Getting Ready to Meet Gabe

I didn't think that I could find a place that would make me miss Beijing, but we found it. We arrived in Nanchang this morning and it isn't quite as nice as Beijing. Our hotel is good, but the area is questionable. We spent yesterday seeing sights in Beijing. We went to the Forbidden City, Tianamen Square and The Great Wall. We were passed out before 7 p.m. It was exhausting. Brian went a little further on the wall than I did. It is really impressive. I was a celebrity at Tiananmen Square. We had a little girl with red hair with us and many locals wanted their picture with her. Then, being a tall American woman, I was next. They took turns getting their picture. It was weird. Our blogspot is blocked in this province as well, so my dad will continue to post. As soon as we can get pictures up, we will. We have to run because we get Gabe in 3 hours and we have lots to do to prepare. We love you all and appreciate your continued support! We also look forward to reading your comments on the blog as soon as we can get to it.

Ang and Brian

We Have Arrived!

Hi, I am Angela's Dad and she has asked me to stand-in for her in posting to the blog because she is unable to access it from her hotel in Beijing. She has access to email and has emailed a note for me to post. That is what I will do for her until she is able to post from China.

Her note from the arrival is as follows:

We are finally in China. I have always hated flying, but that was until I flew business class. It was terrific. Big news...no quarantine.....yet...... Beijing looks pretty nice so far. We will spend tonight resting and then we will sightsee tomorrow. We are just about to have dinner, we are a little afraid of the cuisine we have seen so far. Yikes! Tomorrow we will be seeing Chinese acrobats, among some other things. We are unable to get to our blog (at least at this location) so we will continue to post via my dad. We may not get pictures up, but we will sure try. Stay tuned....we will have more tomorrow.

Ang and Brian

Almost there!

Brian and I are still trying to get everything together, as we leave tomorrow morning. Many people have checked out the blog and several have mentioned that they had a hard time leaving a message. Blogging is relatively new to me, so I apologize if I picked a difficult format. I think you actually have to register for a google account to be able to leave a message. It is kind of a pain, but we will really appreciate seeing the postings from friends and family when we are so far away. We will post as soon as we can when we arrive. If it takes a week or so, you will know that someone was sick and we were quarantined. Right now, they have told everyone to be prepared for a possible week long quarantine. I packed the cards and many books just in case. It is a little surreal to think that we will be parents in just a few days! Thanks again for all your love and support. We will make sure to get pictures of Gabe up here when we are in China just as soon as we can.

Getting closer....

Here we are, only 4 more days. I am starting to stress about the details, which is why I am up in the middle of the night. Wednesday will be here before we know it. There really isn't much to report, except that we are finally almost there. Assuming that our travel schedule continues as planned, we won't blob, (haha) I mean blog again until we get to China. Thanks again for all of the well wishes and support.

Brian and Ang

Counting the days

11 days and counting....getting very excited. We are starting to pack this weekend. We found out that we can bring 4 total bags at 70 pounds each = 280 pounds total to China. No problem....until.... We found out that our flights in China are limiting us to 2 total bags at 44 pounds each. Our suitcases alone weigh 12 pounds each. Do the math....we will have to get very creative. Most of what we will need will be for Gabe, so I am going to see if I can get packed for him today. Someone told me that for parents, pack the least you can get by on and then cut that in half. Yikes!

Other than that, we are just trying to get the house ready. We appreciate all of the support and prayers from everyone. We will keep checking in as we prepare.

Even better news....

Not only do we now have tickets for our trip, we have updates. He is currently 17.5 pounds and 74 cm tall. We also have updated pictures that we have posted. He certainly has changed from the last pictures! He looks very happy and healthy. We are so excited to meet him. China doesn't seem to buy into the whole pink is for girls thing. I think he wears it well. Only 19 more days!

Good news!

After our agency told us yesterday that our trip was put off until July, we were pretty upset. Luckily, we got another email this morning telling us to book our flight for June 24. I just got off the phone with the airline. We are set to leave in less than three weeks. Let the countdown begin!!!!