how it's going...ahhhh!

We've had an interesting couple of days.   Yesterday we went sightseeing a little bit with our guide which was really nice because we are going stir crazy big time in our hotel room.  We went to an arts museum in this huge old building that was originally a family school or something like that and a lot of artist display and sell their stuff there.  It was very neat.  It continued to rain all day yesterday and today again so I'm not having the bast hair days ever.  I'm pretty sure it's rained almost non-stop everyday we were in China except for maybe 2-3 day.  It really puts a damper on going out and doing stuff.  We also did some other shopping and got back to the hotel maybe 1 o'clock.  Reuben and I where both wishing our guide would have kept us longer as we did not feel like sitting in the room all afternoon and evening but she didn't.  Last night we ventured out to a Mexican restaurant and it was probably the best dining experience we've had yet.  The waitresses spoke pretty good English and actually didn't stand by our table and watch us eat.  The food was pretty good but not very authentic, my burrito tasted just like pizza, ha.  Kai really liked his burrito and french fries.  This morning we had to get up very early for our consulate appointment and that went very well.  12 families were there with us.  After the appointment the driver took us to Shamian island for just like an hour or so and we did a little shopping.  He couldn't wait any longer than that and we didn't trust trying to get a cab so we came back.  Next time we would definitely stay on the island verses here at the Garden, much more quiet with little shops and restaurants. Way less intimidating.  I'm pretty sure one of the shop keepers there called me a fat in a round about way since she said I must like to eat. ugh!  She did call Reuben fat outright.  Nice.
              So that has been our last two days other than being lazy in the hotel room.  Kai has definitely changed since our first few days together, wow.  We are not used to nor were we prepared for the crazy man he is.  I daily/hourly  pray for patience but still sometimes feel like I don't have any.  He is testing us big time, we aren't real sure how to handle him at times to tell you the truth, this is all as new to us as it is to him.  we talked to a lady at the consulate who is adopting a little girl like a month younger than Kai and she looked as weary as we are and said she is having the same problems with naughtiness as we are.  that made us feel a lot better that we re not alone.  It probably is his age for the most part.  I'm very surprised how much more of a "baby" he is then I expected and I don't mean that in a bad way, I mean literally like a baby. He needs to be rocked to sleep for the most part and just seems a lot younger than almost three.  He is starting to understand some English words, come, go get Daddy, stop, pee pee, night night, bye bye, puppy, baby etc.  Unfortunately he doesn't seem to understand "no" lol. No, he knows what it means he just doesn't believe in it I guess.
                       Tomorrow afternoon at four we are hoppng on a van bound for Hong Kong, a three and a half hour drive.  We are then staying at a hotel that is attached to the airport there and flying out at like eleven in the morning on a 13 hour flight bound for Chicago!  I'm gonna kiss the ground there and maybe the first American I see!  We then have a four hour layover and we will have to battle customs and immigration.  We then fly from Chicago to Columbus and have 2 hour drive home!  We are gonna be so beat and then we will have jet lag all over again and have a 2 year old with his sleep all messed up.  yikes.  Well, Maybe one more post before we leave but that depends on if Kai thinks it's a good idea for me to be on the computer or not:) 

One week

Today one week ago we met our little Kai!  It's hard to believe it's only been a week.  Saturday was a pretty rough day for all of us,  it seems like Kai was just terribly sad and maybe even mad at us and he really let it all out.  Yesterday, Sunday was a great day, he was happy all day, slept great the last two nights and at nap time.  No nightmares, no crying in his sleep, no uncontrollable thrashing and heal kicks to our eyeballs.  I know we probably have more of those bad days ahead but I think we are making progress.  He is a typical two year old in every sense of the word, even though he will be three in two months.  Breakfast time is getting increasingly like naughty time:)  He is all hands and grabs at anything in his reach and is so distracted.  We are dealing.  We borrowed a stroller from the hotel and it is the best thing ever invented, seriously I'm in love with strollers.  At first Kai did not like it at all, he was terrified not to be held and especially since he is out in front of us.  I'm happy to say after our visit to the zoo he now loves the stroller, he never fusses when we put him in and thinks it's great fun!  The zoo was nice, we saw lions, tigers, monkeys, pandas,elephants,giraffes, and lots of other misc animals.  It was pretty small and a lot crappier looking than our zoo's but still nice. Last night we got McDonalds for dinner and stayed in.  Kai is a lover of french fries and not burgers, he isn't really good at biting things off like sandwiches.  I sometimes wonder if he can chew properly or not but I don't know what is normal for his age, sometimes he just chews and chews and eventually spits the food out or kinda gags.   Not really that much to say about yesterday and today other that.  We are pretty much free today other than getting Kai's TB test read.  We are sorta bored because it has been so rainy and we have to walk everywhere we go, also Kai's 24 month swimming trunks don't even come close to staying up so swimming is kinda out.  Well someone is getting sleepy so I better go:)

