I hear sleigh bells!!!

It is 9:39 pm in China and I just tucked my sweet girl into bed. She
actually let me rock her to sleep tonight and there was no better
feeling in the world. We had a great day and ended it with a nice
dinner with our guide Helen and the 4 other families. I cannot say
enough about how wonderful the guides have been. I never have to ask for
a thing, they think ahead, and they are always one step ahead of me.
Helen is so sweet. She realized on her own that I probably don't have
many pictures with Madi and asked me to meet her a little early before
dinner so she can take some pictures of the two of us together. I
didn't even have to ask her. She kept moving me to different spots in
the lobby and telling me where to stand. LOL

I hear sleigh bells in the wind, which must mean that Santa is on his
way. He is sure to make a pit stop here in China to drop off something
small for Madi, but I hear that he is leaving all of her Christmas
presents in New York. We will celebrate Christmas in NY on January 1st.
Santa is dropping off gifts for Emily and Alyssa as well and there are a
few gifts for them from me too. They will get more when I get back. I
am afraid that they will figure out that this whole situation with Mom
being away for Christmas much just be quite the lucrative deal. Just
how many times can you celebrate Christmas???

Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah to all of my friends and family.

Love,

Michele and Madison