Last Blog From China

We are packed to fly out to Beijing for a 24-hour stop-over. The Forbidden City and Peking Duck, please. We are so happy to have been here, to experience all this foreign culture, but like most people in the world, we look forward to going home.

Our Guangzhou experience has been mostly good, I hope I haven't complained too much. Our hotel is very comfortable, the room is huge and we are about 7 minute's walk from the island through an interesting maze of shops, as you may have seen from previous pictures. We got quite a few bargains along the way -- can't wait for Kevin's face when I give him one of these surprises (ha ha). Little Grace is a trooper, but she is soooo mischieveous. She loves to play tricks (like knocking your hat off or stealing your spoon) and laughs like crazy when you catch her. She is already watching Frannie's every move and when Frannie gets impatient with her, she just toddles away or keeps trying to steal Frannie's toys. Grace smiles a lot and just wants to be tickled, fed and to look at herself in the mirror. Her skin spots are healing rapidly, but I can't wait to get her to the doctor for a check-up. She needs to see the cranial-facial doctor, the cardiologist and the orthopedic doc for her feet too. It may be nothing, but she walks funny to me. I was a little nervous at first, because I had forgotten the first few days and weeks with Frannie when we were ALL getting to know each other. We didn't automatically love each other and that scared me the first time around. This time I knew I would eventually see past the smelly baby they handed me, not see her imperfections or stubborn nature. I knew eventually I would just look at her huge grin and want to gobble her up with kisses, falling in love all over again. Kevin is just going to burst.

WWKS, final installment, Guangzhou, China, What the Heck is the Date?

Honey, you better come home because the dishes are piled pretty high and I have no idea where the trash bags are. Where is the washing machine anyway? I had to buy new underwear and the Chinese restaurant just delivers my sweet and sour chicken every night now. Pick up some eggs on your way home from the airport, would ya?