Late Post

Sorry I did not post yesterday but we had a somewhat lazy day. We had an optional tour to visit a buddhist temple, the shen house, and a provincial arts and crafts shopping area. Although we heard and figured it would be a great tour, Kassidy became very fussy and tired after she ate breakfast and as soon as we got ready to go out the door she crashed on the bed to what turned out to be the beginning of a 2-1/2 hour long nap. We just could not wake her up as she looked so peaceful laying there and had been so tired before. We did miss out on some sightseeing but it was the right decision I think. Steve went and took pictures so we will use those. After the long naps of all three of us, we got up and went for our first shopping spree. Man was that ever fun. We got Kassidy several sets of kimonos with matching shoes and the famous squeaky shoes that Billy says we will regret getting. They squeak everytime a foot hits the ground with them. They are cute at first but can become very annoying very quickly but oh well...still had to get them. Also got some gifts for a few people to take home. After doing a lot of shopping, we scoped out for a nice restaurant. We saw this restaurant called the Station Restaurant (or something like that). It was a very nice fancy restaurant that also had a part of a train on each side of it set up for dining inside the train. We opted for the restaurant portion as there were steps up to the train and we had Kassidy in the stroller. Like I said, this was a very fancy restaurant and we were the only ones in the whole place (at least the restaurant portion). I'm not sure if they turned the music to American music because we Americans came in or if they always have it on but American songs were playing and then near the end of our dinner the John Denver song about West Virginia started playing (for those of you who don't know, me and Billy are from WV). We both looked at each other and started dying laughing. What are the chances that while in a fancy restaurant by ourselves in China would they play a West Virginia song when we were there. I said they must send out pictures of all people adopting with their information on it because everyone is so nice and acts like they have known you forever. Another thing different here in China than US is that the ratio of service workers and customers are way different. There has seldom been place that there have not been more workers than customers in about everywhere we went. Many waiters just stand distances away from you and watch you eat and as soon as you take your last bite they are there taking away your plate, etc. You usually have 5 or 6 people waiting on you at the same time. It is rather intimidating to have 5 or more people watching you while you eat but you can never complain that you got bad service. Also, Kassidy got a few things done to her yesterday that she did not appreciate but were much needed. After her long fingernails scratched the blood out of us several times and her hair kept getting in her eyes, she got both a trim of her fingernails and her bangs. We think the trim of the bangs made a big difference because they now outline her face instead of cover it all up and get in her eyes. She is definitely a cutie. She can make some of the funniest faces and sometimes when she wakes up she will wake up smiling before she is even fully awake. She will just open her eyes long enough to see us standing over her and she gives a smile and then goes back to sleep for a few more minutes. It is just precious. She also makes this grunting sound and rocks her whole body forward everytime she gets excited or wants something (mainly food). If we are making her a bottle we have learned the best way to do it is to not let her know because once she sees a bottle being made then she screams bloody murder until it is in her mouth. Well...here you go...it might be late but it is a post. Will try to do better later today with a new one so when you wake up you will have it.