Merry Christmas, take two

I just spent the last 60 minutes skyping with my girls at home as they openend their Christmas gifts. Isn't technology so amazing?? It was so wonderful to hear and be a part of their excitement. Santa was good to them and they both got everything on their lists. Alyssa loves her American Girl doll and Emily was playing Angry Birds on her Ipod when we hung up LOL. They were both in great spirits and it made me feel so great. I can't thank my Mom enough for following through with all of our Christmas traditions. They made Gingerbread houses this week, they sprinkled reindeer food on the walk way, they left cookies and milk for Santa and they even followed suit by waking up in the middle of the night thinking that they could open presents at 3am. I forgot to mention that one to Nana. LOL. Like their Mom usually does, she sent them back to bed. Every year my girls each write Santa a note asking him one pressing question. He always answers them. We just cannot believe that he takes the time to answer them when he has so many deliveries to make on Christmas Eve. Alyssa's question this year was, "how do you make puzzles?" Santa gave quite a lengthy explanation about the process of making puzzles and threw in a little magic. :-) Emily wanted to know how Santa's reindeer fly? Again, Santa gave a detailed reply. I am not sure if he will have the time to give quite as much information next year...LOL.


Anyway, none of this would have been possible if my amazing friend Missy hadn't loaned my Mom her lap top this week. Missy, YOU have made this week so much more tolerable. I am so very thankful to the gift you gave us this week!!!

I had a wonderful day with my Angel girl. Oh my, I am not saying that she is perfect because she is MY child. I can take *some* credit with how polite and well behaved (most of the time) my other two girls are, but Madi. I would be pretty silly to think that I had anything to do with her politeness and well mannered personality. She is so easy going. We spent the day shopping on Shamian Island and she was SO GOOD. Not a peep out of her to complian. She held my hand when she was walking, sat in the stroller when she got tired and checked out all of the different things in each shop. She did get me to buy her a few things. lol I am trying not to be too much of a push over LOL, but it isn't too easy. At one point, she kept giving me a toy car and saying "Jie Jie" as if to say, "Jie Jie would like this." I was laughing inside because every time we would go shopping at home and Alyssa would see something SHE liked, she would say, "I really think Madi would like this."

I ordered my stone etchings with the girls pictures on them. Unfortunately I gave my SD card to the owner of the shop so he could download a picture of Madi, and I forgot to get it back from him. ALL of my pictures for the trip are on the card so I am hoping to get it back tomorrow. Luckily I have downloaded pictures to my computer every night, so if I don't get it back, I haven't lost the pictures. I will back them up to a flash drive now so I have that as a back up too.

Tomorrow we go back to the clinic for the PPD results. I am hoping we don't have any issues with that. Once that is done, our guide is taking us to the Pearl and Jade market.

Hope everyone is having or had a joyous Christmas. I got to spend it with Madi this morning and then again with my girls this evening. Not too shabby!!!!