disappeared.)
White Swan Hotel
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
January 12, 2007
DSC_0165Tom feeding Lydia some birthday cake while Lydia is sitting in Ma Wee's lap
(she enjoyed the cake just like everything else we fed her.)
Lakeview Hotel
Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
January 8, 2007
DSC_0151Lydia, SiowFong, and Tom sitting on a red sofa
where many adoptive Chinese children's pictures have been taken
Photo taken by Thom Powell
Lounge in the main lobby (second floor)
White Swan Hotel
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
January 12, 2007
DSC_0106Lydia, SiowFong, and Tom sitting on a red sofa where many adoptive Chinese children's pictures have been taken
Photo taken by Bryon Bhagwandin
Lounge in the main lobby (second floor)
White Swan Hotel
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
January 12, 2007
DSC_0101left to right: front row: Page Powell, Renee Powell, Lydia
second row: Kimberly Powell and SiowFong
second row: Kimberly Powell and SiowFong
These three adopted daughters are sitting on one of the famous red sofas inside
Guangzhou's five-star hotel where most adoptive parents from the US stay while awaiting the US consulate's approval of the visa(s) for their adoptive child(ren)
Lounge in the main lobby (second floor)
White Swan Hotel
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
January 12, 2007
DSC_0092Mina Rothaus, Chelsya Cochran, Leila Bhagwandin, and Lydia sitting on a red sofa
(many adoptive parents purchase a traditional Chinese outfit
for their adopted child during their stay in China)
Lounge in the main lobby (second floor)
White Swan Hotel
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
January 11, 2007
DSC_0088The Four New Hope Group 7 families sitting on and standing around one of the renowned red sofas where many pictures of Chinese children adopted by Americans
have been taken over the years
left to right:
first and second rows (sitting): Nella Cochran holding Chelsya, Brenda Rothaus holding Mina, Sarah Bhagwandin holding Leila, and SiowFong holding Lydia
third row (standing): Jerry Cochran, Doug Rothaus, Sam Bhagwandin,
Bryon Bhagwandin, and Tom
Lounge area in the main lobby on the second floor
White Swan Hotel
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
January 11, 2007
DSC_0087Lydia attired in her red bib (with Renee Powell in background on the right)
this was the morning that we ate breakfast with the Powells, Lydia's sponsors through
the Holt International adoption agency based in Oregon
Garden Coffee Shop on first floor where breakfast buffet was served
White Swan Hotel
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
January 12, 2007
DSC_0075The Four New Hope Group 7 mothers and daughters sitting on one of the renowned red sofas
left to right:
Nella Cochran holding Chelsya, Brenda Rothaus holding Mina, Sarah Bhagwandin holding Leila, and SiowFong holding Lydia
Lounge area in the main lobby on the second floor
White Swan Hotel
Guangzhou, Guandong Province, China
January 11, 2007
DSC_0054Lydia sitting on the rolling bed playing with her stacking cups
Room 1133
White Swan Hotel
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
January 11, 2007
DSC_0049Tom and Lydia
(We were there to receive Lydia's Chinese passport)
Passport Office
Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
January 9, 2007
DSC_0015Lydia standing in her crib
Room 1408
Lakeview Hotel
Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
January 7, 2007
Note:
All of these pictures were taken during our second week in China, and most of them were made during our time in the White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou, China.
