Shoes Galore - A Girls Dream!

Today started off very early for us, at about midnight, Meigan decided that she wasn't tired and wanted to play. So I got up with her for the first hour and we played with her new car and cups and plastic water bottles. Then she seemed kinda tired so I put her in our bed with us to try and get her to settle down and fall asleep and she started to use Jodie as a trampoline. So then Jodie got up with her for the second hour. She was very happy and smiling and having a great time. So we did a video phone call with her brother and sister back home. She finally went to bed and we got a few hours of sleep in before our day officially started.

Today we had two short sightseeing activities. First we went to the Six Banyan Tree Temple. We found out shortly before we left the US that people would throw their wishes into the Banyan Trees in the old days and if it stayed up there it would come true. They don't throw the wishes up there any more but the Temple was a Buddhist temple and being as it is Sunday there were alot of people and monks there that were chanting. We saw a lot of Buddhas and other Deity to the Buddhists. We were told that the monks there were professional monks, that people would give money to them so that they could pray for them. I had one approach me outside of the temple as I was walking along by myself and gave me a small token in a red pouch then had me write down my name and an amount, then he proceeded to act out that he was going to pray for me and that he needed the amount that I had written down in order for him to do so. So I handed him back the token and left him there.

After that we went to the Cheng Family Lineage Garden. It was an old family garden with alot of sculptures and different artwork. The building was amazing and it was very beautiful. Meigan had a good time playing with the ball in the Tiger's mouth (pic above).

After that we were free for the day to do a little shopping. Well, Jodie informed me that she had been waiting for 3 years to pick out baby shoes. They have a certain kind of shoe here called "squeaky shoes" that has a squeaker in the sole and squeaks each time you step. So we found a store with a ton of shoes and proceeded to buy them out. We ended up buying 16 pairs of shoes today and Jodie is not sure that is still enough. We bought alot of different styles and sizes as you can see from the pic above. It's amazing how much stronger Meigan is. When we first got her, she could only take a few steps with us holding onto her hands before her legs collapsed. Now she is wanting to walk up and down the streets (with us helping) and wanting to walk everywhere. Especially in her new squeaky shoes.

For Dinner tonight we went to the "Lucy Bar and Cafe" a very western style restaurant. Brian had french fries and a quesidilla and Jodie had Indian Curry with white rice (not very western sounding but it tasted like the food from back home) and we split a slice of apple pie for dessert.

We then went shopping again, only this time for dresses. We hit several stores and bought many different sizes and colors of dresses. Jodie still isn't sure we have enough, and Brian's quite sure we will be getting more. They are very cute clothes and shoes, and it's actually Brian who is the one wanting to buy all of the clothes.

Meigan has been really good today. She has learned to smile when ever we point the camera at her. She also said "Hi Dad" today after she copied Jodie saying it. We had a play group in our room today and all of the kids did very well sharing and playing together. Meigan has just been all smiles today (as are Brian and Jodie for having this blessing in our lives).

Tomorrow our guide takes our papers to the US Consulate and then all of the paperwork should be completed tomorrow or Tuesday.

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