Guanzhou and Grieving

              I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving!  Ours was ok.  Yesterday, Friday, we left our Hotel about 1:30pm and went sightseeing for a while.  We then went to pick up our laundry and the laundry people where laughing and pretty much making fun of us.  Our guide said they probably never had one person bring in so much laundry.  Really?  It was one garbage bag full so pretty much a good sized laundry basket for about a week for three people including a very messy two year old who gets car sick.  It kinda ticked me off actually, don't Chinese people wash thier clothes?  Duh.
   Soaway we go to the Hangzhou Airport about 4:30 5:00 pm and got through security and decided to eat atthe only restaurant close o our terminal, we ordered chicken mushroom rice for Kai and two ham sandwiches for us,  our bill was nearly $40!  They brought us this weird box this with different compartments, one had bock choy in broth, one had white rice, one had chicken, and one had cubed up veggies.  They then brought one of the sandwiches that was very fancy like a tea sandwiches.  I started feed Kai and realized the chicken was literally nothing but broth bones and grissle.  I got maybe 4 bites out of it for him.I fed him the veggies and rice. Ruben ate the first ham sandwich, we soon realized there was no second sandwich coming and I was the one who was so starved so I ate some of the white rice with a little broth and about a tablespoon of peanuts they put on there.  I was not happy!  Our flight was one of those deals where we had to ride in a shuttle out onto the tarmack and walk up the steps outside to board the plane, it was cold and windy and rainy and getting late for us.  We were so tired and ready to get to the hotel!  Kai fell asleep just as we were landing.  I had been carrying him almost all day and my arms, abs and back were on fire again, by the time we were checking in there was a couple of times almost thought I would drop him simply because my muscles were giving out.  I hurt so bad in the night I could hardly even roll over!  The good news is our hotel is GORGEOUS!  It is absolutely like nothing I've ever seen before,  our suite is huge, very ultra modern with glass and mirrors everywhere.  Not very 2 year old proof but oh well we are loving having a seperate living room and bedroom.  more homey.  This morning we had to go get Kai's medical exam done and oh my what a mad house!  I n ever thought I would see so many white couples with Chinese babies in one spot!  80 of us to be exact,  it was very warm in there and children where crying.  Kai of course wanted held again but my body says no way, I just couldn't physically stand and hold him today so I tried to always sit and have Reuben wait in line,  We got through that and Kai was so Brave!  He didn't cry once not even during the TB test!  Well he did cry once but that was because he wanted me and not related to the med exam.  We ran to the supermarket again after that to get some more diapers water and milk.  then back to the hotel for a little paperwork and then a nap.  This is where the fun started.
      The last couple days Kai has started to be a real Momma baby,  He had a few melt downs when I wen to the bathroom and left him with Reuben and follows me everywhere.  I rocked him to sleep when we got back and lay down beside him.  He absolutely thrashes and violently kicks in his sleep and kinda whines and it eventually leads to flat our wailing.  We are not sure what to do for him when he does this,  It seems the more you rub his back or try to touch him the worse it gets.  I started just picking him up for just a few minutes and laying him back down.  Today was the worst episode yet.  I think the trip and the new room and the medical exam was all to much for him and he was very very sad today.  Just cried and cried and wanted to be held.  We felt so sorry for him probably thinking about all his little friends and caregivers.  Maybe even his bed.  I know one thing there is no WAY the three of us are going to fit in a queen size bed when we get home.  The little guy is gonna have to be in his own bed asap.  So we felt rally bad because we think Kai got too hungry this afternoon.  We are used to just eating when we are hungry and we need to make a better effort at three square meals for Kai instead of two and snacks.  After he got his belly full or oranges, granola bar and room service rice he is back to his usual chipper self.  In fact he is WOUND UP~!  He has a new love for walnut creek cheese fugde and m&m's.  We also think his knee on his bad leg was hurting him.  He kept pulling up his pant leg and rubbing his knee and tearing up so I gave him some tylenol and that might've made a difference too.  BTW I never did mention that Kai is TINY.  I brought 24 mos, 2T, and 3T clothes and everything is pretty much too big.  I'd say he could wear 18 mos in some things which really surprises me!  18 mos and almost 3???  wow.   Well that's it for today, tomorrow I think we are going to the zoo unless the weather is bad:)  ps:  sorry for the bad spelling/typing  i'm too tired to fight this thing tonight

