Back in the real world, and country comes to town to stay!

So our vacation is officially over! We got home last night. Jaden did great on the trip home and slept most of the way, as did her daddy!


We are now home and back in the real world. Jaden had a fever when we got home and is alittle fussy. I am pretty sure it is her teeth. I will be glad when she has a full set!

Other big news for us is that while we were gone the country side of my family, otherwise known as my brother and his family moved 8 miles from us! They moved here from Arizona. Today they came over so Jaden could get acquainted with her cousin Jodus who she has only met once before. I know they will become fast friends! I am glad Jaden has family so close that she will see alot! And now she will get to see her Mississippi grandparents more because both of their grandchildren will be in the same place instead of across the country from each other! Plus I get free babysitters!

Our trip is winding down....

Well we are getting ready to end our vacation. Tomorrow it is back on the road to home. I dont know why they call it vacation because I am alot more tired now then I was before we left home. We have walked more miles in the past few days then we did the whole two weeks we were in China. Jaden has done great on the trip. I was so worried about how she would react to the hotel room. She did fine. She had her toys to keep her busy at night and during the day we kept her on the move.
I have put the past two days pictures on shutterfly. I am too tired to put them here.
We went to Arlington yesterday and it was amazing to see all the markers with flags in front of them. We also went to the Holocaust museum, that is a must see for anyone. Yesterday we did the big tourist thing of walking in front of the White House and taking pictures. It was funny because it must have been Chinese tourist day. There were about 5 tour buses full of people that got out to take pics of the White House. We got alot of stares! We ended the day with dinner at the hotel. They had a band and Jaden put on a show dancing for the people!
Today was all about Jaden.(and me) We went all the way to China last year and did not see one Panda so we had to go to the zoo to see them here. They were both sleeping but at least we saw them. Jaden had the best time seeing the farm animals because she finally got to see her favorite animal the cow! She says mooo so cute and southern and I know she has been dying to use that word on a cow. She saw the cow and walked right up to it and said mooo over and over again! She was asleep before we left the zoo and slept through two subway rides!
We also had our first bit of negativity while we were here regarding Jaden. Of course it is Memorial weekend so all the veterans or here. Yesterday we passed a Vietnam vet and he was staring Jaden down with a look of disgust! I am sure he thought she was from Vietnam. I wish I had said something to him but it just caught me off guard. Jerk!
For all those wondering about our swamp a$$ situation I am happy to say that the weather cooled down yesterday and today it was just a tad bit warmer! We were able to get through the day without needing our anti monkey butt.(I know alot of you were wondering)!!!
So my next post will be back in the real world! Home sweet home!

Whirlwind tour of Washington!

Well most everyone knows that we are in Washington DC now for a visit! Today we took a whirlwind tour! We did a bus tour first. Then we went to the Air & Space Museum(sucked), National History Museum( I so thought that The Night at the Museum was filmed here, big let down), Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Vets Memorial, World War II Memorial, and Chinatown for dinner(wonderful food). Jaden got tons of attention all day. There are alot of Chinese here this week. One woman thought She was 4 years old! She was shocked when I told her she was only 18 months! Alot of the shops are owned by Chinese and they are all giving Jaden free candy! We have one hyped up baby! She is also turning into a subway pro! I put most of the pics on shutterfly(you can thank me later for not putting all the airplane pics that Rusty took on there). It is so hot here now. We all have major cases of swamp a$$ going on! The good thing is its not humid. I am really missing my anti monkey butt powder(its real people, you can get it at Wal-mart and it works!) I am off to bed about 4 hours earlier than usual, this place is wearing me out!

pictures on shutterfly

I dont have time to post pics here so check out shutterfly there are tons from our trip! Link is at top of page!!!

Visiting China friends!

We are FINALLY on our trip that has been planned since we left China. We are visiting our good friend Delaine and her family who we traveled with to China. While we were here we had a small reunion planned with our other travel mate Tara and also another friend who we did not travel with but we got referrals at the same time! It was so fun seeing everyone and getting these four special girls together. We are having a great time!

Jaden was so good on the LONG ride here!