A few days with Elliott!

Sorry for our absence, we have been bustling around getting all the official paper work for Elliott and touring Chengdu, the city of his birth.

January 7th:

We went to a government building and had a picture taken with Mom, Dad and Elliott for his red book.  This also involved getting him foot printed, which made and adorable print!

 This took half of the morning so we had time to go to the hospital where he spent the first few months of his life during and after the corrective surgeries for his intestinal atresia.  It is an enormous place hospital called Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital.  

We are so thankful for the care he received here but decided it was best to skip going inside, not worth risking sickness!!  

The rest of the day was spent at the hotel napping, swimming and generally getting to know Elliott and vice-versa.

January 8th:

Day of the Panda's!!

We went to the world famous Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.  It truly was amazing and the kids were fascinated by all things Panda!!  

  

The rest of the day we spent back at he hotel and cooked grill cheese, spaghetti and leftover pizza!  It was nice to not eat out and to have a taste of back home.

January 9th:

Maan Coffee Waffles and Toast is our favorite "regular" food so far!  We ate here on the 9th and the 10th, everything is so yummy!!

We then went to "The People's Park" which is Chengdu's version of Central Park.  We had tea (Jasmine) and it was fantastic!  

Elizabel was a huge fan and she quickly figured out how to drink it without ingesting the leaves and stems.

One of the strangest things we have done so far is feed Koi with a bottle!  They were huge and the girls had to hold on with both hands to keep ahold of the bottles.  

And of course, the girls where quite popular.

We purchased some sugar candy from a street vendor, she made beautiful art with the candy and it was delicious. 

 We then went to The Wide and Narrow Lane for lunch.  This is a very old neighborhood that is famous for it's architecture and food!!

I'm quite impressed with the kids, they are trying and enjoying much of the food and new environment.

January 10th:

Today we are on our own in Chengdu.  We walked about 20 minutes from our hotel to the town square and explored.  The rest of the day we will pack and rest at the hotel.  We leave the hotel at 8:30am and head to the airport to fly to Guangzhou for the last leg of our trip.

Hopefully we have a little better Internet in Guangzhou and updates will be more frequent.  

This blog was by Dad or as Elliott has started saying "Da!"