Rainy days and Mondays always.....

 

We woke up to rain this morning but that is a good thing. When we landed the other night from Zhengzhou it was 94 degrees here and the rain cools it off at least for a little while.

To start the day

I will mention breakfast briefly:(

 

They fix huge breakfasts at all the hotels we have been at so far. And if you ask Andrew it is one of his biggest memories from China (Bacon and Water melon).

 But I don't care much for breakfast so most mornings I just skip it and usually one or 2 of the girls stay with me because they are just as happy with a pop tart.

This morning we decided to go as a family.....

Halfway through the hostess came up and said that our room only includes 2 breakfast and I would have to pay for the 3 kids...

Fine,,,bring me the bill....

when she did I about flipped (Holly can tell you)

$75!!!!! And I had just eaten a bowl of cereal.....

My mistake.

 

Oh well, I am happy to report I have calmed down (mostly) and that is about the only complaint I have on this trip (aside from losing/finding my passport)

 we are so blessed......why do I keep forgetting that?

 

 

Going to the medical office was first on the list today.
Luke passed (as far as I know) with flying colors.

The exams and shots that some of the kids had to get were somewhat of a setback to all the progress that had been made over the last several days. I talked to one of the dads that is adopting an 11 year old that is deaf. He was afraid his boy wouldn't understand that it was necessary or for his good. There was also a 13 year old that is blind and I am sure all the screaming kids must have bothered him. But they both manned up and took it well.
I came here thinking I was getting kind of old for this and that 4 kids was a lot.
But, I am a lightweight in this group.
Some of these dads are mid 50's (even thought some look younger than me)
And several of them have 5-8 kids....
I am still so impressed with their patience and willingness to take on such hard cases.
 

Once we finished the day (and I made it short for you guys)
It was time for our night river cruise.

the tower you see behind
Elizabeth it supposed to be the 3rd largest in the world.
The tallest in Dubai,
Next in Tokyo,
and this one (600 meters) in Guangzhou China. (the second largest city in China)??

A couple of pictures of my girls that I love soooo much.

and yes, the tower changes colors

And of course the guy you are all tuning in to see..
He looks so big here but he is really a pretty small baby.
This is his first taste of Ice cream

                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhR25RdxHMA&feature=youtu.be
                                         Pretty bad video of the cruise but best we could do

Any of you that followed us to get Hannah might remember the video we took from our hotel of all the lighted boats going down the pearl river.
This time we got a view from the river looking out. I wish there was some way we could share the view with you but pictures from our dinky little camera just wont do it.
Thank you for hanging with us. We love you all and look forward to the end of this week When we can come home and show off the newest addition to our family..
I type this with my kids sitting here reading and Luke asleep in his crib....

Really wanted to say thanks to all my good friends/family that have prayed me through this journey.
I'm Feeling pretty blessed today.