It's Our Last Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're so close to being home, we can almost taste it.

Miracle finally cried for home last night. I was suprised it took her so long. I cried the first morning we were in Beijing! I told her I was very proud of her, that she had been so brave, so wonderful. I can't imagine what Mike and I would've done if she had stayed home. Things definately wouldn't have gone so smoothly, I can tell you that! She's been such an awesome helper. She fixes bottles, and plays, and last night she even gave Grace her bath! She still hasn't changed a diaper, but it's early days.

Grace has a new name, by the way. She is now The Nightmare. Mike told you she slept for three hours last night, then woke up. He was very optimistic in his opinion about her going back to sleep. That child screamed and cried for almost an hour. How Miracle slept through it I will never know. I could get her to go to sleep, but as soon as I laid her down, she woke right back up. I had told Mike we'd do the just lay her down thing after we were home and more settled. And honestly, I'm so tired and stressed out that listening to her cry is akin to nails on a chalkboard. I just can't take it. I told her yesterday, she's in for a rude awakening when we get home!

She finally went back to sleep sometime after midnight and slept until after 8:00. She was still so tired she "only" ate two pancakes, some watermelon, and some egg. She didn't even take an entire bottle when we got back to our room. Mike and Miracle went swimming and I stayed with Grace. Thankfully, she went to sleep with little problem, and slept for about two hours. They're all at the 7Eleven getting drinks for the day.

We leave for the American visa office at 3:00. We won't be going to the actual American Consulate after all. They moved their visa office to an office building somewhere downtown. Lineker said we should be back around 5:30, then we're taking group pictures in the lobby. After that, we start to pack for home!!