Sleepless in China

Harper had a rough night sleeping last night, which meant me and Scott didn't sleep much either.  Not sure what her deal was, but we finally got her down for the last time around 5:00 a.m.  Just enough time to get a couple hours sleep until we had to be up.

To top it off, the boys had a rift just as they got up.  A good morning was not had by all.  I think we are having a little too much togetherness!  That's why it's so great to have other boys around for them to separate for a little while.


We all headed out to the zoo as a group.  The weather was actually somewhat pleasant, not too muggy... thank goodness.  And still, not a blue sky around.

Just as soon as we stepped off the bus, Griff tripped over a chain as he was goofing around with the other boys.  Sometimes, big brothers need a hug and a kiss too.  :)

Scott and one of the other dad's were suckers when some lady came around selling balloons.  Thanks to  Scott's weakness, Harper now had a balloon...... 

 ..... and she used it as a weapon against her brother!  :)

Before we all got going thru the zoo, we stopped to get a group picture.  This is the first picture we were able to get as a group since we all picked up our daughters.  Such a great group of people!

Then we were off to see some animals.  At first, Michael was really marching us through the zoo with little time to actually stop and see anything.  We finally just started stopping at whatever we wanted to see.  He finally got the hint.

 The red pandas were really cute.  This lady used a whistle to call them all for 'lunch time'.  They came out of nowhere and started following her like cats or something.

I think this might have been the only panda at this zoo.  Luckily, he wasn't sleeping like the panda we went to see in Hefei.

Brannen pointing to the panda for Harper to see....

 Silly boys

Chinese graffiti?

 We stopped by the giraffe area and the boys were able to feed them.  They thought it was so cool, although Brannen was a little freaked out by their super long tongue!  Harper was having a meltdown in the stroller so missed out.

Back at the hotel, and after a nap, all is right with the world again :)

Not much else was going on today, except some much needed relaxing and sleep!