Monday, August 14, 2006

Today we had a wonderful tour of The Forbidden City. I had no idea how large it was and the buildings are just spectacular! Our guide bought us a stroller yesterday which came in handy today with Spencer since there was a lot of walking.

After that we took a tour of a silk factory. It was very interesting and the kids enjoyed it. We only wish we had more time to shop, but we did buy Ellen a silk quilt for her crib-lucky baby!

Gramma and Babop are doing more sightseeing, attending an acrobatics show and then enjoying a Peking duck dinner. Jason and I decided to take the afternoon off and just relax with the kids in the hotel. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow and we want everyone to be well rested. We watched a DVD and then found Baskin Robbins around the corner for an afternoon treat-yummy!

We learned from our guide that we will be going straight from the airport to the adoption center tomorrow. So we'll need to have our diaper bags packed and ready to go when we get on the plane. I can hardly believe that at this time tomorrow Ellen will be in our arms! The first thing the kids said this morning when they woke up was, "We get Ellen tomorrow!" Tomorrow is the big day...OK the excitement has really set in!

Tomorrow...