In the flurry of activity over the past few days I forgot to post that we got our travel itinerary, booked our flights and are leaving for China on Thursday. Not much more to tell except that we're very busy getting everyone ready to go their separate ways and make sure nothing important gets lost in the shuffle. We've got all the paperwork we need, all the cash and, most importantly, Gracie's new blankie. It arrived yesterday with her name and other information embroidered on it just like the other girls'. We opted for purple and will take it with us when we meet her for the first time on Monday the 31st. Hopefully our computer will work as expected and we will be happily blogging away as soon as we arrive in Beijing on Friday. Our friend Laura Drake is accompanying us on the first and last leg of our journey and sightseeing on her own while we are in Nanning, so you may see her popping up on our blog along the way.
Other big news: we just received a letter from Grace's foster family! It arrived today in the mail. It is written in both English and Chinese by one of the grown children in the family who is a lawyer. It says they have three grown children and then Grace and one other six-month-old from the orphanage. It is a lovely letter which tells us what a kind and generous girl Hua-xue (Grace) is and how much they love her, but also that they are happy for her that she is coming to live with us for her better future. It says when she was one-year-old they took her to a baby crawling contest at a local festival and she won a prize! They received our package and have taken pictures with the camera for us to have when we come get her. She says they are looking forward to meeting us and even gave an email address and phone number so that we could contact them. I can't believe it arrived the day before we are leaving. We will try to call them tonight when it is daytime over there.
Our next post will be from China, wish us luck.
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