We got word today that we have received approval from China to travel. We have been expecting to travel around October 5th but we could go as early as SEPTEMBER 13. Oh my, freaking out!
Our agency will provide the US Consulate with several date options for our appointment and that will determine when we actually go. Hopefully we will know that within a few days. Stay tuned!
Banner pictures
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
care package ready to go!
We've been a bit delayed with Emerson's care package because we wanted to fill the little baby picture book with pictures of us - we couldn't find pictures so yesterday we visited my Mom and she pulled it all together. Thanks Mom.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
New books
Got a few new books last night:
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adopted Parents Knew
Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child
Baby We Were Meant for Each Other (by NPR's Scott Simon)
I started with the light reading and Brian started with the heavy one. My choice is impossible to read in my own voice at my own pace - Scott Simon is filling my head (I listen to him every Saturday morning and heard him reading passages from this book last week so I've got it down perfectly). There is some controversy about his book, mainly about the title I think, but I'm gonna give it a read before I decide. It's about his personal experience adopting 2 baby girls from China as well as other adoption stories from people he met along the way.
A few non-Emerson comments: the book store was having some sort of Star Wars gathering so we were surrounded by storm troopers, jedi knights, bounty hunters, and DARTH VADER. I walked behind Darth Vader and felt a little ping of terror, for real. Then I worked up my courage and took a picture with him. Just a little scary. And, to be honest, the trip to the book store was my ruse to get near Yogurt Land, which we visited afterwards (yum!). Luckily we came away with some great books.
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adopted Parents Knew
Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child
Baby We Were Meant for Each Other (by NPR's Scott Simon)
I started with the light reading and Brian started with the heavy one. My choice is impossible to read in my own voice at my own pace - Scott Simon is filling my head (I listen to him every Saturday morning and heard him reading passages from this book last week so I've got it down perfectly). There is some controversy about his book, mainly about the title I think, but I'm gonna give it a read before I decide. It's about his personal experience adopting 2 baby girls from China as well as other adoption stories from people he met along the way.
A few non-Emerson comments: the book store was having some sort of Star Wars gathering so we were surrounded by storm troopers, jedi knights, bounty hunters, and DARTH VADER. I walked behind Darth Vader and felt a little ping of terror, for real. Then I worked up my courage and took a picture with him. Just a little scary. And, to be honest, the trip to the book store was my ruse to get near Yogurt Land, which we visited afterwards (yum!). Luckily we came away with some great books.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
mailed travel docs (days ago)
I have been out of town this week, not far, but still out of town. It was hard to be away from home when I have so much to think about: when are we going to China, when are we going to China, when are we going to China, when are we going to China??????
As you can tell, we don't know when we are going to China yet. Waiting for travel authorization (TA) from China and for an appointment with the US embassy in Guangzhou. We expect to have all this in about a week which means we can book our flights. We did take care of all the required travel paperwork for our agency - had to squeeze in a trip to the bank for notarizing on Monday morning and it all went into the mail that day.
Emerson's space in my heart is growing each day.
As you can tell, we don't know when we are going to China yet. Waiting for travel authorization (TA) from China and for an appointment with the US embassy in Guangzhou. We expect to have all this in about a week which means we can book our flights. We did take care of all the required travel paperwork for our agency - had to squeeze in a trip to the bank for notarizing on Monday morning and it all went into the mail that day.
Emerson's space in my heart is growing each day.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
new pictures posted!
Top errand of the day is complete... our other two pictures are scanned and shared!
imagining where she is right now
I am supposed to be somewhere at 9:30 but not sure I'm gonna make it...
Reading about her Province and City and I came across a few pictures taken at her orphanage, the Yangxi County Welfare Institute, so one of these cribs could be where she is sleeping right this second. This came from another blog, so I sure hope I didn't break any rules by doing this. Had to share.
first visit to Babies R Us
We went to Babies R Us last night to buy the things we want to put into her care package. I thought it would be completely overwhelming but it wasn't at all. We walked every inch of the store and thought about all the things we were going to need. No decisions, no big purchases, just taking it all in.
We did buy a few things for her care package which we will mail to her next week, following the very specific guidelines that exist for care packages. Have to make sure it fits into a shoe size box:
-baby photo book which we'll fill with pictures of ourselves and our 4-legged babies. It's soft and crinkly with handle perfect for teething so hopefully she'll like playing with it and get time to look at us too :)
-two little stuffed guys that make noises. According to her records, she likes toys that make noise (and so do I) so I picked the ones that had the noise I most enjoyed.
-a little blanket stuffed animal. I don't know what these things are called but my nieces had one that they were completely attached to. This one has a monkey head, soft top, satin underneath.
-a blanket - light green like her rooom with a few fish pictures like we plan for her room. Not sure this will fit in the box, we'll see.
We still want to get a stuffed animal so that's another errand for the day.
We did buy a few things for her care package which we will mail to her next week, following the very specific guidelines that exist for care packages. Have to make sure it fits into a shoe size box:
-baby photo book which we'll fill with pictures of ourselves and our 4-legged babies. It's soft and crinkly with handle perfect for teething so hopefully she'll like playing with it and get time to look at us too :)
-two little stuffed guys that make noises. According to her records, she likes toys that make noise (and so do I) so I picked the ones that had the noise I most enjoyed.
-a little blanket stuffed animal. I don't know what these things are called but my nieces had one that they were completely attached to. This one has a monkey head, soft top, satin underneath.
-a blanket - light green like her rooom with a few fish pictures like we plan for her room. Not sure this will fit in the box, we'll see.
We still want to get a stuffed animal so that's another errand for the day.
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