Good morning!

It was an interesting first night. We have 2 full-size beds so one of slept with Anyssa during the night. She is very restless! She tossed and turned and then would be very still. In the middle of the night we heard a loud THUMP...she fell out of bed but did not wake up. We put her back into bed and I tucked the covers in tighly so she couldn't fall out again. She is very resilient.

Emily told us that not many children have come out of that social welfare institute. She did a child herself about 12 years ago. She said there are about 70 people there and not just little kids...older kids too.

We will eating breakfast and then heading to the civil affairs office to sign paperwork and make our donations. Then the ball is rolling. Tomorrow we tour Chengdu and YES! we get to see pandas! I asked Emily if I could hold one and she said yes, but expensive...like $175 - 200. Hey...when am I going to get the chance to ever hold a panda again? Hopefully it happens!