Day seven and eight with Ella. Yesterday started early. We had a 7:30 flight from Inner Mongolia to Guangzhou so we had to be up at 4:00. The flight was about 3 hours and she did pretty good. Hopefully that's a good indication for our flight home. We really like it here. The hotel is huge. I've seen pictures of it on their website but I didn't expect so many restaurants and shops inside the lower level. And everyone here speaks ENGLISH. Thank goodness. I feel like we are back in civiliazation. There are lots of shops just as you step outside the door on the side entrance. We shopped some yesterday and ate at Lucy's Bar and Grill. The boys were so excited that they had hamburgers and Mexican food on the menu. We ordered a grilled cheese sandwich for Ella and she at almost all of it. She really liked the french fries with ketchup but her favorite was the garnish lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers. She really likes vegetables and fruit. At least I have one healthy eater in our family.

It was our 22nd anniversary yesterday but it was so hectic we hardly realized it. The beds here are little smaller than the last hotel so we are really cramped. They had a baby bed set up in here when we arrived but she won't have any part of that so we sent it back.

Today we went to see the Chen Family Academy. It was really interesting. It was built originally by the Chen family to house their ancestors to come to Guangzhou to study for the Imperial examination to become a high-ranking government official. Then we went to a "mall" (sort of) to shop for baby. I found her some cute white and pink shoes. I also found the most adorable pair of black and white shoes but they didn't have her size. I should have bought the bigger ones and she probably could have worn them next year but I want to save my money for other things. I want to buy her a traditional chinese outfit. I saw lots of them yesterday but I couldn't decide on a color. They aren't expensive, only around $3.50 so I may but a couple of different colors. I haven't found the type of silk I was looking for to make her baptism dress yet. I'm thinking I may get one of the traditional dresses in white and use that.

She is naping now and we have free time for the rest of the day so I may just nap too. Take it when you can get it, I say.

I got her "Going home Barbie" today. It was on the desk when we came back from our outing this morning. She is so cute. I wish there was a choice of hair color for the Mommy. She's really blonde but the baby is too cute. There is a playroom downstairs that I want to bring her to this afternoon. It is provided by Mattel as well. Cool idea.

Well, I have some individual emails to answer so I will write more tomorrow.

Priscella