Busy Day

Thank you for your prayers, we have felt them and their blessings. Nate is getting more sleep, which makes for a happy toddler. We have a busy day today, Nate is still sleeping and we will be off to breakfast soon. We meet our group in the lobby at 8:30 to start our tour. I might not get to update with todays pictures because we get home so late and then we have a party for Nate afterwards then we have to pack for our next step on this adventure. We will see what our options are at the next hotel, free wifi here so I can blog often, don't know what we get in Nanchang.
Pray for my MIL, Linda, her flight was delayed and she arrives about 4 hours late. She gets in around 6pm.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Nate!

Nate turns 3 while we are in China. This is the number three in chinese text. We plan to have a little party for him when everyone in our travel group arrives.

Drum tower

Ok, going to try this again. Just sending the video to see if this is the problem. This is the drum show we saw from the drum tower located in the hutong. I will update more if this works.

Olympic stadium

I have been trying to blog a bit today but my posts have not been showing, I am going to give it another try.
Today we went to HardRock Cafe and had lunch. It was Yummy, it was a beautiful place and we had the place all to ourselves (a little secret is to go for a late lunch and the place is very slow).

Then we took a taxi to the olympic park. Wow, this park is huge! I have a feeling I will be saying that a lot while here in China. We saw the birds nest, water cube, the main causeway, and the torch. It was a bit surreal, seeing it on TV and now being there in person, getting to see the size and colors-- it was all so cool.

It was cold and you will notice we are bundled up and Nate is pretty unhappy having his picture taken. We arrived around 4pm and the sun was setting, it was perfect timing because shortly after we arrived the lights came on in the nest and cube.

Big sightseeing day tomorrow, then on Sunday we meet our girls. Can't believe we are so close to meeting them, it IS really going to happen. This has been an amazing journey.

Tidbit:See that last picture with the funky tower with the IBMlogo, that is a 7 star hotel built for the olympics. I didn't even know hotel star system went that high, apparently there are only two in the world, the other is in dubai. This one has a giant screen that is 4 stories tall in the middle of the building.