Father's Day/weekend

I didn't figure out how to use our computer here in Guangzhou until today. Turns out that all I needed to do was ask for a converter at the hotel front desk and that was it. So now I'm back online.

Friday we packed up and left Chengdu to fly to Guangzhou. That was pretty much our whole day. Packing, sitting at an airport, sitting on an airplane and getting settled into our newest hotel. Not too eventful really.

As Andy and I were packing things, we found Caleb tucking his teddy bear backpack into bed just like we do for Caleb. It was so cute. He even turned on the tv music that I turn on when Caleb takes his nap.

Caleb and his Chengdu friend loved watching all the hustle and bustle of the airport. Much better than the actual plane ride!

Saturday morning was the day for the infamous health check here in Guangzhou. It was one of the things I was dreading. It ended up being better than we expected. Actually, Andy thoguht it was cleaner than the Immediate Health Care Center we visited at home just a few months ago. Caleb did have to end up getting 4 immunizations though. He didn't even flinch. I had more tears than he did...which wasn't hard b/c he had none!

Then we had Subway for lunch. Ahh, it was good to eat something familiar!

And spent the evening walking around Shamien Island (which is where our hotel is..."island" is a bit of a stretch but it is separated by a very small bridge from the actual city)

Today, Sunday, is Father's Day and we started the day off by taking a walk. It sounds more leisurely than it is b/c it is about 200 million degrees here and you literally sweat as soon as you walk outside. We were dripping in sweat by the end of our walk. Sort of enjoyable if you like that kind of feeling. Lovely place, crazy craaaaazy humid weather.

We spent about 1/2 an hour talking w/this shop owner who is a Christian. She showed us her Bible and what she studies and how she came to know Jesus.

Then we went to a church service that was in Chinese and English. We only lasted about 30 minutes before Caleb had to go potty.

We had dinner at a Thai restaurant tonight and spend the most $ yet on dinner. I think we spent 20 dollars. That is pretty expensive in China. Most of our meals have cost us about 10 US dollars total for the three of us. The food we have eaten has been so great and we just laugh every time we get the bill b/c it is so cheap.

Walking around our hotel

We all came back dripping wet from sweat and needed a shower. Andy's third one for the day. He actually went running this afternoon. I would consider that cruel and unusual punishment...he considers it fun.

The last photo is another favorite of mine although pictures of shoes aren't generally appealing to me. This is what Caleb did w/his shoes tonight when he took them off for bath time. He lined them up right next to Andy's. He mimics just about anything Andy does. And he chatters in Chinese the whole time while doing it.

Like Father, Like Son