Who Wrote This?

it's our last night in guangzhou and then we drive by van to hong kong tomorrow. we'll stay there for one night and catch a flight back to the states. today we had the long awaited consolate appointment. i have to admit, i got a little teary when we all stood and took our oath. it was really cool. she is ours. all ours.

heath and i decided to jot down a few of our favorite things/moments from the last two weeks. it's been quite a journey.
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After a few seconds of silence, I decided to take over (you should be able to tell by the use of proper capital letters). Anyway, we have funny moments, but they won't be that funny to you guys. We have frustrating moments, but they don't seem as frustrating looking back. We have issues with the food here, but who are we to complain.

The fact is, this journey has been magical. We have been blessed with another sweet daughter. How can you top that right? BUT... we are ready to get home. So, on that note, here are the top 10 things we're looking forward to when we get home. Number...

10. Having a Willy's burrito and queso
9. Our Tempurpedic mattress (the mattress here is so hard that I find myself flexing by butt muscles if I lay on my back. seriously, I have to sleep on my side)
8. Ice cold drinks. Luke warm Coke just doesn't taste like Coke.
7. Not having to do the conversion from dollars to yuan. Even though I know 100 yuan is only $15, it still freaks me out spending a hundred of anything.
6. From Mistye... not having my hair look like a poofball from the humidity. i can only slick my hair back for so many days and then it's just wrong. although, the headbands have been so tight, it could actually be used at botox.
5. American cable TV. We've watched reruns of Dirty Jobs, the Dog Whisperer and every other Discovery Channel and NatGeo show. I did get to see the French Open finals with Chinese commentators. Mistye laughed because I turned up the volume.
4. Getting on the same timezone as friends and family.
3. Not risking our lives by playing frogger everytime we cross the street. Pedestrians definitely do not have the right of way.
2. Seeing Reese, Maddox and Zane in person instead of Skype. I'm nervous that we might squeeze the life out of them.
1. Introducing sweet Echo to our friends and family.

i'll finish up this blog. yep, no more capitals. guess who has the computer? you know that heath and i have either a) become so close that we are now thinking as one person therefore we blog simultaneously or b) spent so long in our hotel room and in a foreign country together that we can't think clearly and have to rely on one another to finish our thoughts. either way, we've been joined at the hip for two solid weeks. i'm a quality time girl, so i've truly loved every second but heath may fling himself out the 16th floor window at any given minute.