December 13th

We had a fun day today. We went to the Three Gorges Museum and and an authentic tea house. Keith will post pictures of these on another post. We learned the correct way to prepare and drink tea. Keith looked like a "bull in a China shop"! :-) While we were there walking through the park several of us were mobbed by groups of Chinese women. They were inspecting our babies and making sure they were dressed appropriately. Luckily Keith and I had really bundled Anslee up and passed the examination. Others were not so lucky. If you don't have the babies heavily layered the women got really upset. We have video to show this!

This adorable Chinese girl is the hostess to one of the hotel restuarants. Keith wants to adopt her too! We eat here every morning for breakfast - our favorite meal of the day. Anslee's favorite thing to eat is congee. That is basically just rice cooked with a lot of water until it is really thick and mushy. Keith's favorite thing is "crispy bacon".


The hotel provides a crib for the adopted babies. It isn't the most sturdy and the sheets and blankets aren't tight like we all do in the US but she seems to be very comfortable as she sleeps about 11 hours at night.

Anslee loves playing! She is just incredibly adorable when she is laughing.

Bath time is one of Anslee's favorite activities. She loves splashing and trying to grab the water.

Thanks for the posts. Jason emailed them so we were finally able to read them. We have such wonderful friends and family!!

T