Medical Appointment Day

Yesterday was our first full day in GZ and so far so good! We have the same guide as last time and she is very nice. She has been doing this many years and is really good. She remembers our family from last time which is fun!  We also decided before we traveled to upgrade to have executive suite privileges while here and that is the BEST decision we ever made!  So if you are looking for the Fenton four between the hours of 5-8 pm, just look for us at Happy Hour!  We also have access 24 hrs a day to ice cold beverages...anything we want! You have no idea how luxurious that is as we could not get anything cold in Nanning, everything was always Luke warm.  We plan to check out the Wii today for some family fun and Tai is super excited!

We had Ali's medical appt and it was a bit traumatic for her and mama. The girl rarely cries so it was kinda heartbreaking. She clung to me like "sticky glue" as Tai calls it and would not let go. Two nurses had to pry her out of my arms to put her on the scale. Thankful for our new American friends as they entertained Tai for us so we could both go in for her TB test/shot.  The doctors gave her a good look over which she hated and then they insisted they see her walk. Well by this time she was screaming bloody murder and again had a death grip on me. The only thing we could do is Jason ripped her from my arms and I walked away and he put her down and she came running and screaming to me. It was so sad. Poor girl. Whew....thankful that day is over.

After the appt we came home and went to McDonald's for lunch.  It is directly across the street from the hotel just next to the Starbucks!!!  Oh, the luxuries of home that the entire family can enjoy.  While mom and Ali napped, the boys hit the pool! The pool is very nice and Tai was incredibly happy.  However, it started to rain so the swim fun was cut short. BTW- if any of my KC friends were wondering where all the rain is, it is in China! Apparently they have had 3 typhoons in China while we were in province. We are seeing the effects still. It has rained everyday since we got to China and it has been very humid and overcast.

For dinner our guide took us to a wonderful and super tasty Chinese dinner.  She ordered a large variety of dishes for us and each family only paid $16!  I really enjoyed some yummy Chinese food and a meal that did not include noodles or Mc Donalds!

Today we are venturing off to the zoo with our new friends.  Their very handsome new son is 17 mo. And there daughter Avery is 7. We have really enjoyed meeting them and are so thankful they are here!!! We really wanted to go to the Safari park as I hear it is very good and much better.  The high today at noon is supposed to be 92 with a75% humidity which will make it feel like 107. Given that it is so hot and the Tai guy keeps getting heat sick, we decided to stick close to the hotel and go early.  It is only 20 minutes to the zoo and 50 to the safari park. Hoping we see the Pandas! That is really what I want to see!

Our Ali seems to be doing really good. She is a happy and playful girl. She loves all things girlie like bows and shoes and little dresses.  She lets me sit and fix her hair a zillion times each morning...I am trying to learn this girl stuff too!  Her favorite toys are the stacking cups and books. She also loves to play and feed the baby.  She loves her Cheerios and is a noodle eating machine! For as long as I live I will never forget my two beautiful children sitting in our hotels slurping noodles down when we first got them. She also loves veggies, last night she ate eggplant and Bok Choy and mushrooms! Yay! She also loves pineapple and bananas.  She loves to feed us and share her food. She loves to be tickled and has the most adorable little laugh.  When she laughs she crinkles her nose and makes this funny little face and looks like a bunny rabbit. She loves her stroller and to be carried in the Ergo. She squeals in delight when I pull out the carrier. When we are getting ready to leave, she crabs her things and takes them to the stroller. By her things I mean the pink Cheerios cup and her pink sippy. She is double fisting at all times!!!! The only thing she does not seem to like is the bathtub. Oh boy, does that make her cry.  Our guide gave us a little tub to try.  Hoping that works better.

I think I figured out a way to get you guys some pics.  But we have to use the IPad and since we seem to have incredibly bad luck with electronics we will not take the iPad out of the hotel room, this baby is now our life line! I will also try to take my sim card to the business center today and upload some more pics also.

We miss everyone and love all the emails! Keep em coming, they really keep us going over here!