Sightseeing

So today We went sightseeing.

    I started out the morning feel worse than yesterday morning.  Ugh  Very green around the gills.  We felt bad telling our guide no and just told him to take it easy on us.  This is all green tea you see in the background.  I have lots to say on that subject but it'll have to wait.

 This is a Stream We saw while walking into the temple.  It was very beautiful there and blissfully peaceful, no honking horns or constant jackhammering.  We ended up really enjoying ourselves today.  I have more pictures I will post later of course.  We started out by heading to a laundry service.  Apparently it is very expensive and takes a long time to have laundry done here.  That is not what we understood so we packed light to save room for other things in the suitcase.  We had a whole garbage bag full of items and it took both the guide and our driver to convince this place that they could have it done by tomorrow because we fly out to Guanzghou.  So they proceed to go through every item and count it right in front of the guys underwear and all!  How embarrassing!  We then headed to west lake and went on a boat tour.  The lake is so calm its unbelievable, I was very glad due to my upset stomach.  We then went to the temple where we saw amazing architecture and pagodas as well as that Buddha thing and other statues.  It was hard not to feel a little weird there with people burning incense and bowing to the statues but we tried to just think of it as a cultural experience and leave it at that.  We then went to Tea Village.  All the land surrounding this whole area is nothing but tea bushes, it is a very interesting subject for sure. We also ate another traditional Chinese meal and get this, I even ate a little bit!  It tasted amazing but I only ate a tiny bit because last night I had one chicken wing and about 1/3 cup of mashed potatoes from KFC and was sick as ever.  So far so good though, no ill effects:)  It was fairly cold and very damp, drizzly, rainy.  Kai decided to fall asleep right as we got to the temple and I was having to carry him due to Reuben's ankle.  Normally I'm pretty sure a mom's strength grows as their child grows but I am not used to carrying a nearly three year old especially being a little weak from not eating much.  My arms were absolutely on fire!  Finally our guide  offered to carry him for a while.  AAH

        So enough about our day and a little about Kai.  Yesterday was very good for him to just be at the hotel, he really enjoyed it.  The last few days every time he goes to sleep and wakes up we have to really try to pull him out of his shell again and he gets those really sad eyes.  As of this morning he took about 5 min to be just fine after waking up and even then it was more just sleepiness than sadness, he gives pecks on the lips if asked, you only have to look at him and wave or smile and he will run over and put his arms up to be picked up.  He is full of energy, When we are at the hotel he smiles almost constantly, laughs, babbles, he has called me MaMa a couple of times but we are not sure if he is using BaBa in context yet or just babbling.  If we leave the room, he goes into complete dead fish mode, no facial expression, very limp, lays his head down, won't say a word.  We think he feels very insecure and maybe thinks we might take him back?  The minute that room door opens, it's like flipping a switch!  We notice some institutional behaviors,  if we lay him in bed for a nap or at night, no matter how not tired he is he WILL NOT try to get up.  He will lay there and babble, play little games with his hands and pretty much self soothe until he falls asleep.  I'm sure he has spent many hours doing that.  We also noticed that he seems to want to mess his pants rather than going in the toilet.  We try really hard to time it right and get him to use the potty but he won't.  We think he likes the closeness of me caring for him and not getting angry and loving on him, I'm sure he got reprimanded for doing that in the orphanage.  I guess I will just keep changing him for now.  Once laundry is not an issue we can get a little braver with no diaper and see if that makes a difference.
  We really have been very blessed with his transition so far and hopefully it will continue to go well.  Well it's time to put my feet up for a while and hope whatever I eat for supper sits ok!  Poor Reuben's foot looks horrible,  all purple and black.  Prob no post tomorrow since we are flying to the next city.  Pray all goes well and our second week in China is 100% better than the first!  Thanks:)

