TA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or in terms that are easier to understand, WE ARE GOING TO CHINA !!!!!

So, once again I got called while in the car, TOTALLY caught off guard (that's OK though, it's ALL GOOD!) We booked and paid for our flights to Beijing today, and we will get the rest of the information on Friday.

What we know so far:

We leave on Friday Sept. 11 (I know, not the day I would have chosen to fly, but we will create our own new "lucky" memory for this date - not to belittle anyone else's tragic memories, but it's time to start new HAPPY ones.)
We arrive home on Friday Sept. 25th - late at night, I believe (haven't got the tickets in hand yet so I can't remember exact time.)

We will apparently be signing for our adoption on the 15th, meaning we will meet our daughter no later than the 14th (hopefully the 13th??)as we arrive in China on the 12th in the late afternoon/evening.

For now, panic has started to set in, looking at the MANY MANY little things we have yet to do before we leave... AAAGGGGHHH !!!!

Besides that, life is good!

Stay tuned for more details as they are made available to us... And join us on the roller coater ride that is our ADOPTION !

No news is... NO news!

That old saying really doesn't apply here, NO NEWS really is NO NEWS (not good news:( !!

We still have no TA (travel approval) and are hoping to maybe hear something on Monday. Other families in the US and Europe have received theirs, so I can only hope that our wait is almost over and that we will soon be on a plane.
But for now... No news means we still get to sit here and WAIT!

I really am done waiting...done done! I hope this week-end goes by quickly, but it likely won't. "A watched pot never boils!" Why does that 'saying' get to work and not the first one? NO fair!!!

Care Package across the world

Technology is so wonderful (at times!)
We were able to contact a lady in China (Ann at redthreadchina@yahoo.com) who, for a small fee, put together a cute litte care package for Emily and tranlated a letter we wrote into Chinese for the Director of the orphanage. I wish I could see Emily in that cute little PJ - I hope I will very SOON. I pray the pictures that they take turn out OK. I know not to keep my hopes too high, but a small souvernir from her first 8 months of life will be nice for her to have.


Every day is a day closer to you Emily... We're coming...