Back in Action

Sorry for not posting yesterday, we were just too wiped out when we got back to Nanning, but let me catch you up on the days events.

Yesterday we left Beihai at about 9am, and I had asked the driver and guide if we could go back to Hepu and take some more pictures. So we drove back there and it was a nice sunny day, but hot. I had read about an old bridge in Hepu that was over 110 years old and supported by only the piers on the shore, so we drove all over Hepu to find this bridge, we must have asked 6 different people on the sidewalk where it was, finally we found a motorcycle taxi (yep they have taxis that are motorcycles here, it's quit funny because they are all red motorcycles and they wear construction hard hats for helmets, and the passenger has to wear one too) and he drove to it and we followed him in our van. It was in the very old part of town and it was really neat to see. Meigan was asleep in the van so Jodie stayed in there with her and I got out to take some pictures. I got so many stares! Usually I think they are staring because we have a chinese baby with us, but I don't think they get many white visitors there.

After hepu we drove back to Nanning and went directly to Yingling Cave. It had a part that we skipped about the culture and we just went to the cave part. Well when we got out there were some wild monkeys kind of by the entrance on the sidewalk. Well Brian walked over to take some pics and saw a small monkey in a nearby tree. He started to take a picture and then took a step forward when the small monkey started to scream at him. Right then I (Brian) felt someone grab my back and jump on me, I turned my head to see what man was attacking me and I saw a monkeys face 3 inches from my face with his teeth bared and screaming at me. Well I took off running and the monkey fell off but proceeded to chase me away from there. I'm not sure I have ever been that scared before in my life!

The cave was nice and cool and Meigan did well, they light it up with different color lights and explain what all the formations look like in Chinese. We then came back to the hotel in Nanning and had a play date with some of the other families that are adopting too, Meigan really digged playing with the cars there, so she should get along with Dalton just fine. We think Meigan had a stomach ache last night, also she did not get a good nap because we were in the van most of the day, so she had a hard time falling to sleep, once we finally got her to sleep we both layed down and fell asleep right away, Brian was so tired he didn't even change he was just out.

Friday morning brought an experience for Brian, he woke up feeling a little queezy and swearing that he would not eat chinese food again. Then it turned into a full fledged Montezuma's Revenge sickness. He spent most of the morning in the bathroom or in bed. We did not have anything planned this morning at first but then our guide arranged for us to go to a small museum where we could buy souvegniers for the region. Brian felt like he could go and did well most of the time, luckily it was a short trip. Right at the end Brian started to feel week so we caught a taxi home and Brian just about passed out, he had to stick his head out the window to keep from throwing up or passing out. We got him home, had him take some water and our guide got him some Chinese medicine. He then took another nap and woke up feeling better, we have to take a plane tonight to Guangzhou and so hopefully he continues to get better. We hope that Jodie and Meigan don't get it now, it was not fun!

Jodie just went downstairs to buy some baby food from the gift shop, And all she could find was a Heinz brand and the flavors were vegetables and bone paste, pork liver and medal, liver vegetables and kelp, fish, and fruit. We bought the fruit and the vegetables and bone paste, the latter smelled so awfull we didn't even want her to try it.

Meigan continues to do really well, but she is getting spoiled! She wants to be held all the time, and by Jodie most of the time. If brian is holding her or she is on the floor/crib she will yell Mama over and over till Jodie picks her up. She just woke up from a 4 hour nap and is very content to sit now, so we may have just wore her out. I'm sure she is not used to our pace! She is always very happy and continues to give Brian big smiles and likes to play with his phone and the remote controls to the TV. It's amazing we have been here for a week now, our lives are so blessed with our new daughter and it seems like she has always been a part of our family.