Sunday in Gaungzhou

It is Sunday so I have a lot to catch up. On Friday we got up early
and packed up for our last day in Kunming. We ate and then took a
short nap and checked out. Our local guide Lisa picked us up and
took us to the Minority Village. The Minority Village has many
little villages that show the housing, customs, clothing, music and
dance of each minority in Yunnan. You could not begin to see it all
in a day. We asked the guide to concentrate on the minorities in
the north near Kunming. I was able to buy the girls an outfit from
the minority that Mei Mei is most likely from. It is a beautiful
place and we really enjoyed it. Then we went to the airport. We
ate KFC for dinner then went down to board the flight. The family
we had shared a guide with in Kunming was on the same flight. This
turned out to be a life saver as the uncle, John, helped us with our
carry on baggage some. We had packed our carry ons heavy in order
to not pay over weight fees on our check through bags, as the in
country flights have a much smaller weight allowance. We did find
out Mei Mei is a terrible traveler! This does not bode well for the
long trip home. She did not seem to be in pain she just wanted down
to get in to everything, and screamed when she couldn't get her
way. Boy can this kid scream LOUD! On arriving at Guangzhou we
were met the local guide here, Connie, the same guide we had last
time YEAH! It is nice to be back with a commited guide. We got
checked in and went straight to bed. This hotel room is the
smallest yet! It has two twin beds. Baby Bug asked why the bed was so
small. I told her it was because it was made for one person. She
said "I know, how about me!¨ I asked her where I would sleep and
she pointed to the other bed. I told her that was Papas bed and she
said OK how about there, and pointed to the chair in the corner. :-)

On Saturday we ate breakfast and then met with the other
families from my agency to get the children's visa photos and
medicals done. Mei Mei did not like this! She screamed the whole
time. I did get a chuckle out of the nurse calling the other nurses
over to see how HUGE our baby was LOL. After that we returned to
our room and took a nap then dad stayed with the girls while I went
and filled out the forms for the US visa. This took about two
hours, YUCK! We then walked down to the little tourist area by
these hotels; we ate dinner at Lucy's, American hamburgers and
pizza, and then did a little shopping. Then back to the hotel to
bed.

We had a really rough night. Baby Bug had night terrors; she does
this about once a month, and her screaming set Mei Mei to screaming,
witch made Baby Bug scream louder, then Mei mei.... You get the idea.
After two round of this we were all a little shot this morning. Dad
finally managed to get a hold of the local branch president about
9am this morning. Church was at 10am and was a half hour taxi ride
away. There was no way I could get the girls dressed and fed in
that time so I encouraged dad to go without us. I think he could
really use the break. He went and should be back any time now. The
girls and I went down for breakfast then over to play on the local
playground about a block away. Baby Bug was so excited to see this
playground, but is shy about playing with the other children. We
came back to the room and took a nap and are now waiting for dad.
Dad forgot his key so we need to be here when he gets back. He just
got back, so I will go visit with him.

Love you,