We Made It!!!!!!

Okay, so 28 hrs later we land in Guangzhou! Yeah. The flights were good just really long. We didn't get much sleep on them. We got to sleep at about 2am here and got up at 6am to have breakfast. We hit the streets first thing. It is a crowded but beautiful city. Hope to be able to up-load photos at some point. At breakfast this morning it really hit me that in less than 48 hrs will will have our son. I just started crying. Joe is ready to explore everything here but the humidity is 2x as bad as ours (if you can believe that). Well everyone is sound asleep I am sure as I am typing. It is about 1am there. The hotel is amazing. The bathroom is phenomenal. Hard to believe that you can't even brush your teeth with the water. Not opening your mouth in the shower takes some getting used to. We are going to go for now we only have 15min on the computer. Will try to update every couple of days.

L~ Joe and Denise

So! I do apologize for the lack of blogging! I will give the run down of events really fast then I will post our Itinerary. We received our L.O.A. (letter of acceptance) then our travel approval, then we were given the most amazing shower by the most amazing people. And guess what? Only Amazing People were invited! How about that :-) Then only a few days later we received our Consulate Appointment. Which then put us into a scramble! Now here we are 36hrs away from boarding a plane to China. Some may be wondering what is with all the stuff (L.O.A, Travel Approval, Consulate Appointment etc....) Some times I get used to only talking to people who have been through this process. I find that everything has an abbreviation! Also that no one else knows what you are talking about. Don't worry, it is just the process getting us one step closer to our son and none of it matters now!!! Please say your prayers that I mentally make it through this trip seeing how I am afraid of flying! The reward is worth it. I will try to post pics during our trip. We want to take time to say Thank-you to everyone for their prayers and well wishes. Be sure to check out the links to our hotels.

We Love Y'all!




8-14 7:05am Leave Tallahassee for Guangzhou, China

8-15 11:00pm Arrive in Guangzhou (Their time 11:am 8-15 here)

8-16 Free day in Guangzhou (we will most likely sleep)

8-17 Leave Guangzhou for Zhengzhou, China capital of Henan Province (2hr plane ride)

8-18 Get up early go GET OUR SON!!!!!!!!!!!!! sign some pesky paperwork....hehe

8-19 Free day in Zhengzhou get to know our son

8-20 Wait for Joel's passport to be processed, Free time

8-21 On this day we may take a 2hr train ride to his home city of Luoyang

8-22 Receive his final documents

8-23 leave Zhengzhou head back to Guangzhou

8-24 Free day in Guangzhou

8-25 Joel will get his physical

8-26 Our U.S. Consulate Appointment

8-27 We have our Oath Taking Ceremony at U.S. Consulate

8-28 Free day in Guangzhou

8-29 8:20 am leave for home!