Day 7

Today we visited the Yellow Crane Tower. It was a traditional Chinese looking building that we can see from outside of our hotel room. It was originally built in 223 A.D. and it burned and was rebuilt in the 1980's. It had earned the fame of the No. 1 Tower among all of the landscapes. Many men had climbed the tower to write poetry. There are over one thousand pieces of poetry at the tower. It was just beautiful. We got to ring a bell called the Millenium bell and you ring it 3 times. Each time has a meaning behind it and the last time is for family prosperity. Dayton rang it for us. We also bought Myah a beautiful silk fan inside with the tower painted on it with peony's and a man wrote her name in english and chinese. We are going to go to the spa in the hotel in a few minutes to get foot massages. We aren't sure what this will entail. The menu on the spa is quite different than what we are used to. The little girls are so cute and doing so well. Myah has really started giggling and eating for us. She loves Dayton and loves beating him up. We are going to try and go shopping tonight. My cousin Steve and his wife Trudi are arriving tomorrow night to get their little girl Sophie, miraculously, they are staying in the same hotel as we are. What a small world. It will be great to see them and it will really break our trip up for us. The time is flying! We will be home in less than a week. I haven't really ate much, since getting sick the other night I am just playing it safe. Sounds like my buddy Laura is very ill in the other Province. Poor girl! I can't wait till we meet up again. The weather is sunny here, the pollution is very bad here and the sky always looks hazy. This is a very industrial area and they make cars here. French cars. All of the taxis are the same French car. Isn't that funny. I heard from my parents this morning and it seemed so nice to hear their voices. We haven't gotten homesick at all yet, too busy to , but we do miss the comforts of home. I told Sheri today that if we can do this here, we can do it anywhere! The ball games will be a piece of cake compared to this! We are mixing bottles at museums, chaning diapers on the bus, carrying the babies on our sides, while sweating up a storm! Times by 7! I guess it is time to go get our massages, I will write more later.