Sunday, July 17th

Today was our last day of sightseeing in Beijing. The photo on the left was taken in the Forbidden City & the one on the right in Tieneman Square. The crowds were even worse than yesterday! No kidding, we literally saw about 50,000 people. Tomorrow we leave the hotel at 6:30AM & fly to Changsha, Hunan at 7:50. It's about a 2 & 1/2 hr flight. We should get to our hotel there around Noon. We'll have a quick check in & then head to the Civil Affair's Office in time for the "babies to arrive" around 3PM!!!! Everyone's getting very anxious & jittery. Will do our best to post again tomorrow evening our time. Love to everyone & thanks for all the nice messages! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WALT - have fun eating your birthday dinner at Asahi!! You're a big 5 yr old boy, now - we're so proud of you!