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Sunday, July 12, 2009

We're going to China!!!!

And now we have 2 day less to wait to meet this little cutie pie!!! (Check out our little girl able to hold her fork in one hand & her plate of cake in the other! Looks like we have an eater; will fit perfectly in this family!!!) We are still leaving July 22 (10 days from now!!! OMG!!!) & will be landing in Beijing on July 24th! But now instead to July 28, we meet Micalee on Sunday, July 26 (exactly 2 weeks from today!!!)!!!! We are excited & nervous & busy packing, weighing luggage, packing some more, going over lists, paperwork, etc. We got our revised intinerary from GWCA last week. It was so exciting to see we are now getting to meet her 2 days earlier than we had thought! We will get her shortly after getting to her province on that Sunday! Remember, in China, we will be about 12 or 13 hours ahead of ya'll here, so that would be about 4:00am your time! I hope she has smooth transition! Here's our new intinerary:
  • 7/22: Leave Shreveport (we're having to spend the night in Houston the first night of travel)
  • 7/23: Leave USA for long trip to China (by way of Houston to Newark, then to Beijing!)
  • 7/24: Land in Beijing (Staying at Ploy Plaza)
  • 7/25: Sightseeing Tour to the Great Wall, Forbinnen City & Tian An Men Square
  • 7/26: Leave Beijing & fly to Nanchang (Jiangxi Province - where Micalee is), get to new hotel (Nanchang Jinfeng Hotel) around 10:30 am & meet Micalee at 4:00 pm!!!!
  • 7/27: Do paperwork (I believe this is where Micalee is considered legally ours in the eyes of the Chinese government!
  • 7/28: Shopping for Micalee
  • 7/29: Sightseeing to XiangHu Park
  • 7/30: Sightseeing to Teng Wang Ge
  • 7/31: Get Micalee's passport & leave Micalee's province & fly to Guangzhou (staying at White Swan Hotel)
  • 8/1: Micalee's get TB skin test (I'm still not happy about this!!!)
  • 8/2: Sightseeing tour to Chen Family Temple
  • 8/3: Sightseeing tour to Yantai Park
  • 8/4: Micalee's medical exam (poor baby!) & visa photo day (& probably chest xray since TB skin test will most likely be positive since she has had BCG vaccine - nope, still not happy about this!!!)
  • 8/5: All documents go to American Consulate (I guess free day for us - shopping, sightseeing, bonding, etc!)
  • 8/6: American Consulate Interview & pick up Micalee's visa
  • 8/7: Leave Guangzhou & fly to Beijing to get flight back to USA!!! (again, thru Newark to Houston)
  • 8/8: Should be back to Shreveport around noon (spending 8/7 night in Houston before flying home)!!!

3 comments:

gp said...

I found your blog from chinaadoptionsites.blogspot.com. Congratulations on your travel plans! Which agency are you with?

I live in China (but am currently emailing you from Spokane, WA) and have developed www.chineseforparents.com for families who are getting ready to travel. You are probably frantically getting ready to go, but you may find the program very interesting.

Email me if you have questions.

Sincerely,
Grant Pemberton
grant@chineseforparents.com

Sophie's World said...

HI we just got back from nanchang for an adoption. if you need anyt tip please feel free to email me. it was wonderful. bug your guide to take you to the water show there at night. enjoy!

Karen and Jon said...

We got our itinerary yesterday and it's very similair to yours. Looks like we will be in Nanchang and Guangzhou the same days as you guys. Safe travels!!!!