Hi everyone, thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

Tuesday all the familes went shopping at Walmart to pick up needed items, we bought Jack a stroller and some shoes, did i mention he is walking and very good too!! I wondered if he would like be straped into something like that, but he loves it and the stroller has come in handy.
Jack loves Rich, but only to play with. Jack will not let Rich pick him up or feed him. So far it's all mommy! He is heavy so Ginia needs Jack to love Rich too so mommies back can feel better.
Jack has a very easy going personality, he laughs alot and we love it. Jack continues to melt our hearts everytime he laughs and comes running to me. Rich wants so much to pick him up and hug him, pray he bonds with daddy too.

Wensday: Martin took us to see The Stone Forest in Kumming here about a 45 min. drive from the hotel. Jack has been a very good traveler so far, and we have done alot of running around this week. The Stone forest was beautiful, limestone rock jetting up from the ground, sorta like a Grand Canyon in China. Lots of lush trees and plants very beautiful. We don't realize China has some beautiful places in the midst of cramped houses and cites. We took lots of pictures and i will try to download some on Saturday after we fly back to Guangzhou. Jack loved walking around there. After we left the Stone Forest, Martin took us all to a Jade Store where they have some of the finest Jade made due to the fact we are close to the mountains where it is mined. Yes i bought some!!! Martin's daughter has been traveling with us, she just graduated high school and has been a wonderful help in translation and bargining as we tour. Jack loves her too.

Thursday: Out again, Martin took us to the Cultural Center of China, where it showed all the different cultures and minority groups of China, this was actually a beautiful park. We would compare it to Epcot. Jack met his first elephant here and we had our pictures taken. It is fun to see all his little expressions. He scrunches his nose when he laughs! He is ticklish all over and loves to be tickled. This is where the stroller was great, we are glad he loves it, esp; when daddy goes down the steps or over bumps! Out to dinner at a wonderful Kantanes resturant, we have loved everything we have tried so far. We are not sure what everything is, but we are going on the don't ask don't tell policy! Martin has been wonderful. Since we picked Jack up on Monday, he has not gone poop! We have been very concerned about this so i asked Martin to take us to a pharmacy where we could pick up some supositorys, you know the one thing i forgot!
When we came back to the hotel Martin did it for me, it was a liquid that i had'nt done before, and OH can i tell you in five minutes Jack was screaming and stiff on his side, i cried ALOT!!!
For the first time it was hard to watch him in so much pain, but he filled 3 diapers!!!!!
After all the drama, we both crashed while daddy went and had a foot and back masage. Did i mention i went the night before!! It was wonderful after all the running and long days we have been putting in.

Today is Friday, four other couples are leaving to see where their kids orphanage is. Rich and i and another couple cannot go because our kids are not from there and they will not let you in.
We stayed in for some down time and glad we did Ginia has a fever of 100.5 and Rich is coughing. Jack has had a cold since Gotcha day and non stop going has caught up with us all!!
You know Ginia does not do well under alot of stress, my body shuts down, and being sick before we left i don't think my immune system has had a chance to recoup. We stayed in bed all three of us and Jack was great, i think he wanted that too. Rich also had a chance to bond with him while mommy slept most of the day. I called Martin and let him know we might not go to dinner because i was still aching and feverish. Martin went to the pharmacy and bought me some kind of drugs, i took them and did what he said, feeling better already. Like i said don't ask, don't tell!! Martin says just trust so i did. God is good!!
Everyone has been great, all the families are helping each other with different needs.
We will fly out in the morning to go back to Guangzhou this is Sat. morning, Pray Jack flies well, we are still not sure if he has any ear infections, he does not seem to complain about them, but then he does not complain about anything. He really is a happy baby and a joy to be around, God truly answered all our prayers. I see his hand continually guiding us we become a family.
Lots of love, cannot wait for you to meet him!! Rich and Ginia and baby Jack.
We love you.