Seven days and counting!

Holy moly we are in single digits now!  We spent the weekend putting up some of our Christmas decorations.. and yes I agree.. it’s early.  Too early!  But we figured we could get some of it done so we can have more time to enjoy the holidays when we return.  We do a lot for Christmas and we really enjoy it. 

I’ve started putting things aside for the trip.  I haven’t started packing yet, that’ll be next weekend.  And I’m not really sure how to best pack for this trip.  OK, So Beijing is in the North, currently the average high has been in the 50s.  Last week it snowed!  Then in Zhengzhou, the weather is just like here.  The city of Zhengzhou is within minutes of our latitude! (34.0degrees and 34.7degrees!)  THAT is cool!  Then our last stop is Guangzhou, they are like Key West….makes for quite the packing conundrum.

Need to get to the store to get liquid medicines; all of ours were REALLY old now that Robyn does the chewy ones instead of the liquid.  UG.  What a pain.  I’m getting excited and scared.  Is she going to cry a lot?  Is she going to bond like Robyn did?  And then there’s all the traveling and being in hotels, not sleeping.  Not looking forward to that part.. and yet.. I am.  This time we can’t WAIT to eat the delicious food!  Last time we were a bit wary of what to expect and now we are like..  yummo! 

Also, we are really hoping that there are others in our group and we aren’t alone.  I’m going to email the agency this week and see if anyone else will be doing this with us.  We didn’t have that last time and I’ve heard some pretty cool stories from other families about the friends and such they made on our their adoption trip. 

The plan is to update the blog daily, as best I can.  This all depends on internet connection and how tired I may or may not be.  Most likely we will NOT be on facebook.  Don’t want to deal with the Great Firewall of China.  Somethings are just not worth it.  We will be on Skype.  Email or message us and I’ll be happy to share our account name and you can try and connect with us while we are there. 

Keep us in your prayers please as we embark, as a family, to our next adventure.   Here we go from a party of three.. to a party of four.

ZaiJian,

~Donna