JANUARY 12TH/2007 ( AM IN CHINA)

Good Morning !

It's 4:50 AM here in Changsha and JP and I are up roaming around and Alyana is snoozing.
She was up at 11 pm for a bottle and has been "racked out" since then.

It's not surprising as she expends so much energy throughout the day. We wish we could capture in a picture just how busy this little girl is. She has gone from not being able to sit on her own or able to roll over to ....... look out ..........rolling from one end of the bed to the other like a steam roller and babbling like a drunken' sailor. We are in for it .....again ! *hehe* Yesterday, we introduced her to banana flavored rice cereal and she just about came off my lap into her bowl that her Dad was holding. She gobbled it down and smacked her lips the entire meal. We couldn't stop laughing.

It is very nice to see her thrive. She is now getting used to her Daddy and is actually allowing him to hold her. For the last few days she has only wanted Mommy to hold her. This is common and is a very good sign as it shows that she is already attaching. Yulin, our agency host and mother hen, scolded a few young Chinese girls yesterday as they kept coming up and grabbing the babies from our arms. They love these little girls. It is an unusual sight to see all these families with babies from their homeland. Many people are very curious and will come up to you and want to ask questions or want to touch the babies and hold them.

We are doing well. JP thinks that he is coming down with a cold ( lets hope not). There are a few people in the group that have gotten sick. Thank goodness , Miss Anal Retentive, brought the pharmacy with her. If he continues to be symptomatic then he will start on the antibiotic. The others started with cold that quickly settled into their chests. The air quality in the hotel is awful and leaves your chest feeling terrible all the time not to mention a metallic taste in the back of your throat.

We will leave you with a few posts to start your evening. Have a great snooze and we will post later if we can. We leave for Beijing at 4:30 pm ( AM yours) so as you are brushing your teeth and getting ready to start your day we will have landed in China's political and cultural capital. One step closer to the Great Wall!

Thanks for the notes in the guestbook. We love reading all of your entries. It feels like you are all here in China with us.

Kisses to Bugs ( 6 more sleeps until we see you)

PS: George, JP wants to know if you need us to bring you back a pillow from China ?

Enjoy the Photos:


Here is a hodge -podge of photo's from the week .......

The clothing Alyana had on the day we met her. The temp was 8 C that day.

Look at my teeth ( I also have 4 on the top)

Paperwork !! Paperwork!
We were so jet lagged this day that our guides had to repeat the directions to filing the necessary paperwork several times.
YEAR,MONTH,DATE- did she say ? YEAR, MONTH, DATE?
I can't remember ...let's ask her to repeat ........

This is called multi tasking ...baby in one arm and chopsticks in the other. This couple is from NB ( Mark and Lisa and baby Emily). This is their first baby. What a terrific couple !
Not too bad with chopsticks either ( do you think they have been practicing ?)




What a sweet face !
What do you think she is thinking about ?


This baby is cruising through the streets in Changsha by bus !
There is soooo much to see.

We posted this picture for Grammy and Aunt Mar-mee as we know how they like their tea.
We think that we could rig something like this up for the next sketti feed.

It's a tea pot with a very long spout.

Suppose I could slip one into my purse without anyone knowing ??