Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Adjusting to life as a family of four

Here are some pictures of our new little family:


We are spending a lot of time here in the hotel. We have gotten out to walk around a little bit and see the city. Grady gets a lot of exercise with us...we're always making him play on his tummy and go after toys as well as sit up. He is getting more comfortable with us. One thing with this not being able to see the blog here in China is that I can't remember what happened yesterday versus today and what I wrote yesterday versus today. If I didn't tell you yesterday, Grady is now putting his legs underneath himself and putting a little bit of weight on them when we hold him upright. So, that's good. Really it seems like he is getting more comfortable, learning new things, and changing by the minute.

Also, some of you out there must be praying, so thanks for that! Jonah didn't have nearly as much trouble with people petting him on the street today. The new plan is to have him ride on Ryan's shoulders everywhere, thus rendering him above the fray.

Here is a picture of Jonah with his buddy Cheryl. She misses Dan, her husband, and I know that you must miss her too, Dan. Sorry for not putting up more pictures earlier! And thanks again for lending us your wife. Her help here is invaluable!

Ryan and I both think that the pollution here is getting worse. At least that's what it has seems like in our time in Beijing and Lanzhou. However, we haven't been here since 2001, so everything in China is different!! We went on a walk by the Yellow River today, and it was totally hard to see things because of the air pollution. However, here is a picture that we got of that. Note that the background is maybe 300 yards away.

The last picture is one that I took of our boys asleep last night. We are one blessed family!

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