The Waiting Game continues...

I am sitting here on this beautiful, warm, sunny fall day thinking wow what has happened to the time.  Time has moved so slow through this process and now that we are in the home stretch I am finding myself saying... "wait I just need more time too...".  We have finally finished the boys room. We modified the closet to accommodate both boys clothes and we added a twin bed with matching quilt and headboard.  We did this while Alex was at school.  When he came home we showed him his new room and he started to tear up and said "Mom... is this my brother's bed?"  Then he said "Mom, I will not be alone anymore.".  We are so ready to have Jordan join our family.

Here is another picture that was sent to us recently of Jordan.

He looks so sweet.  We are focusing right now on our trip to China.  Items we need, how are we going to do things (mostly around Lauren) and how are we going to pack light.  We are going to try to pack a total of 2 bags (with a 44 pound limit) for all 5 of us.  The hotels will have laundry services and we are planning on shipping snacks and essentials to our hotel ahead of time so we do no have to deal with those on the plane. It will be cold in Beijing and a bit warmer in Guangzhou so we have to be prepared for anything.

This is how our trip is going to look like this:

We are going to leave on a Wednesday flying from Denver to SFO (San Francisco, CA) then from SFO to Beijing, where we will be until Sunday.  In Beijing we will be doing some sight seeing while we get adjusted to the time zone.  On Sunday we will be flying to the Henan Providence where we will be for a week.  Gotcha Day (the day we are matched and united with Jordan) will be on Monday so we will all be together from that day on!  We will stay in Henan until Friday when we fly to Guangzhou (Guangdong Providence).  We will be spending the remainder of our time there until we get Jordan's Visa from the US Consulate there.  We will be leaving Guangzhou on Saturday.  We will fly from Guangzhou to Hong Kong and then from Hong Kong to SFO to Denver.  Sounds like a fun trip home huh?  We are going to be so emotionally drained and excited to be home that the trip will be a welcomed event I am sure.  Here is a map to help you see the locations in China.

In the mean time we are waiting to see if Jordan's packages turn up.  Neither of them have gotten to Jordan yet.  I am nervous sending Jordan another package but I am anxious to get him something before he goes back to the Orphanage.  The return to the orphanage about 2 weeks prior to us getting there is a requirement of China.  I really want him to have a photo of us and know that we are coming from him.  I pray every day that he will receive it and will start to get to know us.  It is so hard being so far from him and having absolutely no control over anything.  It is a true exercise in patience and trust in what is meant to be.  I hope I am not failing too miserably:)