Catch up

It's been a long few days so I will try to catch everyone up here.

Friday, May 15
This morning we went with the group to do some local sightseeing.  We saw the Chen Family museum.  This is dedicated to all members of the Chen family which is the most common surname in China.  The architecture is so detailed and beautiful.  There were courtyard areas with trees that you could sit and just enjoy everything.  Of course I was playing Monster Jam on the walking ramps with a certain 4 year old I know so I didn't do any of that quiet reflecting : ). Konnor discovered my favorite summertime childhood past time today--- standing close to a fan and making funny sounds to distort your voice.
We also visited the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Auditorium.  This was a quickly visit and though it is a very nice area I couldn't tell you anything else, because it was so hot all the kids were starting to meltdown.
We headed back to the room.  Konnor took a nap, but the crazy construction had started again above us and Owen couldn't sleep.  We walked around the hotel and ran into the hotel manager who had us moved to the blessedly quiet apartment on the other side of the hotel.  Unfortunately during all of this we noticed that Owen had a temp. About 100.5.  He had stopped eating or drinking and was hitting his left ear.  We were going to take him to the medical clinic here, but fortunately a family that was leaving the next day had some unused amoxicillin so we started him on that and dosed him up with Tylenol/Motrin.  We got moved into the new apartment and as Konnor said "it's not to loud here Mommy."

Saturday, May 16
We never left the room.  Owens temp.s were up to 102 and he was a total fussy butt.  Unfortunately it rained all day too so we snuggled in with Monster trucks and movies and just tried to keep Owen hydrated since he was on a total strike for all good/drink.

Sunday, May 17
Konnor and I geared up to go shopping.  Mark stayed at the hotel with Owen since his temp was still up to 102.  We went to the Pearl market and picked up some pearls and Jade.  I had a single strand necklace made for Owen to give his wife or daughter one day.  We ventured to Shamain island, ate at Lucy's where I had the best burger of my life, dodged the rain and got some other keepsakes.  It was great to have some one on one time with  Konnor.  Unfortunately for Mark Owen screamed for 3 hrs straight.  We stayed in the rest of the night since Owens temp. Showed up again, but he did start eating so it was a small victory.

Monday, May 18
Thankfully Owen woke up smiling and cool as a cucumber.  Yay!  We had our consulate appointment in the morning and they approved our request for a visa for Owen to enter the country.  Hooray!!!  We came back to the hotel for lunch and naps.  Both boys passed out cold.  Owen still woke up with no temp. And an eating machine, so we loaded in the bus for the part of the trip Konnor has been looking forward to--- the Safari Park.  The boys had so much fun.  The animals are so close.  To top it off he got to ride a train through the park to see the animals which just made his day.  Konnor got to feed the Giraffes and the Elephants which he LOVED!  It was overall such a great day.  It was hot, humid, rainy and long, but just overall a wonderful day of memories for our little family.