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Tommy and Kelly
Upstate, South Carolina
We have been married for 5 years and are waiting (not so patiently) for our baby doodlebug.
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Friday, October 12, 2007
The Journey Begins...Beijing
Well we have been in Beijing for 2 days now. We have tried to be a little adventurous on our own. Yesterday a group of us went to the Temple of Heaven. If my understanding is correct, the emperors would go here to worship for a good harvest. Very interesting, powerful and beautiful. Once we got back to the hotel, jet lag caught up with us and we crashed. Needless to say, Tommy and I both crashed soooo early, we both woke up around 2:00am and couldnt sleep. Thankfully HBO is in English and we watched a movie until we fell back asleep.
Today we had our orientation and the updated itinerary for once we get to our province and then on to Guangzhou. We learned all of our babies are still doing well and we will receive them Monday morning. By the way, today is Lil Bugs birthday - she is 9 months old. I cant wait to get her in my arms.
After the orientation, Tommy and I and another family headed out again on our own. We went to a "flea market" a couple blocks from the hotel. Ooohhh the treasures we wished could have bought, but the restrictions on a luggage weight kept us from buying anything.
We got back to the hotel in the early afternoon and with nothing better to do for a couple of hours, took another nap. These naps are getting to be a habit, atleast for the next couple of days.
This evening we went to see the Flying Acribatic show with our agency guide. WOW!!! AMAZING!! This show is awesome, I hope any families touring Beijing have the opportunity to see this. We had...