We are leaving-let the countdown begin

Well, finally I can say we are leaving. The countdown has begun, and we have been crazy busy trying to get ready to go. The house has been cleaned, the yardwork done, laundry still being done, clothes packed and then unpacked, documents photocopied, etc. This is really happening!!

We are now just 6 days away from Miss Elizabeth and can not wait to meet her. Personally I never thought I would say this, but I am actually looking forward to our flight so that I can sit down and not think about the million things that still have to get done, and maybe, just maybe catch up on some sleep. For the last few nites, when I go to bed, I continue to lie there for about an one hour before I finally drift off, then no matter what time I go to sleep, I am awake again between 4:30 and 6 AM. This is VERY unusual behavior for me, that is for sure.

People have been asking what they can do for us. At this point all we ask is for prayers for a safe and healthy journey. I, in particular, have been very concerned about getting ill while we are away and will take plenty of precautions to try and avoid this. We also hope and pray that Elizabeth is relatively healthy and will adjust to us quickly and without too much trauma. We received an updated photo of her last week but I still have not figured out how to rotate the photo and save it to the blog all at the same time. Just wait though-in about 6 days this blog will blow up with plenty of photos of our girl!!!!

We will try to post to our blog as much as possible while in China. I know that Blogger was blocked in Beijing even as late as last week, so we will just have to see how creative I can get to post.

Likely our next post will be from China! Until next time..............