trace

today the group that we should have traveled with to china departed. they will descend between the mountains pictured above, into beijing. we probably would have left a two days later than they, but nonetheless, they are on their way, and we are packing (we will need 3 suitcases), watching melvis movies (for those of you who are firmiliar with melvis, jade has recently been introduced, and finds he and melvina quite interesting), picking up a few last items for trace (backpack, meds) updating the blog- the usual :). included in this group are our neighbors down the street who will be receiving a son who is 6 months younger than trace.
anyhoo...