We arrived home Aug 19th at midnight. Poor Jay fell asleep on the couch waiting up. Mark was fussy in the airport and had a long flight with fitful sleep on the plane. A few more naps in the car on the way home has now totally disrupted his sleep. We were met at the airport by Kim, Greg, Elyssa, Alex and Tyler. What a reception!!! posters, roses and lots of hugs, tears and laughter. Mark had a 2 am bath and settled to sleep at 2:30. He slept in till 12:45 as did his mom! I have been up and down in the night checking on the little guy and nursing a sore throat and headcold. I had a bit of a scratchy throat in China for the last three days and prayed that it would hold off until I got home...prayers are answered so now I have a cold complete with drippy nose, sore throat and packed sinuses. Hopefully it will only last a week or so. Doug has a cough, more like a dry hack that he blames on the air pollution in China. Mark has a continuous runny nose. What a fine family photo we would make right now. The good news is that Mark right away went to the cats making meowing sounds and petting them gently. He is letting the dogs lick his hands and is trying to feed them what he does not want! Sorry son the dogs do not like broccoli either so eat up! We will soon be up for entertaining everyone. Stay tuned!