Bad to worse

 Wow, sorry for the depressing post title but oh my, yesterday was probably one of the worst days ever.  We got up and went to breakfast and off to the civil affairs office.  The good part is as far as China is concerned Kai is officially ours!  It took probably an hour and a half there and Kai wasn't really himself.  After that we set off on a two hour drive to Ningbo City to the orphanage and then to the police station where we would apply for Kai's passport.  All the way to the orphanage Kai slept on my lap and it was a fairly pleasant relaxing drive except for the incredibly rough roads.  We got to the orphanage and they took us to this Restaurant which really was more like a weird room of sorts and they served a  traditional chinese meal complete with no silverware.  I was still feeling bad yesterday so I busied myself feeding Kai and hoped they didn't notice I wasn't eating.  I fed him some fried rice, some kind of greens, fried shrimp, fried chicken, and fried pieces of pumpkin.  Notice a theme here?  Fried fried fried.  WE got the feeling from the orphanage workers that they did't think we are taking very good care of Kai.  I guess because we didn't have 27 layers on him.  Anyway Kai did,nt really eat that much and end we headed back to the orphanage where they took us up some stone steps to a conference room where they gave us the little picture album we gave Kai and a few other gifts.  I'm going to make this short because my Internet is acting up but it ended up that Reuben fell down the steps holding Kai(Kai is fine) and sprained his ankle really bad.  On the way to the police station Kai barfed all over Reuben and he peed on my lap while we were eating.  The ride home was so long and wicked we all were almost kissing the ground when we finally got back to the hotel.  I was so sick and tired I lay on the couch and slept while Reuben once again tried to care for Kai but now with a sprained ankle.  In the middle of the night I was up frequenting the toilet and Reuben got up to go too.  I sat on the couch and all at once I heard a crash and got up to find him passed out face down on the bathroom floor.  I made him scoot out on his belly because I was so sick I needed that bathroom again.  So you can see it wasnt the greatest day.  The good news is we canceled our sightseeing and decided to stay at the hotel today and I am feeling pretty good after eating a whole piece of toast for breakfast! yay.  Right now Kai is being a little on the naughty/ornery side and getting into everything.  We call him a little dumpster diver as he loves to dig in the trash cans.  He has made leaps and bounds in only three days,  he now reaches for us to hold him, laughs and smiles all the time and even gave me a kiss earlier.  He is a bit of a Momma's boy and follows me everywhere.  Well we gotta go do something because he is getting so wired and outta control! ha

                                                                      Reuben's ankle:(

                                                Finalizing adoption!

                   Kai's favorite spot looking out of our 7th floor window.

Gotcha Day!

