Two Teegans

We had  Sweet Teegan and somewhere between Guangzhou and Zhengzhou we found we also had Mean Stinker Teegan.  Mean Stinker Teegan is quick to tantrum, spit on you, scream, hit, and can destroy a hotel room in seconds flat.  Just when you are feeling exhausted, Sweet Teegan will come back and give you a kiss on the cheek.  Oh yeah, Mean Stinker Teegan will throw vegetables across the room to avoid eating them but Sweet Teegan loves vegetables.  He's exhibiting pretty typical two-year old behavior but imagine a two-year old who has parents and jie jies too dumb to understand what he is trying to tell them and you have one frustrated two-year old.  We've taken him from the only life he has ever known, across China through sights he has never seen, away from everything and everyone he is familiar with.  Of course he's having tantrums.  I would worry if he didn't.  And oh yeah, we gave him six shots and a TB test.  Those six shots made him run fever for two days and I imagine he felt pretty bad also.  Good news, he doesn't have TB and I have that shot record in English with SmithKlineGlaxo lot numbers.  We should not have to repeat any shots in the US.

In additon to completing more paper work for Teegan's visa, we've been going outside, going on tours, and just walking around so that we don't have to endure tantrums in close quarters.  It is also nice to get a break from the hotel room.  We went to a buddhist temple, the famous Chin family house, shopping at jade and pearl markets.  The "pearl market" was a six story mall with nothing but jewelry for sale.  Today we went to the Zoo and sweated until we couldn't. After another lunch of, guess what?, more Chinese food!, we came back to nap.  Actually, Tara went on her daily trek in search of interesting photos--stay tuned for the Chinese medicine market pictures on her blog. Teegan and I woke from our nap to a thunderstorm and a wet Tara, so no playing in the park this afternoon.

Here are some pictures of my Teegans.