Home Sweet Home...Almost

Several of you have asked with apartment we picked. So, drum roll please..............Option #3! Ok, so maybe which apartment we picked is not a very exciting topic for you but, it is for us. After 3 weeks of hotel life we are MORE than ready to be in our own place. Only 10 days, 8 hours, and 51 minutes to go. Believe me, I am literally counting down the minutes. We move in on June 1st. Yeah!

I just want to say that I love my husband. He may have moved me to China but, he bought me this nice computer I am currently using so that I could keep up with you family and friends. Since we have been here, I have been able to Video Chat with my family back in Alabama and that has been such an awesome blessing! Gabe loves to talk to his Nonnie, Poppie, Mimi, and Uncle Chris on the "new con-pewter" as he calls it. And this morning I was able to Video Chat with my friend Judy back in Kalamazoo. It was so great to talk to and see her. So, if anyone else out there has a Mac with video, let me know so we can video chat. I can also talk to anyone who has an AIM account and a microphone. Just let me know.

I love you Michael, you buy the best bribes!

Things are going well here. Well, almost anyway. I got ripped off by a taxi driver today. He purposly drove the long way to the store so it would be a higher fare. Boy was I mad. And being that I only speak 5 Chinese words, I couldn't even argue with him about it! The usual fare from our hotel to the place we went is 15 RMB. Our fare today was 22 RMB!!!! I wrote down his taxi ID number and the taxi complaint hotline number, thinking I would call and complain. The only problem was I DON'T SPEAK CHINESE AND THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH!!!!!!! Can you tell I'm still more than a little mad about it? I guess I should get over it. And the truth is, the amount of money I'm complaining about is less than 1 U.S. dollar. It's just the principal of the matter! Anyway......



Here is my new favorite picture of the boys. Hope y'all enjoy it as much as we do! We love all you friends and family lots and lots! When are y'all coming to visit? :-)