At the Wild Good Pagoda

Today’s outing was to a pagoda that, I guess, is very famous in China–called the Wild Goose Pagoda (not sure why it’s called that– I didn’t see any geese there). It’s famous for three reasons–two of which I forget, but the one I remember is that the pagoda tower leans due to an earthquake centuries ago. Okay, sure, sure…so like, the leaning tower of Wild Goose Pagoda, is how I can think of this.

Anyway, Mark has posted pictures of our outing. Some of them are pretty cool–although, maybe you’ve already seen them because now that I think of it, Trisha (my sister) commented on how nice Savannah’s new dress looks, and she only just wore that today. So, if you’ve seen them, cool, if not…well they are there if you want to.

On the Jade front, everyday has been a little bit better. Her personality is really starting to come out and we are seeing that she is a strong baby girl. She loves, loves, loves to play and her laugh is so infectious! We have loved watching Savannah and Jade play together. Savannah really loves to play with her and if she can’t (because it’s nap time or something) she’s really bummed. It’s been so fun seeing our family begin to feel more and more gelled together with our new little one. We thank God for this time where all we have to do is work on becoming a family together–it’s good.

Tomorrow night (8:00 am Friday EST, for those in the US) we will be flying south to Guangzhou. On a Skype call tonight my mom said there is some kind of tropical storm that may hit there–hopefully not. But Guangzhou (Shaiman Island) is a wonderful place to stay (although maybe not in a storm, since it’s right on the coast). Adoptive families always look forward to Guangzhou because the Shaiman Island is so laid back and beautiful (Mark and I both said the first time that it reminded us of Savannah, Georgia when we were there last). Because we will be flying late, we may not be able to post tomorrow night. But it is possible that we may post during the day tomorrow.

Okay, love you all!

Melissa, Mark, Savannah and Jade