Catching Up On Our Trip

Catching up on this adventure.  We left on Wednesday, September 13, 2017.  Heading to Beijing for a few days and we will meet a few other families who are also EAC / IAN families.  We are having trouble with getting photos to upload onto the blog.  So, we will try to update the photos she. We can and hopefully we can figure this out before we get home.

First leg of this trip complete.  Elliot made it!  He got a little nervous when we took off.  Once we were in the air he settled down.  He says he is an expert now and he is ready to go to China.  First full day in Beijing we climbed a section of the Great Wall and did some shopping.  Still very tired.  Joel was lucky enough to catch a cold the day we left for China.  He's been taking some cold medicine he can't read anything on the box.  He's still alive.  Second day we visited Tienimen Square and the Forbidden City.  Lots of walking!  Elliot is struggling with the food.

It's now Sunday and we flew to a Nanjing this morning.  This is the where we get the babies, tomorrow!  Arrived mid-afternoon and the hotel is in a great area with lots of things to do all around the hotel.  This town is "home" of Confusious.  It also has a large wall around the city that is hundreds of years old.  We climbed the wall and it was really cool and had some great views of the city.  We also took a boat ride through the city and this was also nice to see.  Tonight we went to grocery store and bought some cheerios and snacks for this kids along with some zippy cups and other needed supplies.  Getting excited to finally see the kids and hold them.  It's getting real that we are actually adopting two kids which makes it a total of six.  Never would have thought I would have six kids!  We are traveling with some other families and they are all great.

Our guide is "Joe" and he is awesome.  Doing a great job coordinating, planning, and entertaining all of us.  Tomorrow is Gotcha Day and we will try to update as soon as we can.

To Winnie and Rhett, we love you more than you know.  Can't wait until tomorrow when we can hold and love you.  Your lives are about to change and you will be home forever.