Hi readers,
We can't believe that we are leaving tomorrow!!!! It has been a magical, wonderful, once in a lifetime (although probably not) experience. This will probably be our last blog for the trip, because we'll be on a plane or in the airport for 16? 18? hours or more.

As for the whether this blog will continue when we get home, who knows. Will a blog about our adventures in Encinitas draw as much attention as China???



One of the great things about staying at the extremely baby-friendly White Swan is the Mattel-stocked play room with soft, hard, round geometric, electroning, rolling, tasty toys.

Here, Joy hugs a new friend. In Chinese, he is know as Juang Je, or,"one with big eyes who giggles."

Of course I made that up!




Here, Jarrah practices her walking, and her smiles, with
Mommy. The play room is a great place to see what the babies like
and don't like. They mostly like everything! It's also a great place to
practice our sharing and interaction with other babies















Also, the White Swan, they take group picture on and near the famous Red Couches. Above, you see a very small group photo, which Joy is much better at.

To the left is our entire Travel Group.
Front Row from Left to Right: Sam, Jarrah and David from San Diego; Patricia, Scott and Lydia from Georgia; Kim and Sedona with daddy Michael behind in blue from Albequerque; Matt with mommy Mary holding Cole in orange behind they are from New York; Brian, older brother ("guggah")Michael with mommy Christine holding Matthew behind from Colorado Springs; Back Row from left to Right; Paul, Mary and Joy from San Diego; Grif, Heidi and Maggie from Colorado; Cynthia, Nephew Tyler from Houston.



Bye Bye for Now