December 17 -

Today was an uneventful day, thank goodness. We had breakfast once again in the hotel - this is a safe, good meal to eat. After breakfast we ventured out into the area around the White Swan Hotel. We walked in the streets and checked out the shops...found a store called Emma's which carry's the squeaky shoes that all the kids are wearing hear and Karyn Alley told me to look for. I must say, the shoes are adorable and, the squeaky can be taken out when you get tired of it. So, we bought Emma a couple pairs of shoes and Madison matching shoes and will definietly be back to more - probably 1 in each design!!! We also found matching kimono outfits for the girls - thought I should buy something authentic for them. Checked out other shops to go back to...now that we can relax a little there is shopping to do. For dinner we went to Lucy's, which is a restaurant the Shorkey's and Casparian's plus everyone here suggest you go to...it serves American (like) meals. I decided it would be a good idea to have a Coors Light with my dinner.

Emma's personality is coming through more and more each day. She still isn't to keen on the bath yet, hopefully by the time we go home we can accomplish this task without tears. She is a very strong willed child; lucky me, I will have 2 strong headed children!!! She is laughing, is very ticklish, is very bright. When we put her new shoes on her she kept looking at them and touching them. We got her up walking in them and she loved them...she wanted to keep walking even though is was quite the effort since she probably has had very little exercise. She is a good sleeper; sleeping through the night from between 7/8ish to 6/7ish - good sleeper like Madison. Now all we will need to do is get her adjusted to our time at home so I can sleep when I get home. Aunt Kim and I both fall asleep around 8/9ish here, and that is a late night. Then we wake up about 3/4 in the morning and that is when we check our emails and browse the internet. Thank gosh I have this netbook with us.

Friday we will meet Hal and Susan Everett and their family of now 5 kids (they are from Texas and are the other ASIA family here this week.) And we plan to venture out to do more shopping. Until tomorrow...