2 days to go

Well, it is Wed, 7:45pm in sticky Guangzhao.  Bridget is upstairs watching Winnie with the boy hoping that he goes to sleep quickly tonight.  We had a LONG day.
Yesterday we arrived here after a short and fairly painless flight. The boy was pretty good. He didn't cry or throw a fit. He mainly watched out the window till we were in the air. Then he figured out that the tray in front of him came down and went back up. That was a great game for him for most of the rest of the flight. He had a blast. I don't think the woman in front of him did, but...
After we got settled into the room here, we decided to take the boy swimming. He had apparently never been. We got his lil trunks on and his blow-up float ring and headed to the pool on the roof. He got to the roof, looked at the pool and promptly fell in. Luckily daddy was already 1/2 in when he slipped and he was shortly above water. He was a bit scared, but didn't cry to get out or anything. Just shivered a bit, but was shortly enjoying himself.
We had bought him some goggles to swim with, but he didn't seem to like them when in the water. Out of the water was a different story. He decided to wear them this morning when we were walking the 2 blocks from the hotel to the medical exam.  We have no idea what he was thinking, but he sure seemed to have a blast. We just called him goggle boy for the day.
After the exam, we took him to the oldest temple in the city. We had him blessed by a monk there. It was pretty cool. He stood there quietly listening to him chant the prayer. It was actually pretty moving. We have video of it, but can't attach it here, so just email and we can send it if you want, or just come over to the video night I am sure we will have when we get home. Just think, crummy home movies of our memories shown in our theatre in the back yard. Heck we can annoy our friends on a 100inch screen! We totally rock!
The rest of the day was pretty much just hanging out at the hotel. We met another family that is from Kirkland, I think. They are a floor below us. They have just adopted a very cute, nearly 2 year old girl. We hope to hang with them again soon.  Bridget and my mom and the boy went to the park behind the hotel where they played. He had fun going on the slide, from what I heard. I was off with Richard buying daddy some toys.  Richard couldn't understand how I could spend so much money on dolls. Silly man, they aren't dolls, they are action figures!
 
Well, it is time to go up and see if mama got him to sleep or if Winnie is winning...
 
The Laflins.