Happy Easter 2007 from Guangzhou China!

Happy Easter!

The Easter picture is brought to you by Kodak but the holiday display is from the lobby of the White Swan Hotel! They are in the spirit for their guests.

We attempted to attend Easter services at a bilingual Christian church right across from the hotel. Attempted meaning we found two seats in the back next to the door for easy exit which I used before the service began. MB was "fortunate" enough to remain for about 30 min of the service. I strolled the little devil just outside the church where a speaker allowed me to hear what was going on - both the Cantonese and the English. The little guy must be a buddhist because he showed no interest in the ceremonies. (With lungs like he has, he may be singing in the choir someday!) We also completed a bit of paper work from 2:00-3:30 in order to finalize Joey's visa to the USA.

We celebrated Easter American style by ordering Papa John's pizza. It was pretty good.
However, I did have some sweet & sour chicken on white rice yesterday that was also enjoyable - not equally, but good.

On the "Joey watch" it seems the bath ritual has been perfected, in the third try, as he is now willing to "play" in the tub and we determined when the event was concluded not him. The last couple times he expressed a few objections to the process. A MAJOR, MAJOR development tonight was for Joey to go to the crib while still awake. Previously we laid down with him on the bed and once asleep transferred him into the crib. The transfer was always a crap shoot as to whether he'd wake or not. If he did, it was like landing on the "go back three spaces" square and we'd have to put him down all over again which included a certain amount of crying and anxiety for him and us.

Only a couple more field trips scheduled this week so the final days are likely to be busy making purchases and taking pictures and creating memories to take home with us for this trip of a lifetime.

We are thinking of our family and friends on this special day and hope everyone is well - and that you found all of your Easter eggs ('cause those buggers really stink if you miss one)!

Love,
mb-tom-little joe