Hello all,

Sorry for the lateness of this but time got away from us.

We woke up very happy this morning. We had our first "laugh out loud" this morning. Olivia seems to really take to the girls. She also has a very ticklish stomach.

Olivia seems to really be bonding with us now. She reaches for us now and has no problem jibber-jabbing now. She likes talking and even screaming every once in a while. She is normally a very subdued baby and is quiet and reserved. The Potts family will break her of that soon.

We went to the museum today. Very cool as it has the remains of a 2000-year-old dead lady. I will spare you those pictures but let's put it this way.....Ewwwwwww!

In Hunan, they specialize in two things: Lacquer and Embroidery. The works of art are amazing. Here you see a bronze pig with lacquer finish.

Then guess what?....Wal-Mart again! Yes I had to go again. This time for food for the kids and some other things. I was alone so I got to wander around the store a bit more. One thing I noticed was the live market in Wal-Mart. They had live fish, shrimp, bunnies, other rodents, snakes and turtles. This is Wal-Mart. Anyway. This was too much for me to handle without taking some pictures. I found another family who was adopting (not in our group) and had them take these pictures....

We then went home and took it easy for a few hours. The kids have a partner-in-crime here. His name is JR. His brothers are sick so we have kind of adopted him and he is now just part of the family. He went to the museum with us and is playing with the girls. He is a good kid.

Tomorrow, we are going out into the countryside to a village with the group, and then strike out on our own for a few sights not on the normal tour.