June 17, 2008...one day closer to home

Children exercising at school...part of the morning routine.

Lily waits patiently at the medical exam.
Graeme sees the ENT

Lily posing with one of the many cute statues on the Island.

Too cute...

Our Graeme

Jie Jie - Lily Wen

Tuesday, June 17, 2008....one day closer to home!!!! We are really enjoying our time in China but we are getting ready to come home!!!! Today was much more relaxing than yesterday! We had our wonderful breakfast at the White Swan...amazing. Then, we ventured out for the medical exam. Graeme did very well and the doctor said that his cough and chest sound much better. He has been fever free for three days now. She recommended continuing the medicine for 2 more days so we will do so. He weighed 26 pounds and is 34 inches tall...not that much smaller than Lily.

On our stroll back to the hotel, we saw many more young brides taking wedding pictures. This is a busy time of the year for weddings and they all looked gorgeous! Lily and her friend, Madison were reunited today and had so much fun. We just chatted for a while in their room and let the girls play and then it was nap time for Lily and Graeme. They napped while I went to meet with our guide to do the paperwork for the U.S. Consulate. The paperwork took over 2 hours to complete but it is done and will go to the consulate tomorrow to be checked. If all is okay, we visit the consulate Thursday for our swearing in ceremony and leave on Friday to come home.

We spent this evening have dinner with Madison and Caroline's families. It was lots of fun just visiting and seeing the new additions to the family. I must be getting tired because I did not take even one picture. I will do better tomorrow.

Graeme and I had a great day. He stayed with me alone three different times and is interacting a lot more with me. We were laughing and playing this evening and I think we are slowly turning a corner. He was laughing so hard when I was blowing raspberries on his belly after his bath. He is imitating more speech today too. He spontaneously gave Wes a kiss today and it was so sweet. At dinner tonight, Wes sat at a seperate table with Mark, Madison's Dad, and the girls while Holly, Makenna and Graeme and I sat at a another table. He did great! Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts as they are helping!!!! I teased Wes tonight that I would just wait until we got through the long flight home before I really turned on the charm with Graeme. Wes is still exhausted from wreastling Graeme at the airport and on the plane yesterday so I don't think he got the humor in my message. All kidding aside, I am hoping Graeme will let me help more on the flight home. Lily would only have me and I remember how physically draining that was and she was half his size!!!!