Have tickets... will travel!!!

And soooooon!!!  That's right, we have purchased our airline tickets and will be leaving to go get Little G on April 30!  Less than 2 weeks from now we will be in Beijing!  

We don't have our "in country" itinerary yet, but most likely our trip will look something like this:

• Friday afternoon arrive in Beijing.  Tour the Great Wall, Summer Palace, Forbidden City, etc on Saturday and Sunday.

• Monday fly to Guangzhou (southern China) in the morning and MEET LITTLE G in the afternoon!!!  The day we've been waiting for for soooooooooo long!!!

• Tuesday sign adoption papers and he's ours... forever and ever!!!  

• Wednesday - Monday do siteseeing/sightseeing around Guangzhou.    Hopefully sometime during that week we will get to visit the orphanage where Little G has lived since he was one day old.  I think the medical exams are usually on that Saturday, but I'm not sure.  

• Tuesday we have our appointment with the US consulate to finish up paperwork and get Little G's visa.

• Wednesday wrap things up.

• Thursday head home.  We get back late the 14th.  
  

As we find out more details I'll let you know.   In the meantime, would you pray for us?  

• Please pray that everything would go smoothly in regard to travel and the adoption.  
• Please pray for Little G--that he will be healthy (no colds, stuffy nose, etc. that will cause him troubles on the plane trip home).  
• Also pray for him as he transitions from the life he has always known, the people he has always known, the sights, the sounds, the smells, the tastes, the surroundings.  I can imagine those first couple days will be hard on the little fella.  We are so excited to get him, and it would be "picture perfect" if he came running to us with open arms saying, "mommy, daddy"... but more likely, he will wonder "who are you and why are you taking me away from my nanny?"  We realize there will be an adjustment period, we just pray that it won't be too hard on any of us.   
• Pray that we would know how to help him with the transition and that we would be sensitive to his needs.  
• Pray that all the doctors' appointments that we will have when we get home will go well, that a plan of action will be quickly made so that Little G's lip and palate can be repaired quickly and he can get on with being a healthy, happy kid.  Pray that it won't be too overwhelming for the little fella.  He's got a VERY busy first two weeks "home".  

Well, back to cleaning and packing and all those other things I need to do.  

12 days & 15 hours until we leave!! :)  

(But who's counting????!!!)