{"id":3283,"date":"2015-05-25T06:56:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T23:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2015-05-25T06:56:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T23:56:13","slug":"lilly-returns-with-a-new-family-member-52015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=3283","title":{"rendered":"Lilly returns with a new family member, 5\/20\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sleep was weird last night, for both of us. We would sleep for a while then wake up, then doze off again, but never for very long. It is, however, nice to be back in our regular bed. Our ayi is coming in early today, so I have to get everything straightened out before she arrives. She came in around 8:00am and paid for the iPhone we purchased in Ft. Worth and brought back. The phone is actually for Lilly\u2019s brother. I can\u2019t even remember how many iPhones and iPads we\u2019ve bought for the family. This will be the last one though.<\/p>\n

My plan was to swim today, but I\u2019m still \u201cbuzzed\u201d from the flight yesterday. Also, Lilly\u2019s mom indicated Lilly would be coming by today to visit with the new baby. I haven\u2019t seen Lilly since she left the first week of December to return to her hometown to have the baby. The baby was born Dec 18th<\/sup>, not long after she got home. She returned to Beijing for the first time last week. She\u2019s hoping to get enough work to stay. She doesn\u2019t want to go back to live in her hometown.<\/p>\n

I make a trip to the wet market, and back to the apartment to wait for Lilly to arrive. When she arrives, we have a nice visit. The baby girl, named Hu Xinyi, is cute. She can\u2019t seem to figure out what\u2019s the deal with my face. I\u2019m probably the first western face she\u2019s seen, and there is definitely some confusion. She also spends a lot of time looking around the apartment.<\/p>\n

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Lilly and her daughter Xinyi<\/p><\/div>\n

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Xinyi and grandma<\/p><\/div>\n

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After the three of them leave, I ate some lunch, then rode the bike over to the police station to register our return to China from the US. This should be the last time I have to do this. I\u2019m just now beginning to get the hang of it, and the clerk recognizes me, making it even easier.<\/p>\n

Back home, I mixed up some vegetable soup, and started it cooking. Judy gets home and is really tired. We ate a relaxing dinner while Judy tried to recover from the day. There\u2019s no way I could have taught classes today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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