Day 4 Let the Sun Shine In....Not!!!

Peace everybody...

Being silly again...

It's Thursday here and we had a bit of sunshine yesterday and today, just a little bit. It's difficult to be out running in the rain with a 3 year old in a stroller so we head out of the hotel whenever weather permits. We went on an adventurous walk through the pet and medicine market here in Guangzhou. It's a pretty good hike from our hotel and the weather cooperated for a while. In the pet market they have hundreds and hundreds of any kind of pet animals including puppies and kittens. I don't know who buys them because you really don't see that many dogs and cats here. Someone must be buying them. We ended up at McDonald's for Patrick's first taste of the stuff. He seemed to like it. It mostly stayed in his mouth so that's a good sign. We ended up taking a taxi back to the hotel because it ended up raining again.

Patrick continues to do well. He's testing the waters to see how much he can get away with but he is beginning to understand "no". We went shopping yesterday and he did a great job of going with the flow. We finished the Chinese side of our paperwork yesterday by applying for Patrick's Chinese passport. We had to go to the local police station to do the application. Katie had to use the restroom and she had her first exposure to a squatty potty. For those who don't know, it's basically a porcelain potty you stand over and do your business. She was appalled by the site of the potty. She had to go bad so she did use it, she wasn't happy about it though.

Bill continues to do what he does best here...sleep. I have never seen someone who can sleep so much. Katie is still having fun. It has been pretty boring with the weather but she's been a trooper.

We finally got access to English TV after three days of mourning for the victims of the earthquake. Bill is a happy man having TV and movies to watch.

Hailey & Josh are doing great. We sure miss them. Thanks Mom & Dad!!!

L, MB