We decided to make our first trip to Hong Kong Disneyland this weekend. We also decided to stay overnight so we could do some shopping the next day. Needless to say, Sophia loved Disney. She was crying when we got there after she put a sticker on the arm of a stranger next to her on the metro. She cried all the way to Disney. We finally got her to stop when she went on the flying Dumbo ride. We spent all day only in Fantasyland. She loved it, but it was stimulation overload! In retrospect, I should
not have taken her to the 3-D show.
Things have been going along well in China. We've committed to another year, so this will be our first place that we will stay longer than two years. I think it is just easy to live here, and there are still many places to visit around here.
We are very busy with school. I feel like there's not enough of me to go around. We are both doing a new program, so we have to learn a lot before we teach. It's enjoyable, though.
We are getting geared up for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Next weekend, at school, we have the Autumn Fair which is essentially a Halloween fair. Sophia will be the Little Mermaid and Eden will be a freshly hatched chicken if I can get her to fit into the outfit I brought for her. Thanksgiving so far will be at school, too. For Christmas, we've been invited to Slovakia by friends. We'll stay at their house. We will probably also travel to Vienna, Budapest, and Venice from there. We're starting to look forward to that.
Eden is growing and growing. At her four month checkup, she was 7.26 kilos and 62 cm, so about 16 pounds and 24.5 inches. The doctor reminded me that she's very fat. Not too much I can do about that. I feed her when she's hungry. I'm not giving her any double cheeseburger value meals or anything. She is such a happy baby. Her newest developments - rolling over, pushing herself in early stages of crawling/scooting, and spitting. She's been doing nothing but blowing raspberries for the past few days. She thinks Sophia is great and Sophia gets her giggling. Sophia's great, too. She loves school this year, and she is constantly coloring or doing puzzles.
I'm going to post lots of pictures now!
At a wedding we went to recently. Sophia was home with the sitter.
Sophia's first attempt at fixing her own hair.
Disneyland!
Before and after.
Just to prove that Eden was there. There's her arm.
Crazy hair day at school.
Lots of smiles.
Despite what it looks like, Eden did not down this beer and pass out.
Picture from June.
A delightful dish from a wedding of a coworker and his Chinese wife.
Um...I'll have the dried rape.
A packet of tissues we received at dinner. You always get tissues, but not quite like this.
Careful of your reputation.
