Made it to GuangZhou-Finally

We had snow in Zhengzhou yesterday so it shut down the airport for a few hours but we only left an hour and half late. Got to Guangzhou around 10:00 and got checked into the White Swan around 11:30. Of course Alex slept a ton yesterday so he was up until 1:45, but we all slept until 8:00. The beds are still like sleeping on concrete but at least they have big cushioned pads to put on them. Our room has 2 twin beds so we going to try to put the pads on the floor for Syd because it's really hard to fit 2 people in a twin!

Alex had his physical exam this morning and he never cried once! He was a little trooper! Syd stayed at the hotel and played with the other kids in the Swan Room (a huge playroom hosted by Mattel) and she had fun while we were gone. Shamain Island is very different than 6 years ago. The Asian Games are going to be here in November so there's a lot of construction going on, all the pretty paths are torn up with construction equipment every where. We can hear the jack hammers up on the 10th floor because there is so much going on. There's not near as many shops as there used to be so they really try to get you into their stores by telling you they have the best deals and the most beautiful baby. We did a tiny bit of shopping, mostly because we needed somewhere to get our laundry done. It's so hot here and I didn't bring any short sleeve shirts so we had to go shirt shopping.

Alex is crawling now! He's not getting very far yet, but we've been working on getting his knees under him to move instead of pulling himself along with his arms. He gets so excited when he crawls that he gets to going so fast he scares himself and plows into the ground face first! But he's doing really well. He has trouble getting to sleep and it takes him forever to stop talking and rolling around, but once he's out, he's out. We've also been working on him standing up and he's doing that a lot now! He laughs every time he stands! He loves learning new things and just giggles and smiles!

Here's a picture of the snow, Tyler and some other shots.