"Red Sofa" picture

Tripp here - We've had our "red sofa" picture. Means things are really winding down. Called the "red sofa" picture because for years the tradition was that adopting families stayed at the White Swan hotel, which had a red sofa in the lobby. There was always a picture taken on or in front of the red sofa that was a group shot of all the new family members. Well our picture is in the lobby of the China Hotel, but on slightly less glamorous, but more functional, stairs... FYI there are several brothers and sisters in the picture, who where not adopted this trip. The fact that Avery is in the picture might have given that away to all but me if I was in your shoes looking at the blog. So I thought I'd make that clear. ahhem...

The other picture, as you might have guessed, is the entire group of families we have been with in Guangzhou. Most of whom where also with us in Beijing before we went to Changsha.