when she woke up. Not sure what it was about but she did it again this afternoon while we were playing so I rolled her over and that was great fun. Breakfast was good and then we had a bit of time before we headed out for the day. I was a bit afraid it was going to turn into another marathon wailing session. We went to a musem first which houses relics from a tomb that was discovered in the 70's. Specifically there is a mummy that is over 2000 years old and was VERY well preserved...
It was cool to see all the tombs and the things that were found inside them. Amazing that so much of it was still intact. Keeghan was a bit fussy early on but crashed by the time we'd hit the mummy (and thank goodness I have a sling with me!) and slept through some of the embroidery factory as well. The embroidery was AMAZING. Hunan and a few other provinces in China are known for their embroidery. Here's a picture of something that was hanging there
I don't know how well you can see the texture but can you believe someone stitched that??? There were some pieces that were one picture on one side of the fabric and a totally different picture on the other side and the woman who do that work with two hands at once...embroidering both pictures as they go. Wow!
From there we headed back to our hotel and Jackie, our guide, asked if we wanted to go to McDonalds for lunch. We said sure! We're all a little homesick for some American food. It was quite a walk to McDonald's but I really enjoyed seeing some of the city. The food was a bit different than ours but pretty good. Here's a picture of Keeghan eating her first fries and chicken nuggets.
We had a nice trip through the grocery store where Keeghan tried to grab EVERYTHING we got close too and then walked back to our hotel. I thought Keeghan was going to fall asleep again but she didn't. So up to our room we came where we played until dinner. I had her laughing and smiling. She decided she was going to get into EVERYTHING she could...she bit me, threw a cup in the toilet, grabbed things off the desk, was opening and closing drawers and cabinets...holy cow are we in for it! We really got ourselves a spicy Hunan girl!! Here's the pictures you really want to see...cute laughing baby pictures.
2 comments:
Tami - Thanks for all of your efforts with the blog. It's great to be able to check in to see how things are going. K is gorgeous! Love, Amanda
Amanda, said it all -- she is just adorable! We saw some of that embroidery -- must have been amazing to see it done. Sounds like things are settling down. Hope the orphanage trip goes well.
Ellen
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