Plane Tickets - Check

Last night we did our first big purchase for our journey to China!  After many emails with many questions from me, the "What If" girl, to our travel agent we have decided to fly with Korean Air.  This is pretty exciting for us because we have been told by many in the adoption community that this is one of the best airlines! It is usually one of the more expensive airlines to travel, but yesterday their prices were beating Delta's!  Even better is the fact that we will not have to leave out of Hong Kong, but we are able to leave Guangzhou, the city where we will be staying the last leg of our trip.  This saves us from having to ride a train or rent a van to take us to another place and try to book another hotel room.  The least amount of times we have to move Cherry Blossom the better!

So,  the grand date of our departure is......

 

Three Weeks Away from TOMORROW!!!

 

 

 

On that day we will get up REALLY early to sit and wait for our plane at the Nashville Airport. We hop on a flight to Chicago, then a long 13 hour (eeeekkkk! ) flight to Seoul Korea.  From there we get on our final flight to the city where our Cherry Blossom is right now, Beijing.  Total we will be in the hour for over 16 hours but sitting in airports for another 5-6.  What is crazy is that we will not arrive to our hotel until late Friday night! 

 

Cherry Blossom's country is 13 hours ahead of us.  So, as I am typing this she is finishing up her lunch.  Pretty soon she will be eating lunch with me and hopefully adjusting to our time zone!

 

The next best thing to arriving in China is celebrating a special event that will be celebrated every year....

 

GOTCHA DAY!!!!

This special day is March 4th!!  This is the day we finally get to meet our little girl!  This is the day she finally has her forever family!  This is the day we will celebrate, but may be difficult for her.  This is a day that could be filled with laughter and/or tears.  This is the day that this mommy can finally hold her daughter in her arms!  This is the day that she could become a "Daddy's girl".  This is the day we have been praying for since we decided to be parents.  This is the day our Cherry Blossom has to leave her friends and nannies that she has been with since she was one years old.  This is the day that there will be one less orphan in the world. 

This is the day we have WAITED for!

 

 

 

 

Just typing that brought tears to my eyes, so I can just imagine what I will be on that day in less then a month. 

 

And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me.

Matthew 18:5