China, Here We Come!

We received our Travel Approval today!! This was very exciting, and a bit unexpected, due to the timing. I knew that the offices in China were scheduled to shutdown for almost a week starting Dec. 27, and I thought the last possible opportunity for us to get approval before the shutdown would be during the night of the 25th-26th (which is the 26th in China). I kept checking and rechecking my email, hoping to hear something from my agency. By 1:00 on the 26th, I had given up and figured we would have to wait another week until the offices reopened. Then, at 1:15, I got an email from our agency stating that they had received our travel approval! We made it, just under the wire! Now, we just have to wait for the US Consulate in Guangzhou to open on Monday and schedule a Consulate Appointment for us, as the rest of our trip is scheduled off of that. Based on the choices our agency gave us, that means that we should be heading to China as soon as 11 days from now!! I have GOT to start packing! Meanwhile, I will leave you with a few of my favorite pictures of our beautiful girl: