Lazy day

Today and yesterday were our "off" days. We didn't have any appointments and didn't need to rush anywhere. Yesterday some women came to the hotel selling silk clothes. We got Annika a pretty two piece set (they call them pajamas), David got a tie, and I got a custom silk blouse (since there is no way I will ever be able to find clothes to fit me here). We are going to get clothes for Alex once we get to Guangzhou, although I don't know exactly what to get for a seven year old boy. In the afternoon, we visited the Tang Pavilion which is about 10 minutes from our hotel (probably less than that). It was pretty amazing. I am sooo impressed with the old buildings here in China, they are magnificent (I LOVED the Forbidden City, which I still haven't blogged about yet). There were beautiful gardens surrounding the pavilion, one was a park full of bonsai trees. After the Pavilion we walked a few blocks to a pedestrian mall to look for baby stuff (I only brought three baby outfits with us, bought a few at Wal-Mart on Tuesday, and have been trying to find things as we go along). We found some pjs and one cute outfit and were able to find somethings to hopefully tame the mane on our sweet baby. When we got back, Annika fell asleep and David went to restaurant in the hotel to pick dinner up for us. I am not getting tired of Chinese food unless it is bad Chinese food. The stuff in the second floor of the Gloria Hotel in Nanchang is the good stuff, if you come here we highly recommend the pepper steak and the shrimp in brown sauce (YUMMY), Annika recommends the congee and the steamed eggs (YUMMY).

Today we went shopping for porcelain and then to a department store that would give Macy's a run for their money. We bought several porcelain items and now have to figure out how to get them on the our next destination. We may end up shipping them home depending on how much it costs.

Tomorrow we head to Guangzhou.

Annika is already making progress. She can sit up by herself for long periods of time now and has started to pick toys up by herself (it is still a happy accident when she actually gets ahold of them). We have decided that she really likes food and are not going to waste anymore formula trying to feed her all day. She got up this morning and ate a bottle and a good helping of vegetable cereal, then after a nap we went down for breakfast and she had congee and some banana bread. Then for lunch she had more vegetable cereal, steamed eggs, watermelon, and various pieces of white rice from David's plate. Last night she ate jarred food and loved it. We definitely have an eater on our hands (fits right in with the rest of the family, loves to sleep and eat!!!)