On Tuesday, Schäfer turned two and a half. We don’t usually celebrate half birthdays because for us July is just as busy as December.
After two days of hard rain, the sky was as blue as it could be and we found ourselves out for an evening walk with 4 free hours. Let’s celebrate!

Schäfer rode his bike to the office where we get our mail. It was a rather long bike ride, but after being inside for 2 days he didn’t seem to mind – especially when he saw this digger.

Let’s go downtown and ride your bike around the square! OK! Before we knew it, we hopped on the bus – bike and all. We decided to check out a new hotel that opened last week.

On the 39th floor, we found the most amazing views of Yichang! What a beautiful day!

It’s hard to wrap our minds around how many people live here. Each little apartment square holds a family of 3 or a family of 5 if the grandparents live there! Multiply each apartment by how many floors the building has and well, pretty soon you’re at 1.4 million.

Schäfer loved zooming his bike around the square.

And since we were celebrating 2.5 wonderful years of life, we opted for KFC for supper.

At about 7:30 we took the bus home.

Right now, Schäfer loves to “lay down and swim backwards.” He gets in the tub before the water and lays there until the water covers him completely. He also loves to dive face first in the water and make bubbles.





These are some of my favorite pictures! The glasses, the CLEAR view, drinking the sauce . . . what a fun day for a fun little guy!
Your son is beautiful! Happy Birthday (half)!!!
Love the photos but love the last one the best
That bubble bath picture is TOO CUTE–love it!
Happy 2.5 Birthday to your sweet boy!
And a Happy Birthday to Shorel on the 4th, too!!!