Sorry to have been MIA.  With the rush of getting  home, and then the great jet-lag fatigue setting in, I haven’t been able to blog.  I will try to catch up. We had a great time on our last day in China.  First, we took group pictures and said good-bye to our wonderful travel group. [...]

We are about to head out for the airport.  Thank you all for the support and encouragement.  Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers.  We will check in from CHINA!!

Oh my goodness, 2 days!!  WOW!!  I can hardly believe that in such a short time we will be on our way to our girl!!  I am such a mix of pure excitement and incredible anxiety as it is getting so close.  Plus, I am having to say goodbye to D and K for 2 [...]

Z with our count down numbers! 2 weeks from right now we will be on our way to China!!  Woo-hoo!!  It is definitely starting to feel real.  We got our itinerary yesterday.  Here is what it looks like: Wednesday, October 5-  Depart for Beijing, China, through Seoul, Korea Thursday, October 6-  Arrive in Beijing, go [...]

We tried calling the Consulate, but really had no luck.  After MUCH deliberation, I think we will be leaving on October 5.  Thank you to everyone who sent me messages with different opinions and viewpoints. I took them all very seriously.  So sad that we have to wait another few weeks, but I am trying [...]

Well, our agency told us today that we will not be able to travel next week because they were not able to get our Consulate Appointment.  I am majorly disappointed.  Here are our 2 options: Option 1:  The US Consulate assigned us an appointment date of Oct. 17.  Working backwards from this date, we would [...]

I know I have been MIA for a while.  It isn’t because things were dull around here, because that is never the case.  Unfortunately, I just have not been in a good place about this wait for traveling to China.  In the past few weeks, it has really just gotten to me.  It has seemed [...]

Last night, my wonderful friends threw a baby shower to celebrate Hannah Min.  It was truly an incredible night, and I am so glad that I will be able to tell Hannah how many people loved her, long before we even got to hold her in our arms. We started the night having dinner at [...]

I know everyone makes mistakes.  Ordinarily I try to be very understanding and forgiving when others make honest mistakes, knowing how frequently it happens to me.  Today though, I am not in the mood to be understanding. My agency made a mistake.  They “accidentally” didn’t send our paperwork to the embassy in China 2 1/2 [...]

All 3 kids are in camp this week.  All. 3. Kids.  I have been really looking forward to this week as a time to get busy on my very long to do list before we go to China, and before grandparents come stay in our house for those two weeks.  There is just one problem; [...]