Happy Birthday Daniel!

Daniel had a very special birthday today. His day started with a Skype birthday call from sister Madi. We can see that he's becoming more familiar with her since we've been Skyping. What a blessing modern technology is!

We spent our day going to the safari park (zoo). It was Daniel's first trip to the zoo, and you could see on his face that he was amazed by the animals. There was one point (shown in a photo) where Daddy took Daniel to feed the giraffes, and the poor little guy just freaked out. We got to see a live panda habitat and koala bears. Daniel fell asleep with Grandpa on the way back. Tonight we went to the Italian restaurant again with all the Holt families. We sang happy birthday to Daniel several times and he loved it. Apparently, the tune is the same in Chinese and it was clear that he recognized it.

Tomorrow is our oath-taking ceremony at the US Consulate. Only a few more days and we'll be home. It seems like we've been gone for months. We cannot wait to get home to be reunited with our gorgeous little girl. We miss her terribly.