Last Two Days in Nanchang

Yesterday was a cold and rainy day in Nanchang. We started off our day by hitting the Porcelain Street. It is a street in Nanchang that houses many porcelain shops. Jiangxi Province is known for their porcelain and is a must have for our daughter's from this province (in my opinion, anyways..).  After doing our part to stimlulate China's economy, we headed to a local city park.

 

The park was very beautiful but was a little hard to enjoy in the cold and rain. We did not have an umbrella but did spend some time exploring and people watching. The park was unique in that it had areas with exercise equipment. It is popular with the senior population. They come to this area and practice tai chi, play bandminton and even gymnastics. There was an older Chinese man doing cartwheels and after he noticed we were watching, he started doing them one-handed. Laura, one of the mom's from our group started doing cartwheels with him. It was really cool!

 

After that, we headed to a local popular restaurant for a Chinese lunch. The food was delicious and we again enjoyed the local brew. Diet soda's and water cannot be found in restaurants so it is either beer, Coke or Sprite. The beers are local brews and quite tasty.

 

Once back at our hotel, we got together with the other families in our group that have older kids and we hung out in the playroom for movies, dancing, snacking and chatting. We are traveling with a great group of people!

 

Today, we took a 15 minute walk to a nearby department store with two other families. It was the $100 store...everything we looked at was $100... seriously! There was an indoor playarea that the kids played in and ran off some energy. Afterwards, we headed to our favorite Chinese restaurant, located beside the hotel and ordered some of our favorite dishes from the previous day. Michael had written down the names of some of our favorites so we were able to order without too much trouble.

 

We are now back in the hotel, packing up and getting ready to checkout at 5:00pm. From there we will be heading to the airport and catching a flight to Guangzhou... we are looking forward to some warmer weather.

 

This is the point of the trip that is a little bittersweet. I am so ready to begin our journey home; however, this is our first step towards removing Sweet Cheeks from the only place she has ever known. Just feeling a little sentimental about it all.

 

Sweet Cheeks is doing great!  She slept through the night last night which was the first in several days. She still has some diarrhea and so does Cupcake. The change in food has really wrecked havoc on our tummies. I have been taking Pepto pills everyday which helps but it is still not the same. Cupcake commented that Sweet Cheek is now a "happy baby!" The first few days with our new bundle are difficult. It is a big ball of emotions and we, the parents, are so excited but it is the opposite for the babies.

 

Sweet Cheeks is now blowing zirbirts, laughing, playing and slurping noodles. She gets very excited when she eats noodles and she slurps them up like a pro!  We laugh when she does it so now she slurps them and then laughs. It is music to a Momma's ears, let me tell you!

 

So, the bags are packed and we are almost ready to be on our way. I have pink eye in both eyes... so glad I brought my eye medicine. Hope everyone is doing well and the FL folks survived the tornadoes. Miss you all and see you soon!!!