More baby steps...

We just mailed our application for our Visas- woohoo, we can’t believe it, we are actually starting preparations to go to China, crazy!!! We continue to work on our “while we wait to do list”. We are also working on packing lists and discussing “traveling light” whatever that means… our agency told us that we can pretty much buy anything in China but of course it depends on the region. We would hate to assume we will find anything we may need and be disappointed.  I have been doing a lot of research on traveling with toddlers- the thought of it keeps me up at night. Oh my goodness it is tough for an adult to deal with a long international flight,

I can’t imagine a little one dealing with it. So far we know we need to stash lots of snacks, toys and diapers to keep our baby comfy and entertained. Lord help us, I just hope our Little Cupcake survives this ordeal. We are just so happy that our days to meet our daughter are numbered. We don’t know exactly when but soon very soon.

For now we continue to wait for our USCIS approval and whatever else we need to wait for before we get travel approval. It’s hard to look at her pictures, I get so emotional and so impatient- I want to go to China NOW!

I can’t bring myself to get her nursery ready- I know it’s crazy but am just so scared something will happen and we won’t be able to get our baby girl. Ugh I am a mess. I feel like a crazy lady one minute am ecstatic the next I am scared to death and ready to crawl under my bed and hide from the world. This is really happening- after all this time yet I feel so unprepared. Then I get these crazy thoughts: what if she doesn't like us? What if she can’t adapt to us? What if blah, blah, blah. I don’t think I will ever be ready just hand her to me and I will take over – I will do what I have to do – this wait make me crazy!

One thing we don’t have to wait for too long is our shower, yay! It will be next month(July 2oth) we are super excited! We have waited for so long, actually thought it was never going to happen.

Not only we are looking forward to spending time with family and friends we haven’t seen in a while but we are also excited to make a small contribution to   Love without Boundaries and the children that continue to wait for their forever families. We have been blessed and our baby has already so much- we prefer that donations are made to love Without Boundaries instead of dealing with gift registries etc. 

We just go the link ~check it out Here

By the way, the picture on the LWB website is the one I had requested previously- unfortunately they are unable to release names, pictures or information to us until our adoption is finalized(that’s why I was unable to post it). 

So glad we never gave up on our dream to have our little girl...