Hi! It's me, Kristina, again. I haven't been very good about writing on this since we got here like I was supposed to. Not doing very good at keeping up with my homework either... but I have been too busy helping with Melissa!(Good excuse, huh?) Hee hee. Any way, I have been learning alot: how to go to sleep with a baby crying, how to make a bottle just right for a picky eater, how to make Melissa laugh. She is really fun and, of course, I love her a whole bunch. It already seems like life wouldn't be as happy (or as loud) without her. It is awsome to have a sister! She smiles alot and babbles alot and loves to play with toys. (Daniel and Timothy, she really likes Blue-Bear and Tiger.) I think everyone at home will like her.
People here in China love babies. It makes me sad for them that they can only have 1 kid. Everywhere we go ladies crowd around her and touch her chubby cheeks and say (with limited english) how cute she is. Once some of our AAC group went to visit a elementary school. The kids were having some sort of track event and thousands of them were sitting in an open courtyard when we came in. Slowly kids turned and pointed at us. Some started getting up and coming over to us and all of them were practicing their English on us. "Hello! Hello, how are you! Where are you from?" Some even asked the adults how old they were. (They must just learn phrases like we do when we learn Spanish or something). And then our small group was enclosed on all sides by kids try ing to see the Americans. This time it wasn't the babies getting rock star treatment. Many places we go, if there are Chinese school children, its like that. They wear uniforms and stay in school until about 7:00 at night. Lots of them want to take pictures with us and some even get autographs. The kids are nicer, though, than some of the adults who just stare at you when you walk by.
Most of the toilets here are a squating kind, so that was new for me, and the crazy driving. These are only some of the many experiences we have had here.
Some things in China are pretty cheap. I just got a green iPod nano for less than 40 American dollars here. (in case any one is wondering, people use yuan here, and so you get about 7.3 or 7.4 of them for one dollor.) A five star hotel room was about 72 dollars a night. Other things are kind of expensive, like laundry service.
We went to a wild animal park and saw some cool animals like pandas. I, and some other people held a really playful white tiger baby. I was sick then (thankfully I'm better now) so it wasn't too fun for me, and Melissa didn't much pay attentiont to the animals, but I think alot of other people really enjoyed it.
We are busy packing for the loooong plane ride back to the US that we will start on tomorrow. My birthday will be on the plane, so one cool thing is my birthday actually lasts two days. (since we will cross the international date line) We will be home soon and I can't wait to not be in a cramped hotel room and have a some good old American cooking.
~Kristina~
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You got an iPod nano?? I'm so excited for you guys to be here back in the neighborhood. We miss you tons and are dreaming about actually meeting Melissa in person. The dance performance went really well, but I wish you could have been there. All the girls were excited for you and your family. See you soon!!
Shaye
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