What is happening when?

Well, first of all...we are leaving the day after tomorrow! That is what happening! I can hardly believe we are about to travel to the other side of the world to bring these two children into our family!

I wanted to give you all a brief recap of the when's and where's:

Depart from HSV airport around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15. Fly to Atlanta, then to Seattle, then to Beijing.

Tour the Forbidden City and the Great Wall on Friday, May 17.

Tour the Temple of Heaven the morning of Saturday, May 18, then take a train to Xi'an, Shaanxi the afternoon of May 18.

Get Yuan Yuan (our precious John Thomas) on Sunday, May 19.

Do paperwork and sightseeing in Xi'an.

Fly from Xi'an to Chongqing on Saturday, May 25.

Get Yun Yun (our beautiful Julia) on Monday, May 27.

Do paperwork, sightseeing, and celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary in Chongqing.

Fly from Chongqing to Guangzhou on Friday, May 31st.

Have a medical exam for both children, do some paperwork, and sightseeing.

Have our Consulate Appointment on Tuesday, June 4th.

Get the children's visa's on Wednesday, June 5th and then take a van to Hong Kong that evening.

Spend one night in Hong Kong and then fly from Hong Kong to Tokyo, Tokyo to L.A., then L.A. to, Atlanta to Huntsville. Arrive in Huntsville around 11 pm Thursday, June 6th!!!!!

We would love to see some of you at the airport when we get home! I know it is late so it may not work out for lots of people, but if you are interested just watch the blog for updates on the travel day so we can let you know if we are delayed. It was such an amazing feeling to see our family waiting for us when we stepped off the plane in Birmingham in 2009!


Believe it or not, I am still as cool as a cucumber! Only by the grace of God am I so calm! We are almost completely packed and have marked just about everything off of our to do list! Aaron and I even enjoyed a date night tonight, thanks to my sweet friend Brandy, who insisted on keeping our kids so we could have a peaceful night before all of the craziness begins.

Thank you so much for your prayers, kind words, financial support...EVERYTHING! To God be the glory for the great things He has done!