in the Home Stretch!!

Hi All,
Sorry we've been delinquent in our posts, but Mommy is not able to sit for very long and Daddy's had both is hands full with us. I won't bore you with the details, lets just say, I truly believe that child labor could not be any worse than this back. Enough said.

We've been really enjoying our time here in Guangzhou, the island is really beautiful, and although the weather is still very hot, it's not that bad, or we are getting used to it. My hair and nails have never been healthier!!

Most of our past days have been spent shopping in the tons of cute baby shops, going to dinner with our group, and even sharing some rice wine with the locals! (The owner was trying to loosen David up to get him to buy a jade bracelet I had my eye on. Didn't work, but no worries, it's David who truly deserves presents, he's had two toddlers to lug around!) He's been such a saint. The worst part is I can't carry Hope at all. I can barely walk. We also visited a Buddhist Temple, went to the House of Cheng - which is where Jackie Chan's family originated. It was amazing. So beautiful and unbelievable architecture.

Hope is who you really want to hear about and we have to say, she's a GEM. Such a happy quiet baby, easy with the smiles, cuddly, more than we ever dreamt of. God is so good to us. Although she refuses to walk, and half the time won't sit up, she plays happily on the bed and even signed her first word today "More!" She loves to eat too, and she does have a temper when she isn't fed. She's got quite a wardrobe going here, even though I swore we wouldn't over do it, but her Daddy is king of bargaining. We've really go the whole "good cop/bad cop" thing down.


We just got back from a river cruise along the Pearl river and it was very nice. From the river, it looks just like any metropolitan city, you'd never believe what's happening on the streets!

We still have one more night here, then one more night in Hong Kong, and then the long long flight back. How I'll survive it, I have no idea, but we do have a doctor in the group and as luck would have it, she lives in Denver and will be going all the way home with us! You better believe I'm sticking close to her!!

Thanks again for all the sweet notes and wishes of health, it really, really means alot! We are so very homesick and now just the mention of my Claire Bear's name makes me ball!! We're coming!!!!!!!!!!!