A free day... Finally

Today was totally a free day. Madelyn didn't wake until after 7:00 so we all slept late. We had a leisurely morning , nice breakfast and nothing on the docket for the day.









We had play time in the play room downstairs with several of the other babies and their siblings. It was Madelyn's first time on a riding toy. She was fascinated with the toys that had lots of buttons, slides and moving parts. She will love the exer-saucer and other toys she has waiting for her when we get home. Megan had fun, too, playing with the older kids.






We enjoyed another lunch outside at Lucy's and then strolled through many of the shops on the island, trying to complete our shopping. Now we just need to figure out how to get all this stuff home. At least we didn't buy as much as we did the first time and most of what we bought is much smaller!

We will spend a good part of the day tomorrow getting organized and packing as much as we can before we go to the US Consulate to finalize everything before coming home. It is hard to believe that we leave the day after tomorrow. It is even harder to believe that I will be back in the office in less than a week. We leave the hotel on Friday morning at 5:30 am so it will be a really long day. There is a family from Cumming, GA in our group and we are on the same flight home. It will be nice to have some traveling companions.

Madelyn has really gotten comfortable with us and her little personality is precious. She smiles a lot and her little laugh is priceless. We are so fortunate that she is so easy going; we hope that continues when we get home. We also hope that the time change doesn't mess with her perfect sleeping habits :) It is a joy to watch Megan with Madelyn. She has waited as long for her baby sister as we have. She has done extraordinarily well, in spite of the occasional whining.

Lynne and I were very excited when we got our hand made charcoal drawings of both girls. We brought one of our favorite baby pictures of Megan and used one of the new photos of Madelyn. The local artist did a fabulous job and they are gorgeous. In Chinese, we say "ding qua qua" (I don't know if that is the correct spelling or not) meaning "excellent" or "outstanding."