{"id":248,"date":"2008-02-19T22:35:31","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T02:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=248"},"modified":"2010-03-19T22:19:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T02:19:22","slug":"220-wednesday-randys-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/248","title":{"rendered":"2\/20 Wednesday &#8211; Randy&#8217;s Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I figured I&#8217;d give Donna a break and post some stuff for her today.\u00c2\u00a0 For the first time since arriving in China, we actually have a day with no tours, no trips to the CCAA, no sightseeing&#8230;just a day hanging out with my two girls here in Hefei.<\/p>\n<p>I have to start with something for my boys, tho . . . your dad found a game of pickup basketball yesterday outside the market, and Jane (our guide) asked them if I could play.\u00c2\u00a0 It was awesome.\u00c2\u00a0 I finally understand what Shaquille feels like on a basketball court.\u00c2\u00a0 Quite a crowd gathered to watch the crazy American playing basketball with the local guys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/im1.shutterfly.com\/media\/47b8dc38b3127ccec332a420203800000010O08AYt2bRu1cswe3nwE\/cC\/f%3D0\/ps%3D50\/r%3D0\/rx%3D550\/ry%3D400\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our guide said I looked like Michael Jordan&#8230;this place is good for my ego.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/im1.shutterfly.com\/media\/47b8dc38b3127ccec332ecaa209600000010O08AYt2bRu1cswe3nwE\/cC\/f%3D0\/ps%3D50\/r%3D0\/rx%3D550\/ry%3D400\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No harm, no foul.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/im1.shutterfly.com\/media\/47b8dc38b3127ccec3328af4a1cb00000010O08AYt2bRu1cswe3nwE\/cC\/f%3D0\/ps%3D50\/r%3D0\/rx%3D550\/ry%3D400\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think they all wanted to see me dunk the ball.\u00c2\u00a0 They were going to be waiting a LONG time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/im1.shutterfly.com\/media\/47b8dc38b3127ccec332287ba11500000010O08AYt2bRu1cswe3nwE\/cC\/f%3D0\/ps%3D50\/r%3D0\/rx%3D550\/ry%3D400\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Selling produce outside the market.\u00c2\u00a0 It looks good, but I&#8217;m leary of trying it.\u00c2\u00a0 See the weight on the end of her stick that she uses to weigh the produce? \u00c2\u00a0High tech.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a good picture of the hotel where we are staying in Hefei.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s a very nice, 5 star place, but I would avoid the Brazilian BBQ place in the lobby.\u00c2\u00a0 Way too confusing sitting in a hotel in China, eating chinese &#8220;bar-be-que&#8221;, listening to Latin pop music with video screens of women wearing wayyyy to little clothes jumping around on stage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/im1.shutterfly.com\/media\/47b8dc38b3127ccec3338039814f00000010O08AYt2bRu1cswe3nwE\/cC\/f%3D0\/ps%3D50\/r%3D0\/rx%3D550\/ry%3D400\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a picture of an arena across the street from the Lotus Center where they play soccer.\u00c2\u00a0 Notice how pretty the blue sky is?\u00c2\u00a0 Neither do we.\u00c2\u00a0 Jane said that the pollution only clears up enough to see the sky maybe 2-3 days in a week.\u00c2\u00a0 The air is really getting to me, too, and my sinuses and chest are killing me.\u00c2\u00a0 We purchased some Chinese prescription cough syrup at the market . . . only cost 8 Yuan (~ 10 cents), tastes horrible, and I have NO IDEA what&#8217;s in it.\u00c2\u00a0 Seems to be helping, tho.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/im1.shutterfly.com\/media\/47b8dc39b3127ccec330c1e7b94900000010O08AYt2bRu1cswe3nwE\/cC\/f%3D0\/ps%3D50\/r%3D0\/rx%3D550\/ry%3D400\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>O.k&#8230;enough about me and Hefei.\u00c2\u00a0 I know you just want to see pictures of Lainey.\u00c2\u00a0 She is still doing great and more of her personality is beginning to come out.\u00c2\u00a0 Most of it is anger, however, if you change something or do something different.\u00c2\u00a0 That child has a temper.\u00c2\u00a0 She is still not using words, but Donna and I think that might be because of her palate.\u00c2\u00a0 As severe as it is (we finally got a good glimpse, when she was on her back and crying), she may not yet have learned how to talk.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;ll find out about that when we visit the orphanage on Friday.\u00c2\u00a0 We are also struggling to figure out exactly how much to feed the girl . . . she eats like a steam shovel.\u00c2\u00a0 We decided this morning at breakfast to just let her eat until she was done. \u00c2\u00a0Today is the first day that she&#8217;s actually stopped eating on her own.\u00c2\u00a0 Wow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/im1.shutterfly.com\/media\/47b8dc38b3127ccec333378f400a00000010O08AYt2bRu1cswe3nwE\/cC\/f%3D0\/ps%3D50\/r%3D0\/rx%3D550\/ry%3D400\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking at the family book with Baba.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/im1.shutterfly.com\/media\/47b8dc38b3127ccec3337bbb401800000010O08AYt2bRu1cswe3nwE\/cC\/f%3D0\/ps%3D50\/r%3D0\/rx%3D550\/ry%3D400\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walking with Mama, being held in the carrier.\u00c2\u00a0 She leaned back the whole time so she could look around . . . the girl wants to check things out.\u00c2\u00a0 Or, she&#8217;s wary of getting too close just yet.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/im1.shutterfly.com\/media\/47b8dc38b3127ccec332fb6f60c000000010O08AYt2bRu1cswe3nwE\/cC\/f%3D0\/ps%3D50\/r%3D0\/rx%3D550\/ry%3D400\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is that a smile?\u00c2\u00a0 Below Lainey is chilling after a huge breakfast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/im1.shutterfly.com\/media\/47b8dc38b3127ccec3337b7ac1e900000010O08AYt2bRu1cswe3nwE\/cC\/f%3D0\/ps%3D50\/r%3D0\/rx%3D550\/ry%3D400\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks again for all your thoughts, prayers, and comments.\u00c2\u00a0 Makes it seem like we are not so far away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I figured I&#8217;d give Donna a break and post some stuff for her today.\u00c2\u00a0 For the first time since arriving in China, we actually have a day with no tours, no trips to the CCAA, no sightseeing&#8230;just a day hanging out with my two girls here in Hefei. 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