Rain, rain go away!

Hey everyone! We are getting pretty used to being wet everywhere we go, dispite some great umbrellas from The White Swan. Reason being, Tanner and Baylor wind up hogging them and basically knocking the Chinese off the sidewalks! It is so embarrassing! We have definately had some good laughs this trip!

Tanner woke up at 4am this morning ready to start the day! So once again, I tried my best to keep him from waking the rest of the family. He actually put himself to bed tonight after his shower because he was so tired!

We went to the medical clinic today for the medical portion of Myra's visa. There were so many other families there as well. This basically just gives her clearance to enter the US. It is in no way a thorough exam. She will receive that once she gets back to the states. I then had to go spend about 2 hours with the rest of the moms and our guide filling out paperwork that is sent to the consulate. It's kind of funny, such a big deal is made about the consulate date, and when you get over here you realize that you don't even go! Your guide takes your paperwork for you and you have to sit in your hotel room in case the consulate has any questions! Our consulate appt is the 30th. Then we are "sworn in" the following afternoon and are free to leave the next morning. So we are returning on the 2nd. What is even funnier is that we land in Japan at 3pm July 2nd and then we arrive in Atlanta at 3pm on July 2nd!

Shawn: By the way... for those of you who are wondering where the name Myra came from. Myra was the name of the woman who adopted my father. We have always considered her our "real" grandmother and nothing less. She also babysat Ashley and her sister as kids. We actually have pictures of me and Ash as kids swimming together, and although Ashley had the "hots" for me, I played a hard to get seven year old. Since Myra was a pioneer to adoption in our family, Ash and I both whole heartedly agreed on the old school name for our new daughter. Things that I will remember as our trip moves closer to the end: the humidity is absolutely miserable... I change clothes twice a day, we survived our fist typhoon as it has poured rain for four days straight... I change clothes twice a day, the vendors... they actually get upset if you don't haggle with them, eating Papa Johns pizza four nights in a row.... probably will be seven by the time we leave, and Baylor being a super star model or an alien with that blonde hair according to the Chinese...they are constantly asking to take their picture with her . Much more but thats all for now.