An update of where we are.....

It has almost been two weeks since we received our call and amazingly the time has flown by. Now we just wait....AGAIN! Seems to be the story of our lives. However, I think this wait will be much more tolerable and should go by much faster than the last. What we've been told, our acceptance letter will arrive in China on Monday, January 12th. Once it is in China, the next step is for them to invite us to China and for the Chinese LifeLink staff to arrange for appointments at the American Consulate. Once this is done, we will receive our letter of invitation and will then begin to plan for travel. We are hoping we get this letter in the next 2 or so weeks. Then I believe we'll have about 2 to 3 weeks before we'll travel, but then we'll finally be on our way. Hopefully the next 4 or so weeks go by as fast as the last 2 and I'll be okay. When we do travel, we plan to fly in Hong Kong, spend a couple of days and visit Hong Kong Disneyland, which all of you know I'm a huge Mickey fan and can not pass up a chance to visit a Disney park. Plus, this will give us time to rest and try, try being the optimal word, to overcome our jet lag and get ready to get Jetta. After our visit to Disney, we will meet the Chinese staff and will travel to Guangdong province, Guangzhou and finally meet Jetta. We are lucky and get to stay in Guangzhou the entire trip and will only have to travel between there and Hong Kong. Most people have to travel to other parts of China and then to Guangzhou. Staying in one place the entire trip will be very nice. We will be there for about 10 days, will have lots of appointments and hopefully time to shop and sightsee. After we finalize the adoption, we will travel back to Hong Kong and will be able to head home. A little anxious about a 24 hour plane ride with a child, but won't be able to wait and get her home and introduce her to everyone. So, for now, we wait, but thought would share with everyone where we are and will post again once we have more details about travel.