Plane tickets and hotel reservations? CHECK!
Small amounts of sink-washable clothing crammed into space-saving bags? CHECK!
Every med known to man out of its box and organized neatly in Tupperware? CHECK!
Beachball, stacking cups, HABA rattle, and Elmo puppet board book? CHECK!
Tremendous excitement and lots of "holy crap!" thoughts? CHECK!
Yep, we're gettin' ready. Our flight leaves Chicago at 1:00am on 2/10 and arrives in Beijing (after a short layover in Seoul--how cool is that, Josiah?!?) at about 11:00am on 2/11. From there we'll go to our hotel and hit the town! We have plans to see the Summer Palace and Panda Garden on 2/12, the Forbidden City on 2/13, the Great Wall on 2/14, and hopefully the opera and maybe an acrobat show in the evenings before boarding a plane headed for Nanchang on 2/15...and yes, according to our schedule she should be in our arms on 2/15 at 5:00pm! HOORAY!!! (I mean, 'HOORAY' is like the biggest understatement in the world, but I guess y'all understand that there just aren't words...)
Our schedule from our agency's travel coordinator has us in Nanchang (Jiangxi province) until 2/21 when we fly to Guangzhou (Guangdong province) for the Consulate stuff (that's the official name for it--'Consulate stuff'.) We leave Guangzhou on 2/26 and arrive back in Chicago on 2/26 at 7:30pm. (And then the crazy east to west jetlag kicks in...)
WOW. I can't believe in less than a week we'll be on a plane...
HOORAY!!!
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Do you have a packing list? If you do, save it. I didn't think to save ours, and now I wish I had. It would have been fun to look back at all the little details. :)
sestymi today. Reminds me of Lassie.
Oh the details...it sure is an adventure, isn't it?! (Did you notice that Elmo puppet book is among the few things to make the list? :)
And take pictures of all your stuff in little bags. That should be fun to see at a later date too.
And yes, I'm crying again...
Did you notice that Elmo puppet book is among the few things to make the list?
I did! :D Also, a small container of bubbles might be good. Not so much for the airplane ;), but in hotels they're great. A necklace she can fiddle with (yours, not hers) is also fun...lots of nursing moms use them to keep hands busy while babies are snuggled close, but they're great for adoptive moms too because they encourage closeness/touch/interaction. You can google "nursing necklace" to see what some look like, but it's really easy to make or improvise yor own. (They're also a GREAT distraction on the plane!)
Okay. Advice over. Sorry!
"nesses" today. Nice word. Ooh, the second one is "crypou." Funny.
Hey I just read the blog today...I am so excited....Make sure on that checklist is baby clothes. Also check off lots of hugs & kisses for Kennedy.
I am looking forward to the end of February more and more every day.
Ooooh, BUBBLES! Great idea, E. And I have the necklace all picked out. It's a big 2-sided enameled pendant with a cat on one side and a bird on the other.
And I LOVE your advice. Keep it comin'. I need it. :)
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