  Wow where do I even start?  Gotcha day started out with me waking up feeling incredibly dizzy and nauseous.  I forced myself to eat a little breakfast and took everything in my arsenal for stomach issues.  I managed to hold it together for a good part of the day.  We met our guide in the lobby of the hotel about 8:45am.  WE went with a driver to a somewhat run down strange building.  We where the first of three  families to arrive.  Kai was the last child to arrive as he was coming from the farthest away.  While we where waiting on Kai to get there we started talking to one of the other families that was there.  The where adopting a boy probably about 7 or 8 and had another little boy about 11 with them.  Reuben asked if this is there second child and they said no, this is number 12! wow.  So we started asking were each other is from and they said they are From Lancaster PA so we knew they would probably know about Holmes County.  Turns out the wife is a sister to Loren Wengerds wife Ruth from Wilmot!  Loren and Ruth have been close friends of our family since I was a little girl.  Seriously, half way across the world in a crappy little building in China we run into to someone like that!  What are the odds? 
                              So Kai came walking in with his arms full of snacks and I went over a picked him up.  He didn't cry he just sat on my lap with absolutely no expression on his face.  One of the people with him opened his snacks and he started chowing down on what looked like a granola bar type thing made of honey smacks and a whole tube of strawberry cream oreos.  Ya those weren't messy at all.  He also had a small carton of some room temperature rank smelling milk which I only gave him enough of to be polite.  We filled out a bunch of paperwork and took turns holding Kai.  From there we got back into the van and headed out to have our family picture taken.  It was getting pretty warm in the van and Kai was sweating so I started to take off a few layers.  He had on a fleece sweatshirt that said "winter girl" on the front and a red THICK sweater vest on under that.  Then he was wearing another pink brown and white sweater under that and a pink mock turtle neck under that as well as pink long johns and swishy pants with his socks pulled up over the Long johns and the infamous tom and jerry shoes.  Our guise took us down stone steps to this strange under ground photoish place with not door, just like a tunnel opening where there was a large collie dog sleeping on a dilapidated couch.  We quickly got our picture taken and headed off the the super market.  After battling terrible traffic we went down into an underground parking garage and went back a filthy hallway to a freight type elevator that reeked of rotten garbage.  That took us to the two story wal-martish store where we got some diapers, wipes, bananas and milk.  This is where Kai spoke his first word!  He said something and I looked and he was pointing at some apples.  I said "apple" and he repeated me!  I would've got him a couple but we had no knife or anything at the hotel;.  So after that we finally got back to the hotel where we stripped Kai down and gave him a bath and some cheerios and instant oatmeal which he proceeded to gag on.  He doesn't like mushy foods, crunchy is better.  He started wailing when Reuben picked him up and I was able to comfort him.  About this time I started feeling to terrible that poor Reuben ended up taking care of him the rest of the night while I lay on the couch sick as a dog.  Reuben is so good with him, they played and played and we started to see a little a Kai's personality come out, he laughed and laughed and ate Mcdonalds french fries and a granola bar for supper.  Right now it is 4 in the morning here and boy is Kai a rough sleeper.  He kicks and turns all directions in the bed.  No covers for him.  He also laughed out loud and was jabbering in Chinese like crazy in his sleep.  I'm feeling a lot better today so far but still a little dizzy and weak which is probably because other than a little breakfast I only ate crackers and sprite all day.  Today we go to the orphanage, please pray that I feel ok an that Kai can take the emotions that he will be feeling today.  It is a two hour drive one way to is will be a long day.  I really miss everyone and my normal food but I'm trying to just enjoy this time and know that it is all just memories will will always have!  We are also hoping to maybe meet up with the couple from Lancaster maybe at breakfast or at supper.  See ya soon!

We made it!

Hello everyone I can finally blog!  It makes you really enjoy the freedom we have when you are helpless to access anything online:(  We still don't know how to get pictures on here yet though.  Reuben is trying to work on it. Sorry!
            Well we had a VERY long trip but not that bad really.  We left the house at 3:30 am on Friday and got to our hotel at about 6:00 am Saturday morning Ohio time which was about 7:00 pm Saturday night here in China.  We were so beat it was unbelievable as neither one of us did more than dose off on the plane.  It was just so uncomfortable.  So we went to sleep at about 8pm here and we both were awake again by midnight!  What a long night.  At 3am we finally gave up and got up.  Tonight wasn't much better as it is 3:30 am right now and I am up blogging!  We did have a little nap yesterday afternoon.  It was so hard not to sleep the day away!
                        Well enough about our jet lag and sleeping issues:)   We feel pretty good for the most part other than being tired.  We had a free day yesterday and so we got up and went to the free breakfast buffet.  Oh me goodness it was huge!  I'm talking like Hometown buffet huge.  Everything from Lo Mein noodles and fried rice, steamed biscuits, soups, congee, and braised beef to pancakes, french toast, made to order omelets, bacon, sausage, even mashed potatoes and much much more.  We skipped lunch but went out walking around after breakfast.  The cool air really helped to clear our heads and we started to feel pretty good.  The traffic is unbelievable here with cars, bikes,mopeds, and pedestrians all trying there best to get around.  There are very little traffic laws obviously as the line between what is sidewalk and what is road is very blurred.  Things we've noticed; Chinese people do not wear sunglasses, Chinese people do not use strollers(due to the cobblestone/paver like sidewalks).  We are staying close to West Lake, there is kind of like a park surrounding the huge lake, it reminds us a little of the area around Marina Jack in Florida and there are many people displaying their talents like Tai Chi and ballroom like dancing or sword dancing.  We were told by others that have been here that we would get lots of stares and probably be asked to have our picture taken.  We assumed the folks here would probably be interested in me due to my blonde hair but actually, they couldn't care less about me and are enamored by Reuben!  It is very funny, they all stare at him and for the most part look right through me.  The only thing we can figure out is it's his size and his very short haircut, beard, and cool shades:)  So funny!  We ended up going to eat at Pizza Hut last night because we just didn't know where to go for Chinese food and with the language barrier it was pretty scary.  Not that there was no language barrier at Pizza Hut.  I ordered a bottled water and the waitress brought me a glass of hot/warm water.  Of course I did not drink it so I had no beverage with my rice and chicken.  Yes rice and chicken at Pizza Hut! ha.  The food is way blander than the Chinese food at home which is fine with me.
                        Well today is the big day!  Our guide is going to meet us in the lobby at 9am and we will go to the civil affairs office to meet Kai!  I am pretty nervous especially since we are barely able to take care of ourselves over here let alone another little human:/  We will make it I know.  Please keep praying for us, this jet lag is not fun and little Kai is gonna be so sad I'm sure.  I will keep you all informed when I can and hopefully post some pictures.  If not I will when we get back:) 

