LITTLE MISS CRANKY PANTS AND A BEAUTIFUL TAOIST TEMPLE

Well we had a little bit of a rough day today. Halainah is not feeling well. She has been battling a cold and a lot of congestion since Gotcha Day. We were hoping it would break and we would not have to give her antibiotics, but she got much worse last night. She was up every 10 minutes and would just moan and moan for a few minutes until she went back to sleep. This happened all night long. So needless to say, mommy, daddy and Jiu Jiu were so exhausted today. When she awoke she had a fever so I started the antibiotic as well as infant Tylenol for the fever.

Halainah was sad for most of the day. She is normally a very happy baby. So it was amusing to see her try to get herself out of the cranky state and into her happy mode. Every couple of moments we would see happy girl again. She took many naps today so that means that she was wired trying to get her down for the night.

She is now asleep next to Tony and I fear moving her. But I am not getting her in the habit of sleeping in our bed so hopefully she will move into the crib alright.

Jiu Jiu went to bed at 9 tonight because he is not feeling well. So I hope Halainah did not get us all sick.

We visited a beautiful Taoist Temple today in the countryside. There was a lot of history, paintings and neat stories. But Tony and I missed most of it because we were trying to comfort Lainey Bug. But the grounds were beautiful and the paintings were beautiful.

One of the things we find most amusing in China are the signs. I will post a picture of just one of the many signs that we can't figure out what they mean. If you can figure it out, let me know.

Today was a rough day and it made me feel like I don't want to be on the run anymore. China is beautiful but having a cranky baby and trying to do things in freezing cold weather is not what I would call a picture in the park. I don't have that many pictures of Halainah today since she was a little under the weather and didn't really feel like being a ham for the camera. I pray that tomorrow she starts to feel a little better and we will have our spunky daughter back. I am going to try and move her in her crib now so I can go to sleep. Enjoy the pics.