Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder

Saturday was a travel day. I don't think I took any pictures, so you just get to read my ramblings. We had a 0500 wake up call (that is before the sun for you non-military types) and out to the bus at 0620. Yuck. Timothy did very well with the whole travel thing, other than needing to be bao (held) all the time. He loves to fly! He squealed with delight on each take off and about split his face smiling. Once again he kept everyone around us entertained with his chattering in Chinese. The man in front of us spoke English, so he translated some of what Timothy was saying. Sitting next to the Serby's was a very nice older lady. She was the perfect Grandma type. She was traveling to Guangzhou and told us she would help us in the airport at Huangzhou where we had a short layover. We didn't have to change planes but were required to deplane. Just as we were about to touch down in Huangzhou, the pilot cranked up the throttle and took off again. We made a big circle back into the landing pattern and landed about 20 minutes later. We are not sure of the reason for the touch and go, but it was skillfully performed and people were only slightly concerned. When we did land, he got a round of applause. It was much hotter in Guangzhou than in Changchun by about 30 degrees. It was good to see the other families with their babies and some with older children. Oh, about the flight to Guangzhou...as soon as we pushed back from the gate Zachary Serby announced that he needed to go pee. He couldn't get up to use the facility as we were close to take off. So, the lady next to them, the grandma one, talked him into peeing into Mike's tea bottle which was about half full already. It took a lot of convincing, but Zachary finally did it and was much relieved. The funniest thing about the whole event is that the lady is a high ranking government official from Changchun who was traveling on government business. I guess she took Chairman Mao's command for the government workers to serve the people quite literally. What a hoot! They ended up leaving the bottle in the seat pocket. We hoped none of the cleaning crew got thirsty as they were cleaning up.
Timothy remains the little emperor. He is so smart and inquisitive. I am sure you all will have a good time getting to know him. I feel sorry for his Sunday school teachers. Oh wait, that would be me wouldn't it? Hmmm....Ronnie can I change my mind???
More later with pictures.