Sorry this post didn't get sent last night, I actually fell asleep on the couch with Priscilla at 8:30pm. 😊 It's absolutely crazy how tired and sore I am! Apparently I should trained before we left, because carrying a nearly 25lb baby is taking its toll on me. I'm sore in places I didn't even know I had. Haha

This little cutie LOVES eggs (she'll fit in well at our house). we were sharing an omelet every morning, but she was eating almost the entire thing!!

She loves playing with the Starbucks cups.

Yesterday we did a bit of sightseeing with the other 7 families in our group. We went to the Chen Clan Academy, which is a house from the Qing Dynasty donated to Guangzhou by the Chen family. It also houses the Cantonese Folk Art Museum. It was very similar to buildings in China, but on a smaller scale. Our guide, Miko, told us it was a great place to buy good quality mementos from China at good prices. They had a lot of the same things that we had in Beijing, but at crazy expensive prices. Most people thought they were decent because they were similar prices to what you'd pay for souvenirs in the U.S. Mitchell and I, however, thought they were crazy prices!! We ended up only buying Christmas ornaments for everyone in our family with their Chinese Zodiac animals (Mitchell and Priscilla are horses, Henry and I are sheep, Adeline is a rooster and Truman is a tiger). Yes we all thinking it absolutely hilarious that Henry got the sheep, sorry buddy! For those that don't know, henry absolutely despises sheep. He had a mishap with feeding them when he was 3 and has never gotten over it. 😉

Priscilla was tired of the adventure after about 20 minutes. She wanted nothing to do with being in the carrier and shopping is most definitely NOT her thing. So we practiced going up and down steps for the majority of the time. She loves to walk, but is still too unsteady by herself, so she keeps hold of both of my hands.

Loved this. Tai chi while balancing the ball. It was impressive!

This guy did all these painting with his hands! They were pretty neat!

After this we jumped back on the bus and headed to the Liwan Plaza, which I guess is "the" place to buy jade and pearls. Mitchell and I went in to a store with a couple of other families just to check out prices. Again, they were astronomical compared to Beijing. But other families thought it was completely reasonable. We opted to skip the jewelry shopping and headed outside so Priscilla could practice some more walking. By the time the 90 minutes was up, we were ALL ready to head back to the hotel!

We spent the afternoon lounging, napping (Priscilla and Mitchell), playing together and even watching Enchanted. We ventured to a quirky Thai restaurant for dinner. Quirky because they had an Asian band that sang American pop songs (ranging from Stayin Alive to Uptown Funk). They even had choreographed dances to each song! It was a hoot!!

Priscilla is making progress with Mitchell. She thinks he's funny and he's not holding anything back to entertain her. We've both been laughing quite a bit!! She still doesn't want him to hold her, but she's allowing him to kiss her on occasion. I also taught her how to blow him kisses, so for now he's happy with that!!