Bittersweet

Today is truly a bittersweet day. More bitter than sweet. My parents, Kailey and Justin left very early this morning (they were downstairs by 6 am) to catch the shuttle to the Hong Kong airport. It was hard to say good bye to them. We know without a doubt they will be well cared for, but they just want to go home. They did not want to leave us or their new little brother. They are going to be hangin out at my parents' house or at the bookstore, according to my parents' schedules. It was good that they left as it will be so much cheaper to use their tickets as originally planned, only changing ours. It also cuts down on the expenses here since we are feeding fewer people. It will also give Greg and I some alone time with Elijah to really get to know him without others around. We were still very sad to see them go. Mom and Dad have been a great help taking care of things, helping with the children, and encouraging us to try new things.

We have moved to a new room at the hotel. Our hotel has the original building, plus they have an addtional building called the Annex. Our room is so much larger now! Before we took two slightly-larger-than-a-single sized beds and pushed them together. Now we have a real king sized bed. We also have a small sitting room separated from the main room by a half wall. We have a computer and free internet access as well. The other advantage to moving rooms is Elijah will not be looking for Kailey, Justin, Nana, and Papa in this room. He already plays more and isn't nearly as fussy here. In the other room, he started fussing and following Greg as soon as he got into the room. He hasn't done that here.

Elijah is taking his nap now. Greg has gone to drop of our laundry one last time. I could get used to sending my dirty clothes out and having them come back clean and neatly folded! We do not have any big plans for the rest of today. Just spending time with our new son.