On the way to Seattle...

Nerd's paradise: free wifi on the flight. I need to get out more...

We'll be in Beijing in a mere 17 hours or so. It'll fly right by... Ugh...

We have our travel dates!

We are leaving on 8/31! We will have a couple of days of touring in Beijing before flying on to Shanghai on 9/4. "Gotcha day" is set for Monday, Sept 5th. We will meet and take Kaia at either our hotel or the Civil Affairs office. We aren't yet sure if we will be able to tour the orphanage or not.

8/31 Depart Las Vegas
9/1 Arrive in Beijing
9/2 Tour Beijing
9/3 Tour Beijing
9/4 Fly to Shanghai
9/5 Gotcha Day
9/6 Paperwork
9/7 Tour Shanghai
9/8 Tour Shanghai
9/9 Pick up passport and fly to Guangzhou
9/10 Kaia's medical exam and TB test
9/11 Tour Guangzhou
9/12 TB test results and touring
9/13 Visa application and oath ceremony
9/14 Pick up Kaia's Visa
9/15 (open day)
9/16 Drive to Hong Kong airport and depart

MORE Pictures!

I'm sorry but these are too dang cute not to share all of them.  Kaia looks so happy in these.  Her world is gonna get rocked in a month or so.  I just hope Kristin and I can substitute for her little buddies she's sharing the cake with in these pictures.  I mean, we both like cake too...  A LOT.

August 4 Update

We received some new pictures after we had a cake sent to Kaia. We don't know yet if she knows about us. We also received updated measurements so I hope I get the right size clothing. No info on her foot size, so it will be a guessing game on shoes. She is now 42 inches tall and weighs 35 pounds. We are expecting our approval to travel in the next 1-4 weeks