Trip to China
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Sunday, May 18, 2008 We all have had a really good day today! Marossie slept soundly through the night and woke up in a happy mood so we were ready for the world! After breakfast we met Bob in the lobby to go to Yuexiu Park and the pearl market. The park was awesome and we really enjoyed it. There are miles and miles of steep steps not conducive for hauling babies in strollers up though so we really only got to see a small portion of the park's beauty. After the park, we went to the pearl market. This place is a six level jewelry mall. James and I bought Marossie a pearl necklace and earrings for her wedding day (a long,long time from now maybe thirty years or so). They are beautiful. After our outing, we came back to the hotel just to rest and have some quiet time. James got Marossie to take a TWO hour nap! Excellent job Dad! I am so proud of James, I knew he would be a fantastic father, but he has just blown me away. He is everything I have dreamed for my daughter. Dinner time was spent with a big group of friends at Lucy's. I am sure that some of you are wondering why Lucy's all the time when there are so many other good restaurants on the island. The truth of it is that the food is okay and the prices are just so,so but the main reason we keep going back is because it is casual and they offer a very nice menu for the babies. Marossie really put it away tonight, she had a full serving of chicken congee, a half serving of mashed potatoes and some French fries with ketchup (she is very serious about her ketchup) and some of the beef from my hamburger! I really think that she would have kept eating until she made herself sick, if we would have let her. We did a little shoppy after dinner then came back to the hotel room, read a book and had a very action packed bath. It is so fun to watch Marossie really cut loose in the tub, she is wild and crazy in there. Marossie is feeling better by the day. Thankfully the antibiotics are working. She is most bothered now by the mouth full of teeth she is cutting. It looks like mountain peaks in there and feels like a meat grinder when I have to put the numbing gel on her gums! We have noticed since our first day together that Marossie has little, round, dark scars scattered over her tiny body. We suspected that she had, had chicken pox at some point so we asked Bob to call the SWI she lived in and sure enough, approximately TWENTY days ago she had them!!!!! Wow, we are oh, so blessed. Some poor families in the recent past whose babies had the chicken pox have had to stay in China a while longer than expected due to being contagious. Yet again our prayers have been answered. Tomorrow we celebrate one week together and it just does not seem possible. We are overjoyed to be Marossie's parents! The next two days are free days for us so there may not be much to write about, but we will try to at least send in pics of Marossie so you can get your fix. Love to you all, all the way from Guangzhou, China! Only FIVE more days! Amy

Good morning everyone! So berry cute. Yuexiu Park

Funny sign posted at the park,
it was next to the flowers in the next pic below.


Beautiful flowers “for your pretty”


A new book!

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