Leaving on a Jet Plane ... *GULP*

The moment has arrived ... we are leaving tomorrow morning to bring Julia home!!!! A huge WooHoo for bringing home my daughter .... a huge oh-no for having to travel on a plane.

Yes, I am afraid to fly. Not just afraid, more like mortally terrified. Whenever I fly, it usually starts with panic at boarding, followed by outright crying during takeoff. Hours of white knuckling the armrests with the joy of being so paralized by fear I can't even get up to walk to the bathroom. Yes folks, I flew all the way to Russia once and not once did I even get up to pee.

This time I have to take care of another human being while in this lovely mental state. I believe Charlie Brown said it best ... "Good Grief"

Wish me luck ... and if the worst happens, this post will be horribly ironic. Please make sure it makes it's way around the internet in proper urban legend form. :)

Next post will be from Beijing! (hopefully!)

Happy Year of the Golden Pig!!

Happy CNY to everyone! I've heard the year of the Golden Pig will be a very auspicious year to have a baby. Since we will be leaving to bring home Julia in just 10 (count 'em 10!!!!) days, I'll have to agree :) I am very excited for my fellow A-moms who will also be bringing home their sons and daughters from China in this year of the pig! And, just to prove that I am not prejudiced to the homegrown variety of kids ... a huge congratulations to my friend Rasheeda who announced today she is expecting her own Golden Piglet later this year!!!

Baby Shower!!!

Today was my babyshower, hosted by my best friend Julie. I am so appreciative of all the hard work she put into this shower. It was really beautiful and we had a lot of fun .... and a whole lot of chinese food! All my friends were so awesome, and gave Julia such amazing gifts! A great big "I love you man!!!" to you all :)

Okay .. So where does my stuff go?

Only 14 more days until we leave for China!!!!! And I have almost no packing done ... woohoo! Look at this suitcase ... and I still need to pack all of my things in there! Seriously, I have learned something this week about packing. I had picked out 10 outfits, 10 pairs of PJs, 10 onesies etc. I bought a 90 pack of pampers and a zillion pack of babywipes. I have a small toys r us to take with us for Julia's amusement. These things all seemed like a great idea ... until I tried to put them in a 29" suitcase. So, I cut all the outfits in half and I'll be bringing a travel clothesline and woolite, so I can be doing some laundry in the hotel tub :) Little does my DH know I'll be commandeering his suitcase as well ....

My bestest friend, Julie, is throwing me a babyshower this weekend! I am very excited to get to party mom-style with my closest friends ... and to do it at Julie's house where I don't have to clean up the mess! Yeah!

Introducing Julia XinShan

Friday, February 2nd we received word from our agency that our TA was issued!!!! WooHoo!!!! I can now proudly show photos of our daughter, Julia Xinshan, who is waiting in Wenzhou SWI! We're waiting for travel dates, but we're hoping to leave March 1st!!!!!

Nesting

The nursery is complete! WooHoo!!!