April 12, 2007

HOUSTON....WE HAVE TICKETS!!!!

We will be on a journey to meet our first child and will completely be out of our comfort zone! This will be a journey of a lifetime in more ways than one. We have never traveled anywhere past Kansas so we are looking forward to having the time of our lives. Yep, it will be stressful but we plan to make it fun, exciting and really enjoy this experience no matter how uncomfortable we maybe at times.
Soooo, come join us!!

A FENGCHENG MARKET WHERE ELYSA LIVES (about 30miles from Nanchang)


We found out today we will be leaving from PDX on May 3rd and will be in Beijing on May 4th. We will be there for a few days for tourist, sightseeing activities then on our way to Elysa's birth province Jiangxi. We will stay in the capital city, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. Elysa will be brought to the hotel along with all the other babies who are being adopted and we will meet her on May 8th. We will be in the province for several days to do her visa, passport, and adoption paperwork. Then we will head to Guauzhou where the U.S. Consulate is. Everyone who adopts have to be sworn in here with their children and do more paperwork, so that once we land in the U.S. Elysa is an American citizen. We will leave on May 17 and arrive in Portland on May 17...yep, same day we left.....that will be one LONG DAY!!!

ELYSA, We are coming very soon! You will be in MaMa's and BaBa's arms in no time. Here is your Easter egg MaMa made this year. MaMa and Adian had a lot of fun but MaMa's heart was thinking of you as she was coloring eggs and smiling about all the fun we will have next year when you are here too. We can't wait until you are finally home. MaMa had so much fun hiding the Easter eggs and then Aidan got to find them and open them and see all the goodies MaMa had stuffed them with. He did say he's willing to share the eggs with you next year. Good thing huh?

ELYSA'S EGG


I DID IT AUNTIE!!


AUNTIE AND I COLORING EGGS, THIS IS FUN!!!


MY FIRST NIGHT AWAY FROM MOM AND DAD, STAYED IN TENT IN AUNTIE AND UNCIE'S ROOM!


MY SPECIAL FAMILY EGG FOR MOMMY, DADDY AND JAKEY!


LET'S SEE WHERE ARE THOSE EGGS, JAKEY HELP ME?


MR. STUD BOY!


COUNTING HIS EGGS!

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