A quiet, healthy day

Today was a day for me to re-enter life after being sick most of yesterday. Thanks to those of you who were praying for me. I'm very grateful to be healthy again.

This morning there was an optional tour to a local museum in Zhengzhou that we could have gone on, but we realized that we needed some quiet time and space to relax with Nathan and recover. So, we leisurely enjoyed our breakfast at the hotel (which has been our favorite meal every day), took a walk with Nathan down to a nearby park with 2 other couples and their babies and came back and played in the hotel's little play room they have set up for our kids. For me, in particular, it was "just what the doctor ordered".


Having a quieter day like this for the three of us was sweet because we could just enjoy Nathan and play together. I loved it when Keith got on one end of the teeter totter (see picture below) and then invited Nathan to join him. You should have heard Nathan squealing in laughter. He really loved it and we were loving it with him.

When you think about all of the moments you share with your children...moments that are the building blocks of your relationship, you know that there are no substitutes for time spent focusing on them. I've loved those times with Drew, Lauren and Emily and now we are beginning to have those memories with Nathan. We were told by his "nannies" that he loves to laugh and every time that laugh comes out, it makes me want to cry (a good kind of cry, of course).

So, there's nothing life changing today but on the other hand it is all the little, daily things that make our lives so rich. And we are definitely having a "rich" life here with our boy. The longer we spend time with him, the more excited I get for him to meet his brother and sisters, his grandparents, uncles and aunts, 12 cousins and friends.

"This is the day the LORD has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it"