China: Day.......ummm......whatever!

PlayDoh time. It's so nice to see our son share with his sister! He's such a good brother.

We didn't take a lot of pictures yesterday (8/10). We had a 'free' day so we did some shopping. It rained on and off so we were lazy. Lili REALLY doesn't like people in her face! All the shop owners would come up to her and talk to her in Cantonese. She really shut down. She didn't want any of the dresses I showed her, but I got them anyway and as soon as I showed them to her in the room, she squealed and grabbed them. She is SO shy!

We took a taxi into Guangzhou city. It was like Times Square times 1,000! Unbelieveable sights, noise (and smells!) We went to Papa John's. It's a fine dining restaurant with marble floors. The pizza and breadsticks were just like home. We walked around the city and there was just so much shopping, it was amazing. There was a mall, mostly electronics and Brett scored a Sony MP4/MP5 player/camera/video game thing for 400 yuan (less than 60 bucks!) He's one happy dude! He can't wait to show off to his friends!

Our sleeping angel. She slept in the bed with me last night. (she's been sleeping on the floor between the beds----aren't we nice?) She sucks her thumb when she's laying there soothing herself, but she doesn't do it in her sleep or any other time of day.

We went to the Guangzhou Zoo today with our guide and another family. We were the main attraction. They had a seperate/special admission section: Goldfish World. Kids could climb in the pool and catch and keep all the fish they want for free. They also had a shower area for the kids where we got to see all the Chinese skin we could ever think to want to see!

We had lunch at Lucy's where Lili demanded I take some pictures of her! This is her kissy face. She will kiss at me, but doesn't want to touch. She won't do this with Jeff or Brett yet, but we've made a lot of progress in the last couple days.

This is her 'mwah' face after the pucker.

I taught her how to pop her cheeks when they're full of air. Now we have to do it 20 times a day.

This is Lili just so excited to be Lili. And who can blame her? She's having one exciting life right now. She's going to be soooo disappointed when we go home!

Our guide and hotel staff have commented on her amazing progress and how the best thing was her breaking down on the first day. She acts like she owns the world now. She's so confident and she really trusts us. I'm so glad we've come this far. I can't imagine what the next days will hold.