Another Fabulous Day and Tim is a Hero!

Jack about to reach the 5th tower. What a climber!


Our adoption group.
Jack resting on a 500 year old bench inside the Forbidden City where the Emperors use to live.

Soilders marching in front of Tianamain Square.











The acrobatic show from Last night. Jack is saving his program leaflet for Bridget!






Tim and I woke up at 4:00 am once again. Jack woke up at 5:00 am. We did go to bed at 6:30 so we are getting plenty of sleep and feel great. Our hours are just a little off.

So we boarded the tour bus and headed for Tianamain Square and the Forbidden City. Our tours were super and you can see from the photos that were really there. Don't you think Tim looks like Mao? We learned a lot about China history and all the Dynasties. (When we get home we want to rent The Last Emperor.) The Forbidden City was amazing. We walked a long way through both places. Jack was so well behaved and very respectful of our guide. We were so proud of him. Our guide Cindy who will be with us the rest of the trip-she works for the adoption agency- seems to really like Jack. One funny thing he did in the garden of the Forbidden City is he went up to this American man wearing a black coat like Tim's and gave him a loving friendly karate chop. Jack thought he was Tim. " I said, "Jack, that is not Daddy". Jack looked up and was mortified! The man and his group were laughing so hard. Tim said to the guy, "Thanks, you saved me from a good one!" It was pretty funny!

Then we had lunch at a traditional Chinese Restaurant with the lazy susan where you share the food. It was delicious and Jack even ate some of it. He loves "Chinese Soup". Near the restaurant was a certified Chinese antique store and guess what I bought! Real binding shoes worn in the 1800's! They were $80.00 US. They are so colorful and so tiny. It is really amazing. Cindy our guide even thought they were cool. I am so excited. I don't know why, but I have always been interested in the whole foot binding thing. I will take a photo of them next to my foot this week for your viewing enjoyment.

Now for the Great Wall. The photos really speak for themselves, but I will tell you why Tim is a hero. We had hiked to the highest point possible for this section of the wall. We started down and realized this mom and her 4 year old daughter were missing. To make a long story short, they went down the wrong way so Tim hiked back up the wall AGAIN to try to find them. It was getting dark and everyone was freaking out. All ended well, but Tim was awesome! It must have been his Chinese Massage yesterday!

Lily day is tomorrow!!! We fly to Nanchang at 8:00 am and arrive at 10:00. We will then get unpacked and ready for a baby. Wow! We are so excited! A little nervous too!

Thanks everyone for your comments. We are loving reading them and are glad you are "with" us. It is really special for us!