It’s official, we are leaving in 9 days!  Hallelujah!  TA arrived on Thursday, consulate appointment was confirmed on Friday, and then I worked like a mad lady to get our airline tickets and itinerary taken care of.  We fly out on Nov 21, spend a few days in Beijing, and then have Family Day on Nov 24 in Guangzhou.  We will celebrate Thanksgiving and our 11th wedding anniversary in China!  I can’t think of anything better.

It’s a little strange when you feel like you are waiting forever for something, and then it comes, and after that things move lightening fast.  We have a lot of loose ends to wrap up before leaving, so I’m in the excited-but-basically-freaking-out mode right now.  And there have been a few sicknesses floating around, which is pretty much par for the course when you are getting ready for something so big!  But I’m trusting in Him that everything will be exactly as it’s supposed to be.  13 more sleeps until we finally get to wrap our arms around the precious son we’ve been longing for!