Day Four ...

Lunch al Fresco Guangzhou style



Don't Worry Isabelle I'll look after you ..



Weddings - Rent a frock on Shamian Island

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Daddy and Nelly!!



Dinner at our place when we get back!


Really - sorry for tortoise lovers Gabs don;t look! - think these are for the soup!



Is She yours! ...she is so sweet Bao Bao hao....

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The boys with their girls





a quiet day today and I promise not to bore for England on sleep patterns suffice it to say it is now ten o clock and she has been in bed since 8 15 with one minor hiccup when she lost that dratted dummy and could not get back to sleep...SO that is that subject closed!

Phew I hear you all say ...

Today we took her out in the stroller most of the day so her latest trick is to turn around and stand up! normally when we are chatting to other people in the lobby of the hotel! she loves the boys from one of the other UK families - she is a real flirt and not even one yet! and they were making her laugh this afternoon by sliding around the marble floor in the lobby!!

Nelly has the appetite of a horse - in the morning she has formula mixed with rice milk..then breakfast she has congee with honey ( basically rice boiled for hours in load of water until it turns into a sort of porridge...! ) she also has about half a banana, some orange, papaya and water melon! all fed herself! then at about 12 30 she has more milk and rice milk and today that was followed by lots of rice cakes and another half banana, at about 3 45 Rob and I grabbed a sandwich and she ate about three slices of cucumber minus the skin! then at 5 30 - 6 she has more congee this time flavoured with meat stock and then proceeded to eat some egg white from the boiled egg in my soup and a few plain noodles with a tiny taste of the soup!

We went back to the market today with the other UK family - will add more pics - it really showed the boys a true taste of China and this is one of the richer cities in the country... In the afternoon Rob had to go and pay the notary and collect all the official documents all done in triplicate; they went in a cab and took a shortcut through a totally Muslim area of the city at what he thinks was end of prayers at the mosque he said that the streets were so crowded people were pressed up against the car - a real eye opener as well I am sure he will tell you more when he sees you ..but not a great experience..they got back and then we wandered around collected laundry...

It is amazing how much we have come on as parents in the last few days - we are able to get up and out of the room in less than an hour! Bath time is still proving a little difficult for miss Nelly but I am determined to persevere..we manage to get most of the feeds done on time Rob is a master at bottle mixing and cleaning and is always on top of the change bag unlike me!!! Nappy changing is still a tad challenging she hates it, we forget and then tonight I let her wander around without a nappy so she could be free! OOOPS pee all over the cot! oh well something else to work on!

It feels so right having Nelly as our daughter - we could not have wished for more, she is a joy at every moment of the day and loves people, always smiling - she makes us laugh constantly, each day there is a new little trick that she has learnt from her Dad! I have stopped blubbing every time she does something wonderful though - although sometimes when she will not settle and cries hysterically it really upsets me as I do not know what to do..but I guess that will change the more she comes to trust us. Today when Rob went out to the notary she really cried when he left and then when he got back about two hours later she beamed when she saw him...

Tomorrow we are going to the Six Banyan Tree Temple - to see some large Buddhas and get a blessing may be a tad schmultzy but hey something to do on a saturday morning ion Guangzhou..our other friends from the UK should have arrived tonight so we hope to see them tomorrow- we could then have a big Brit dinner just like the Americans do - watch out Guangzhou here we come!!!

We have another six days here to fill and only one more appointment so we need to plan the time...shopping sounds good fake handbags and watches anyone!We thought we might buy shoes for Nelly through to when she is eighteen but guess she will not thanks us for a pair of un trendy shoes we bought in China in 2007 in about 12 years time!!!