Matt, Michelle, Vera, and Kai in China

Things here are going well. The kids are both doing really well. Vera loves having a little brother and seems to be growing up more each day. Right now she is coloring and cutting at her little table. She's been at it for almost an hour. She finally understands what we mean when we ask, "Why?" The bad thing about this is that when we tell her she can't do something, she asks, "Why not?" Kai keeps growing. He's up to about 15 pounds! Right now he's watching football with Daddy, eating his hands, cooing, and starting to think about eating again. He's still waking up quite a bit at night, but thankfully he gave me a little bit of a break last night, sleeping from 10 to 4 before waking to eat.

We took a mini vacation to Hong Kong last week. After such a busy summer we decided to take some time away as a family. Here are a few pictures from our vacation.

Our first morning in Hong Kong, we went to the Zoological and Botanical Gardens.

Aunt Nancy (who lives in HK) got to meet Kai for the first time.

Vera and Nancy looking at the Pygmy Marmosets. Very cute, tiny little mammals!

Daddy and Vera riding swings in the park next to the Gardens.

Watching the waterfall in Hong Kong Park.

Playing in the waterfall.

Then they found another "waterfall".

After spending two days on Hong Kong Island, we went to Cheung Chau Island for a couple of quiet days. It's a fishing island with no vehicles. The retreat center we stayed in was a 25 minute walk uphill! After going up, we decided not to go down again until it was time to leave! We did end up going down once to get dinner and groceries.

There was a typhoon in Hong Kong while we were there. We ended up walking down to the ferry in the rain.

There was another family staying with us in the house at the retreat center. They are from New Zealand but live in Malaysia. Vera had a blast playing with the kids. We didn't take any picture with them until this one on the ferry ride back to Hong Kong.