Garbo Laughs

We got our first laugh out Ella yesterday. It was awesome. Now she practically won't stop laughing. She has a great laugh--it's just like these big, hearty bursts of loud joy. Exactly what a baby's laugh should be. Every day with her has been like watching a flower bud open a little bit more as she comes more and more out of her shell and discovers the world. She can sit unsupported for short periods and is starting to scoot backwards. We figure she'll actually be crawling in a week or two.

We picked up her passport today and fly to the US Consulate in Guangzhou tomorrow, where she'll get a US visa. She is flying under a Chinese passport and becomes a US citizen when her booties hit the ground in the US (Newark airport). I'm told that the internet connection at the White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou is not so great, so we might not be able to update this again before we get home. We'll be spending Friday and saturday night in Hong Kong. It'll be neat to have a day there with just our family. We fly back Sunday morning and will be home Sunday night (after a long freaking day of traveling).

Gotta go finish packing now. Hope all is well with you all.


P.S.
Mike says that Vonnegut was wrong about the status of the city of Midland. That distinction actually belongs to Nanchang.