Let's get on with the show!

Well, today has come and gone and the Consulate did not get back to Holt with an appointment date. Holt is on top of this and is sending us daily updates, which is very much appreciated. Once we get our date, then it’s time to buy plane tickets and go! We will only have a couple weeks notice. Our trip will be coordinated through a travel agency, which will also arrange for an in-country guide(s) for our travel party. We are in a “travel group” of folks coming from many locations that meet up in the entry city (normally Beijing, but Guangzhou for us due to the 2008 Olympics) and then go separate ways to the child’s city. Once we meet Aidan, we will have him in Kunming for about a week while paperwork is finalized, and then it’s back to Guangzhou for more paperwork. We will meet back up with our travel group as they return from their side trips with their new bundles of joy.

Any day now, Aidan’s foster family should receive a small photo album with pictures of our family, house, his new big brother, and the fun things he can look forward to. Hopefully, he will have a chance to look through it and will recognize us from pictures when we get there. We are so blessed that he is with a foster family and getting lots of attention. They say he likes to chase the cat, so he is definitely on the move! Look out Alex!