2nd Day in Nanchang

Our Super Star! Jenna loves her stroller!


















Wahoo! We found Pizza Hut!!


















Check out the buns! Split plants are a common site here.


















Side street from our hotel!


















Meat Market! We totally lost our apetite at this point!


















Hello again everyone,

The weather here today was extremely hot. We went out shopping and couldn't bear the heat. The chinese people do not use the air conditioning like we do in the states. We go to the dining area of our hotel every morning at 7:00 and I can feel the sweat beads popping up on my face 'cause it is so hot in the hotel. We wake up in the middle of the night in a pool of sweat. Nanchang is considered the "melting pot" which is an under statement. We found out today that the hotel does turn off the ac after it reaches a certain temperature, which explains why we wake up hot. Unfortunately our hotel does not have a pool so it is pretty much impossible to find releif from the heat.

Today was a little trying due to the heat and pretty much not a whole lot to do in this city. We have almost exhausted all touristing areas. We are planning to go to the Pavilion (which is indoors) and try to do some shopping, then try to go to the park - the weather forecast calls for rain tomorrow and possibly 5 degrees cooler temperatures - please pray for rain!

The highlight of the day was finding Pizza Hut. It is so hot here none of us have much of an appetite, though.

Jenna is doing very well. She is becoming more interactive with her toys and with us. She still doesn't allow daddy to get too close for any length of time, but we anticipated this. We have discovered she is a bit picky when it comes to her food (well, she fits right in with me and madison). She does not like applesauce. She drinks formula (special kind from her Province) and loves conjee (which is just watered down white rice simmered for two hours) which is very bland. She is balancing better when she walks and is more willing to walk without a fus now. But, she still loves to ride in her stroller - who wouldn't? The first few days she would not hold her bottle or cup on her own - instead, she would pick it up and hand it to me or Madison to hold for her. Today, we started encouraging her to hold it herself, and she did a few times.

Please pray for cooler weather here as it is miserable both inside the hotel and out side. We miss everyone back home and can't wait for you all to meet Jenna.

Take a look at the new photos on the photobucket - we got mooned again today but got a good photo of it. Also, there are photos of some of the locals in their normal everyday settings. The meat market is enough to turn me into a vegetarian. Hope you enjoy the photos.

Will post more tomorrow.

Teresa