Our Great Adventure

Charlie is so full of personality! He talks to everyone on the street. He will continue to say, "Ni Hao!" until someone answers him. He is persistant. He is sleeping and eating very well! Only has a melt down if he doesn't get his way.

Today, Greg and I decided to be adventurous. We decided to spend the day as a family walking the streets of Nanjing, with no guide. Just us and Greg's awesome sense of direction. It was so much fun! We walked down the tiniest alleys and talked to interesting store keepers. We ended up in a market area, which was fun.

We had a lot of people staring at us. It bothers Greg, but it is their culture to stare at things or people that are different. Some of the people were very kind and others just turned their backs to us.

I have included pictures from our journey. Some are of Charlie in our hotel room, making funny faces. There is a picture of him in cotton with snowmen. Let me just tell you, this was an ordeal!

This display is in our hotel. It has a white styrofoam fence around it. Well, Charlie walks up and knocks down the fence. Every time I pick it up, he knocks it back down. One of the managers came over and insisted I take his picture inside the fence. (What was he thinking!?!?!?)

Charlies knocks over the snowmen and picks up the fake candy pieces to throw. I grabbed them just in time. I got a picture and told him to come on! He lays down in the cotton and started rolling all over the display. I could not stop laughing. He was laughing so loud that he drew a little audience. A lot of people shaking their heads at me. Of course, Greg had gone upstairs to get a heavier coat for Charlie and missed the whole show. He did make it back in time to clean the cotton off Charlie. He asked, "Did he roll around in it or something??" DUH!!!

The other pictures are from the market where we walked around. There were some statues that were pretty interesting. The last picture of Greg and Charlie has a man staring at them. Thought it was appropriate to include...