Mothers' Day in China

We had such a fun morning walking the backstreets of Chongqing. Once you leave the very expensive shops near our hotel and walk a few streets over, you are in the China we love. Today is Mothers' Day in China as well, and the streets are full of flower vendors. Mason was so cute trying to pick one flower for me out of so many. He chose a rose that was wrapped, but when he unwrapped it he saw it had a brown spot on it. He and the sweet flower vendor found another rose that was perfect! Mason was then concerned that we didn't have any water for the rose. We bought a bottled coke, brought the empty bottle back to the hotel, and he insisted that we cut the stem so that it would look nicer in the coke bottle. I now have a beautiful rose in a coke bottle for Mothers' Day!

We also bought Mason some clothes and sandals this morning. I know the street vendors are probably still laughing at how much we paid for them, but in American dollars it was so little. For about $16 we bought him a pair of sandals, 2 shirts, and 2 pairs of denim shorts. It is fun to buy little boy clothes again! It is also fun to see China through Mason's eyes. Most of the foods displayed at the street markets are unidentifiable to us, but Mason quickly shows us what he likes to eat. He is a shrimp loving boy!

People here are fascinated by our strange looking family. I don't think it is unusual for them to see Americans with baby girls, but they don't quite know what to think of us.

Tonight is our river cruise, and then we leave for Guangzhou in the morning. We love Guangzhou, and it will be nice to be around the hundreds of adoptive families who will be in our hotel. 2 other couples from Amarillo will be in Guangzhou this week - it really is a small world!

Happy Mothers' Day!!!!