Day 3, June 5
June 5
Action packed day. I'll have to be brief because we need to get ready to fly out this morning to Nanchang, the province where our daughter is located.
Started the day, once again, with an excellent breakfast then off to Tiananmen Square, which happened to be the anniversary of the student protest that ended up changing the country. The Square was very interesting, huge open space surrounded by government buildings but the feeling you got while being there was one of peacefulness and happiness...a cool place. Oh yea, and Tara was a star there. Everyone wanted their picture with her. We then visited the State Opera House, visited a silk factory, the pearl market, rode a rickshaw thru an entertainment district in Beijing and then visited a Hutong, which is the name for a traditional house of a local resident (this was probably the coolest experience of the day).
That's it for now. Off to Nanchang and one day away from meeting our daughter for the first time!!!!!
Greetings, Guests!
We will use this blog to share news as we move one step closer to Baby Rock each day.
For those who need a bit of background...
We decided to adopt a baby from China in September/October of 2005. After completing mountains of paperwork, background checks, fingerprinting, etc. (collectively called the dossier), we were officially on China's waiting list on April 14th, 2006. This moment of acceptance is called the log-in date (LID). This date is quite significant because families are matched with children according to LID. If you follow referral dates (the date a waiting child is matched with a waiting family), you will be able to see how close we are to being matched--at least in theory. When we started the process three and a half years ago, China was matching month for month, meaning one month of LIDs were taking one month to match. Now, unfortunately, one month of LIDs is taking about four months or more. So...we wait...we vent...we cry...we breathe...we hope...we believe.
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Whoa! That sounds FUN! And then you get her tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS SO EXCITING!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove, your second oldest neice
P.S. On Auntie's side of the family.
ReplyDeleteTara's infectious smile tends to have a funny affect on people, doesn't it?!
ReplyDeleteWe hope your travels to Nanchang went smoothly. You must be bouncing off the walls by now, waiting to have the little sweetie in your loving arms. We can't wait to hear all of the glorious details of your first encounter with Emmaxia.
Love you all, Kevin and RJ
Hi Tara and Todd-
ReplyDeleteAll is well here. It is so exciting to see your pictures and hear the news of your travels. Can't wait to see Emmaxia. I hope I remember how to Skype. Gruzin and I have bonded. :)
Love, Mom/Carol/Honey!!