Trip to China
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 It is Wednesday afternoon here and we are in our office, or the conference room, or to most people the bathroom. But when Eliana is sleeping we don’t want to wake her. I can’t tell how soundly of a sleeper she is, so here I sit or we sit, depending on who needs to leave the room for fortifications (food) during naptime. She goes down relatively easy. She never wants to miss anything, so she cries for a moment, while I sit with her and rub her belly until she falls asleep. She is taking to both of us. She took a bottle from Tom. She would rather let me hold her, but that will change as Tom spends more time with her and she figures out that he is far more fun than I am. Breakfast this morning was a bit of challenge. Eliana was being very squirmy. Trying to feed her at times is more like a wrestling match than breakfast. After breakfast, we headed out with the rest of the travel group for some sightseeing in Changsha. We started with a trip to Hunan University which is one of the oldest and most important national universities in China. The University traces its history back to over 1000 years to the Song Dynasty. While at the University, we were able to listen to traditional Chinese music. After touring the university, we visited the embroidery institute. There were many masterpiece embroidery pieces. You could barely tell that they were embroidery, they looked like paintings. A life-size replica of a portrait of a princess from the Metropolitan Museum of art took 27 months to reproduce in embroidery. Uncle Zhou is very conscientious about bringing the babies home for bottles and naps. While I got Eliana down for her nap, Tom headed down to the Western Restaurant in the hotel for a cheeseburger, club sandwich, and French fries.

We think she is absolutely precious! She is not amused by our picture taking Checking out the local university

Hunan University, arguably the oldest in the world


Have you ever seen a little one suck their pinkie and ring fingers?


You should seriously see when I use the tub as a lounge chair,
equipped with towel cushions

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