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Travel!!!!

On Friday, we heard that we have a consulate appointment March 27. So, travel begins on March 13 with a little tour of Beijing, but then on March 19th the good stuff begins...we get our baby! And yes, we get her on her FIRST birthday! What more could I want?! The day we got our referral, I told the agency and the Passeys, the family we are traveling with, that I wanted to get her by her first birthday. Well, I see it doesn't hurt to ask! We will hear travel details and costs on Thursday.

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The Landes Family said…
Oh, how exciting. You will love Beijing. We were there 4 days and then flew to Wuhan and the next day we got our precious Talicee. My neices birthday is March 19th too. Celelbrate big time. Make sure you get her a birthday bracelet in Guangzhou to wear. Keep the updates coming.
February 20, 2007 at 1:30 PM
Anonymous said…
Hey Laurel,

So much to do! I hope you had a relaxing weekend. Cuz we have only 20 days until we leave!!!! Yeah!!!
February 20, 2007 at 5:36 PM
The Landes Family said…
You must see the Yellow Crane Tower. It is beautiful. There is a park around the yangtze river that is nice. It was so hot that we did not do much. What agency are you using? What hotel are you staying at? I will go back to my journey with me and see what all we did. I was so over whelmed with the baby, that I could not remember anything. I will follow up.
February 20, 2007 at 5:57 PM
The Landes Family said…
Ok, crazy womon here. I went back to our journal. We visited the Provincial Museum. I really like this. We had table lunches. I did visit her orphanage. This is well worth the visit and the travel. We also went to the Carrefour. It is like Walmart. Like I said it was very hot 98-100. Just too hot for the babies. I hope this helps. Hey, let me have your e-mail address and I can e-mail you instead of putting it here. You are welcome to visit our blog and read about our trip. It is listed under Hubei Sisters Talicee.
February 20, 2007 at 6:18 PM
Samantha said…
Congratulations! It is all so exciting! I hope our 10/28/05 referral comes next month! It may be a stretch but I am a dreamer!
February 20, 2007 at 7:14 PM
Nesting For Natalie said…
Laurel,

I have been SOOOO excited for you! Can't wait to follow the rest of your journey!

Your DTC friend,
amy C
February 20, 2007 at 11:30 PM
Eliza2006 said…
CONGRATS!!!! What a great birthday present for her...a family!

Tiffany
February 21, 2007 at 7:45 PM
Jim said…
!8 days, Wow! How exciting.
Susan
February 22, 2007 at 10:02 PM
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