Last night

The pigeon we had at dinner last night....tasted like dove.All that was left...the Chinese probably would've eat that too!

after bath tonight

Big bro

On Shamian Island where we are staying they have beautiful sculptures all over and nice pedestrian streets that are park like.

They have what looks like a playground but take a closer look and you will see it is exercise equipment for adults. They have these all over China....I think we could use these in the US!!

Treadmill above!! It is hard to stay on it.

We have just finished packing, which was not a easy job. I think I shopped more than I realized :)) We leave for the airport tomorrow morning at 7:30 and after 26 hours of travel we will arrive at the Nashville airport at 8pm. What's weird is we leave on Thursday morning in China and get back to Nashville on Thursday evening, even though 26 hours will have passed. Rachel has been doing great with us. She is all giggles and jibber jabber in our room and walks around. As soon as we step foot outside our hotel room door she demands to be held, won't walk for anything and is very serious. She is so scared of everything. Taylor has taught her something really great LOL......mine! And she says it with a purpose, as she jerks away whatever she doesn't want him to get. She has said night night and yesterday we showed her how to give kisses and she will give kisses now...only when asked but it is sweet! Initially when it was time for nap or bedtime, she would get sleepy then point to her bed and if you didn't put her in it she was furious. She didn't want to be rocked or held or looked at for that matter. Now she demands to go to sleep in our bed and she is usually having so much fun she doesn't want to go to sleep. She lets me rub her face and hands as she goes to sleep. Tonight she rolled right over head to head to me and just looked at me...it was very sweet.

Well, we are off to bed to get ready for a early morning and a very very very long day! Please continue to pray for safe and smooth flights and that Rachel and Taylor and well me and James too handle the long travel day well. Thanks for all the comments and prayers...we really appreciate it! We are so excited to get our girl home....and I can't tell you how many times Taylor has asked to go home!