10-10-08 China time: Fri. 6:30am NC time Thurs. 6:30pm



Hello Everyone!!


We had Thursday to ourselves and it was nice. Samuel Ty is doing well. We started our day with breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Each day has been a little better. Today----no tears! We are staying in a five star hotel (which by the way is very nice! :o). It can be a little overwhelming, even for us. Samuel Ty seems to be doing better with his surroundings.



We played in the room for a little while. Then we ventured out to the local grocery store. OK. THIS was a bit overwhelming!! Now that we are in a store, even more people stare at us. Partly because we are caucasian, partly because we have a chinese baby and mostly because Bin Bin is screaming! He has never been in a place like that and all of the people were too close for him! We made it through the grocery store! Now back to our room for a little familiarity.



Next, we decided to venture out to Pizza Hut. It was a decent walk from our Hotel. Bin-Bin did remarkabley well. He wasn't really phased by any of it. Toni used pictures to let him know where we were going. He kept repeating "lots of people." We came back to the room and spent the afternoon.

• Bin-Bin began to get a little bored. So, Toni decided to introduce him to play-doh. As you will see in the pictures below, he loved it.

• I woke up this morning around 2:00 a.m. in desperate need of a Mtn. Dew. I am almost ready to publish a reward for the first person to put a Mtn. Dew in my hand. Any takers?
• Please continue to pray for us. Bin-Bin is doing better. However, we still have several plane rides to go.