An update!

I know everyone is anxious for an update!!  Things are going well and we are preparing for Molly's first {in country} plane ride this afternoon to Guangzhou, China.  We are all looking forward to a new environment and to reunite with all of the families in our group.  I'm feeling a bit better and Molly is doing very well.  Her biggest obstacle right now is bedtime or naptime.  She happily and easily goes to sleep in my arms if I am standing with her, but the moment I sit down or try to put her to bed she screams and thrashes around.  She gets so mad!  Sometimes it takes an hour to finally get her to sleep.  And then she sleeps well both for naps and at night.  I would say she is definitely attached to me and I'm trying to strengthen that even more.  She still won't go to Eddie, although she will play with him easily.  She is a big hit amongst the hotel staff who all think she is so cute and pretty!  All the ladies especially reach out to her or try to hold her hand and she quickly shrugs them off turning to me!  YAY!!  The hotel restaurant staff are always so nice and eager to help out at meal time if needed. 

I'm getting things packed up while she is napping, but will try to post pictures soon!  I haven't been anxious to post any pictures of me from this week because my curling iron broke and the hotel hair dryer doesn't work so momma's hair hasn't been looking so great! ha!! 

Eddie and I both wish we were boarding a plane for home today instead of another week here, but hopefully things will be a bit better in the next city.  We're so tired of being in this hotel room!  Eddie has not worked out for over a week now b/c both hotels have not had working weight rooms/exercise rooms.  For anyone who knows him, you know what a sacrifice that is for him!  I don't know that he's ever been this long without lifting his weights!  One morning he tried to ask the hotel staff where the weight room was...imagine the hilarious stares he got b/c of the language barrier as he was trying to 'act out' lifting weights!  Then he asked our guide if their was a gym nearby...she looked puzzled and said "no, very far away"...Eddie was thinking yeah, like 8,000 miles?? 

The pollution, smog, and air quality in China is so bad.  You can't even imagine how terrible it is until you experience it.  It may be worse in this province, I'm not sure.  But there is a constant stinch in the air and we haven't really seen a 'blue' sky yet.  You don't really feel like going out for a walk b/c it's just not refreshing.  Yesterday it rained and I thought that may help things a bit, but it didn't really. 

The traffic is amazing!  It's sort of like organized chaos...people just drive and honk their horns constantly.  They do not get mad at each other if someone blows their horn.  There are pedestrians, bikers, mopeds all in the road with cars and buses.  I cannot believe we haven't seen a wreck yet.

The other thing we've noticed in Jiangxi is the number of fireworks that go off throughout the day and night.  Our guide said people will set them off for births, deaths, weddings, birthdays, the opening of a business, or any reason to celebrate.  We haven't actually seen any fireworks in the sky, but we hear them all the time. 

While we've been here in China there has been a huge flood back at home in Nashville, TN.  You've probably all heard about it and we are getting information from the Internet and our families through Skype.  It was really terrible and closed schools for this whole week!  So, for everyone back at home I hope you are all doing well and getting back to your normal routines.

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An update!