Tomorrow morning, at daybreak, my flight will take off from Newark headed for San Francisco. I will be alone, I am sure I will be an emotional mess having left behind Chloe, Oliver and Matt for two weeks. Hopefully I will be able to regain some composure on the 6 hour flight. In San Francisco, I will meet up with my sister and together we will take the flight across the Pacific Ocean to Beijing. We will leave San Francisco on Thursday morning and arrive some 12 ½ hours later---which will be Friday evening in Beijing. We will then board our third flight, an Air China flight heading 642 miles due north to Harbin and Emma Claire.
Seven years, 6 months, 23 days from signing the agency contract to begin our second Chinese adoption to actually holding Emma Claire in our arms. It’s a long time, but those 2,762 days of waiting will all be a distant memory—all the anguish, the worrying, the hurry up and wait will vanish at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, July 22. (That’s Sunday, July 21 at 9:30 p.m. EST in the United States) and we will begin the most exciting part of this long journey—life as a family of five with this beautiful little girl born in Suihua, China.
CHINA ITINERARY--
July
18 Leave U.S. and fly to Harbin, China via stops
in San Francisco and Beijing
July
19 Arrive in Harbin on Friday
evening China time (Friday morning U.S.)
July
20 Free Day to explore Harbin
July
21 Free Day to explore Harbin
July
22 Meet Emma Claire!
July
23 Finalize
adoption
July
24 Museum Visit
July
25 Zoo
July
26 Pick-up Emma Claire's
passport and fly to Guangzhou
July
27 Medical exam and visa
photo
July
28 Sightseeing---Chen Family
Temple
July
29 Sightseeing Yuexiu
Park
July
30 Consulate
Appointment
July
31 Pick-up Emma Claire's U.S.
Visa and take afternoon train to Hong Kong
Aug.
1 Return to U.S.
No comments
Post a Comment