New Experiences

We are having a great time here in Guangzhou!!! It has been so fun to have other Americans to talk to, and catch up with all our new friends on how there week has been with their kids. We are doing fun activities as well. They have a playground at the hotel, and we quickly learned that Thomas has non idea what a swing is. He quickly jumped at the chance to ride a baby swing until he realized it actually moved and he freaked out! He was much more apprehensive about the playground after that! Tonight after dinner we went back to the playground and there was an American boy about 5 and he was climbing on everything and swinging, etc.... It was so cool to watch tThomas interact with him and start to copy what he did. He quickly learned just how to play on all the equipment and was just chTting away with the boy in Chinese,, while the boy chatted back in English. It was great to see him interact and have fun with other children. The best part was he tried the swing again and was really trying to get it. He fell off a few times, but I am sure he will master it by the time we come home. It is amazing just how little experiences he has had that we would take for granted. Watching him play was the highlight of my day, just knowing that he really will be ok when we get home!

We also went to an awesome safari zoo today and saw lots of animals which he thoroughly enjoyed, the highlight of which was the panda exhibit. I sure wish I could post pictures, we got some great ones!

We also ventured out on our own for dinner with some other families to a Chinese restaurant with a little translated list of menu items that we wanted, we handed them our list and just hoped for the best! It was great, and the only challenge was at the end trying to figure out how to pay. When it was all said and done, it was $14for the three of us to eat a great dinner!

Thank you all so much for your prayers and support! I can't even express how great it is and how much we appreciate it. People are continually amazed at how wonderful and happy Thomas is, and I know that it is all the Lord, He has truly worked a miracle for this little boy!

As much as we are enjoying our time here we are very ready to come home!!! We miss everyone very much!!!

Kim