Tuesday, January 27, 2009

We have a date!!

Well, we finally have a date when we will have our daughter in our arms!!

Here is our itinerary:

2/5 Leave for China
2/6 Arrive in Beijing
2/7 Visit the Great Wall & the Forbidden City (we will have the final on this soon)
2/8 Leave for Nanchang
2/9 We finally meet Elena!!!
2/10 the Adoption becomes official!!
2/11 We visit her orphanage - I so can't wait to see where our little girl has spent the beginning of her life!
2/12 Visit the Temple of Tengwang Ge
2/13 Pick up Elena's passport
2/14 Leave for Guangzhou
2/15 Visit Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Zoo
2/16 Elena has her Medical visit and gets her Visa Photo
2/17 Visit The Six Banyan Temple
2/18 Our American Consulate appointment
2/19 Go to the American Consulate for taking oath and to pick up Elena's Visa!
2/20 We leave for home!!!

Me & Murry are excited - Bob is getting a bit more nervous as the date gets closer!!

This is going to be the LONGEST I have EVER been away from Bobby & Chance - I think this will be the HARDEST part of the entire trip!! I know they will be fine - we have so many people that will help watch over them - its just ME missing them that will be HARD!! The good thing is - is we are going to try to stay in contact with them via Video - hopefully it will work!! And although Melissa isn't my daughter - I fell as though she might as well be - I will also miss talking to her - how is she going to be able to survive without me (just kidding) I know she will be fine as well - but 2 weeks is a VERY long time!!

Wow, what an experience this will be!! Our parents as well as the rest of our friends and family are EAGERLY awaiting the arrival of our little ELENA - and FINALLY we can say without a DOUBT when that will be!! Hopefully, I will be able to continue to blog while we are in CHINA so please stay tuned!!

Love to all and Thank you SO much for all of your support!!

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Waiting to travel...

Well, its official - we received our Travel Approval on 1/21 and we already have our Consulate appointment for 2/18. We are just waiting for our agency's contact to finalize the travel itinerary so we can book our flights!! The best part about this is it appears as though we will finally get to hold Elena in our arms on either the 9th or the 10th!! I can't begin to tell you how excited we are!!

By the looks of things we may be traveling 2/5 - in the meantime I am scrambling to get things done at home and at work - I can't wait to finally have this trip booked, our bags packed and on our way to meet our baby!!

Elena - Mommy, Daddy & Aunt Murry are coming!! We will be there soon!! We LOVE YOU!!