Peal Market

Two posts in one day...I know, right?...CRAZY!!!   We are waiting for the results back on Ryder's blood draw (praying we don't get a call) then to go to dinner with our group so I thought I would show you some pictures from our morning venture to the Pearl Market.  I swear, I have never seen so much jewelry in my life!  Too bad I don't wear it.  I didn't buy any jewelry, pearl or otherwise, don't have much interest.  We did shop a little at one of the little shops outside the market.

Pearl River Cruise and some rambling...

Tuesday morning...I am sitting here listening to Roger snore and Ryder make little noises.  I was awake at 5 am thank you to the person calling the wrong room.  Haven't slept well in China, or anywhere in a long time for that matter, anyway.  I think Roger is coming down with a cold....booooo :(   Our trip is almost over.  I will miss China greatly, I always do.  I miss home, my fur babies greatly, and the routine of everyday.  Rog and I were talking about how much China has changed in the last 5 years, incredibly over the last 11!  We were speculating what it might be like in another 10 years, I'm sure it will be amazing.  I hope to return again with the children so they can experience their birth country and all it's beauty.  Mya and Macy have done wonderfully and are the best travelers.  Mya really has gotten to appreciate the beauty of China, and has soaked up all she could.  She has been reunited with the guide that was with us when we adopted her, Yisha, and now can stay in contact with her.  I think Mya has even more love for her birth country now that she is old enough to really experience and remember it .  Macy has done wonderful, so much better than I had expected!  I love when she proves me wrong!  She is such a great big sister, she has so much love for her baby brother!  She loves all the children in our travel group, 13 in all, she goes from child to child talking to them...just precious!  I could talk about my family forever but better get moving.  I'll leave you with some pictures from last night.  This is the Pearl River, we went on a sightseeing cruise; it was beautiful....

The boy loves to dance!

A juggler for entertainment 

Some of our group

Macy with a few of the babies

Third tallest building in the world...it kept changing colors

I'll wait, thank you

A little catch up..

So today we had medical exams which included a blood draw to test for TB :(  Ryder did great and was a real trooper for the blood draw!
We have seen many new things here in China.  Our third trip, but China is so big and always changing!  We are on the final leg of our trip, in Guangzhou where the US Embassy is at to get threw the US side of the the adoption.  We missed a couple of tours because I was not feeling well, feeling better today...yay!!  The Shaolin Temple was great, we all really enjoyed it, that is until I got sick :(
Latter today we are going on the Pearl River cruise, should be fun.
We are all really missing our fur babies, can't wait to see them!!!
Here are some pictures from an adventure out yesterday evening to 7-11 and today's medical....

The medical exam...

After you leave the exam area,  this is the vending machine....Wine, yes!