Hello all!
Yesterday was MUCH better for Vivian. We went to the Guangzhou Zoo and she had a good nap in her stroller. There were lots of cool animals, and they were very easy to see. We saw ONE panda, but she was sleeping. Vivian woke up about 2/3 the way through the zoo and enjoyed some crackers. She also did a big stinky for us, so we had to change her on a bench. EW.
Then we went to a dumpling restaurant, and it was really good. When we got back to the hotel she had a 2 hour nap and was really sweet.
Yesterday morning she was coughing and snotty, so after talking to the doctor and the pediatric nurse in our group we agreed to start the antibiotics. She took it like a champ and it seems to be helping. Hopefully whatever it is will be knocked out by the time we go to the medical exam next week.
So last night we took a cab to a nearby mall - it's the 5th largest mall in the world. We walked around a bit, and we tried to feed her mashed potatoes from KFC. Granny & Nana -- she did NOT like their potatoes, so ya'll are going to have to show her what the real thing tastes like. Everywhere we went people were staring at us, and it made me really uncomfortable. I felt like WE were the animals at the zoo. I didn't see any other Americans at the mall, so I guess we were an oddity. We did find a Starbucks, and that was good. BTW, I went to the bathroom at the mall and all they had were squatty potties. GROSS. I just couldn't do it....wimp.
This mall had the supermarket/Wal-Mart store like we went in the other day, and we decided to get more formula, diapers and rice cereal. BIG MISTAKE. Imagine the day after Thanksgiving at WalMart when it opens. Now multiply that by 10 and everyone is Chinese. The signs are in Chinese, people don't form lines at the 2 checkouts you can find, etc. Add in a really squirmy baby who crawls out of the buggy. Yep, it was bad. Finally we found our way out and took a cab back to the hotel. For the first time we were really homesick and ready to come back to America and the nice Publix in Franklin.
Today we're going back to Shamian Island for shopping. I'll update with more pictures later.
We love you and miss you!!
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2 comments:
I'm so glad that shopping is universal because you both are so good at it! Train that baby well!
We miss you and can't wait for one week from today when we can all see you three. What do you need at home? More importantly, what does Vivan need?
Stay healthy and get rest, we love you,
Mama, Laura, and Alec
Glad everything is going well. She is beautiful! miss you and can't wait to see all of you.
Sum
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