Ready!!

Good thing I took the day off!! Packed all morning, did a dry run of fitting the luggage into Denise & Rich's Pacifica :). Ran to Target for last minute purchases, met Denise for a nice lunch, packed some more, picked Soph up from school, went to the chiropractor, dropped her off at mom's to decorate a Christmas tree, picked up some more last minute purchases, packed some more (see a theme developing? LOL ). Ran to the mall for a wattage converter, Denise picked up our luggage to avoid me packing some more, picked up dinner & Sophia, did some things around the house and visited with Bernie and Tracie who will be taking care of the pets and the house!! Phew....it's been a busy day, BUT WE'RE READY!!
We can't wait to start the bonding process with Alena and look forward to sharing our joy with all of you when we return!!

Sophia is so sweet. She got up this morning and wrote the above note to Santa & Mrs. Claus and left them some Playdoh creations she had made them. She amazes me sometimes!!

Here's a bit of what we'll be up to! :
12/14 Depart JFK at 3:30 flight 982 Air China
12/15 Check into Plaza Hotel, Beijing
12/16 Tour Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tian An Men Square
12/17 Fly to Nanning and check into Minyuan Xindu Hotel
12/18 Go get those babies!! (Gotcha Day)
12/21 Tour of Qingxiushan
12/23 Fly to Guangzhou and check into White Swan Hotel
12/24 Tour Chen Family Temple
12/25 Babies' medical exams & Visa pictures
12/28 Fly back to Beijing and catch flight to JFK!!
12/29 Arrive at JFK 1:30PM, flight 981!!