Back in Beijing

We thought we would be able to get some rest before the flight to Beijing so we decided to just stay at the hotel before our flight left in the afternoon. Reagh had other plans for us for sure....like getting up at 3 am!!!! Yes, you read it right 3 am. I thought TJ and I were going to die...lol He didn't sleep at all that day prior to the flight so it was a very hard day for all of us. We were so tired. He was up so early the day before that we hoped he would sleep in a little later, but no luck at all. He was great at breakfast, as usual all the ladies love his smile. He's an eating machine. We decided to get outside after breakfast to see if that would make him tired and want to take a nap. We really needed one...lol So we went to the local grocery store and it was crazy busy. They are under ground so we felt almost like we were too closed in with the amount of people in side. We made it a quick visit as so many people were wanting to see Reagh and try to talk to us. We then thought we would try to get something to eat but without our guide it was hard to figure out what was in the noodles...we were trying to stay away from tofu food. We heading to KFC as we seen the sign but the people in side was crazy so we went back to MacDonald's instead. Much easier to order and get out. We ate and packed before heading to the airport. The airport in Chongqing was huge and much easier to get around then when we left Beijing to get here. Everyone was starring at us and after an hour is was getting to be much so we ended up heading to the nursery to veg out for a while prior to our flight. Thinking that Reagh might fall asleep as well. That didn't happen either...lol Reagh was great for the first part of the plane ride as there was another little boy that kept his attention but after 45 mins he was a mess. He wouldn't sleep or settle for either of us. Poor TJ took the most on that flight as when Reagh get's really upset Tj is the only one to calm him. We tried to get the flight attendant to get us some hot water for his bottle but she was only gong to serve us it when they were done serving the meal. I could have killed her with my eyes. It was plan as day that Reagh was so upset and hungry. Once he got the bottle into him he settled for about 10 mins. We felt so bad for him. Hard to see your little boy cry so hard that his face goes so red. Once we got off the flight and heading to the bus to get a ride back to the terminal we needed to get to he started to settle a little. I find that no one here cares if you have a small child or not they will knock you down to get where they need to go, so we decided to stay on the bus till they all go off. Once we met up with the other families flying in to see all the new babies Reagh was in heaven with all the ladies again....lol The three other families had all girls so he was making his move on them...lol Playing the shy at first then hitting them with two tooth smile...lol He fell right to sleep on the bus ride to the hotel. The traffic was horrific tonight as the Chinese new year is coming. Everyone is travelling back home. Once we got back to the hotel we waited over an hour to get out luggage. I finally went down to get it....mama bear was not happy. They told me it would be 2 mins then 20 mins goes by and still no luggage. TJ had enough and headed down to take it himself. The hotel had already taken it to deliver to the rooms when he got back. We waited another 20 mins and finally it got here at 11 pm. At this time we were so tired that we went to bed hungry. We both were hoping that Reagh would sleep in tomorrow....lol


Reagh woke up at 4am this morning.....BUT we changed him and gave him a bottle and off to sleep he went. He then woke up at just a little before 7am. I can't tell you how great that was to have that extra few hours sleep...lol I think if we had another 3am session we would have went bonkers...lol It's just with all the travelling and leaving out of a suitcase is getting to all of us. We so want to be home. It's so nice here but nothing is like home especially when you adopt a little one that really needs to stick to his schedule right now. We went off to get breakfast and meet all the other families with their children. They are all so cute! You could eat them all up. I can't tell you how much each one of them is so fitted for each family personality. Reagh made a few new friends....and I think seeing all the kids walking has made him want to get moving. When we went to do our paperwork for our citizenship he was watching 2 boys running around. When I took him in the hall with them to see if he would walk holding my hands he did. He walked so far too, mind you he looks he had to many beers walking but at least he's trying. This was the most he has shown us so far. This is HUGE for us. He has only wanted to be held and hates crawling. So lets hope that he will keep it up once we get back home. We also got our group photo done today and it was hard seeing all the babies crying as one family was 20 mins late coming. Then the rest of the gang when off to the Zoo. We decided that Reagh really needed to get on a schedule again and stayed back. We went out to get more baby supplies and a stroller. TJ's arms are killing him holding this little guy. We got some pizza and heading back to the hotel where we are all resting. We are heading out to the great wall of China tomorrow so I hope to have some pictures for all you. Well I'm off to take a quick cat nap while Reagh is down for the count. We hope all is well back home. We can't wait for all of you to meet this little guys. We are so in love with him!