Generosity

   We are feeling very humbled, very grateful, and very in awe of God's provision.   As most of you know, an adoption is not free, not even close.  For personal reasons we chose not to have fundraisers, not to apply for any grants, and do our best not to complain about money, or make a big deal about the very large figure we were working towards saving.  We felt that God would provide, and just did our best, and cashed in everything possible.  In these last days we realized we would be short, and a very very generous family member loaned us what we needed.  But to our surprise some wonderful friends and family stepped up and got out their check books and donated to our cause!  You all know who you are and we don't know how to ever thank you!  We truly don't, other than to give you this little shout out, and say THANK YOU!  Lord willing we will be able to pay back that generous family member a lot sooner than we hoped and start saving towards a new roof even sooner than we thought! ( no more buckets! lol)  So  money is a subject that I'm not that comfortable talking about but REALLY  these people deserve some props:)
        We also know that there are many people out there praying for us and for our upcoming journey and also those that are helping out with things while we are gone. Including my wonderful parents who are baby sitting two cute, cuddly and horribly naughty dogs for over two weeks as well as taking and picking us up from the airport and keeping an eye on our house while we are gone.  So we are just grateful, grateful, grateful!
      I have two more days of work left and the cleaning spree and packing everything but the kitchen sink begins!  We are leaving the house about 3 o'clock Friday morning and flying out of Columbus.  Our flight leaves at 7 am and we will then have a two hour layover in Chicago followed by a 14+ plane ride to Shanghai followed by riding the subway to the train station followed by an
hour long bullet train ride to our hotel!  Finally!  Please keep those prayers coming folks!  I'll update my blog if and when I can but I don't think I will be able to link it to Facebook so if your interested in following our journey you will have to just keep checking.  Thanks again everyone:)
                           

What I'm doing...

          I thought I'd let everyone in on what I'm doing with myself during these last couple weeks before we leave for China.  Well lets see, I've been the biggest scatter brained, forgetful, borderline Alzheimer like symptom air head. Bah!  No kidding I worry about myself:)  I guess the problem is I always have my mind on one cute little fella and not on whats going on around me.  So I started writing myself notes and setting the alarm on my phone to remind myself of things.  It is helping(I hope)
      We've had some really helpful travel tips given to us and read some on blogs so I'm feeling fairly ready to tackle a foreign country.  I'm pretty sure I've boughten just about everything I need to buy.  I got the gifts for the orphanage workers that bring Kai to us and also gifts for the Chinese provincial officers.  They will each be receiving a lovely bag of Walnut Creek Cheese yogurt pretzels and a little cup of WCC fudge.  Doesn't sound like much but I think they will like it.  
           I've decided to take all my fall decor down before we leave and I asked my awesome cousin Brooke to come and put all our Christmas Decorations(except the tree) up while we are gone so we'll come home to a nicely festive house!  I was quite proud of that idea:)
          Other wise I've just been trying to get everything wrapped up at work.  I'm having a few concerns about the lady I hired to fill in for me while I'm gone.  I just pray she at least sticks it out until my six weeks is over.  My job is very stressful and demanding and most people(including myself when I started) underestimate what it means to take it on. 
        So let the countdown begin!  6 more workdays (for me)  12 more sleeps  1 more weekend until we leave.  I was going to fill everyone in on our itinerary but I think I will wait and tell you as we go in China!