Travel Meeting and the GD Group!

Okay, I know what you are thinking and no that is not what the GD stands for! We were warned that others may not understand so we decided with the wicked sense of humor that our travel group has we will have fun with it! GD stands for Guangdong which is the Province in China that our little girl comes from. Each family traveling to the Province is assigned a number (ours is 4), so immediately your family is known as GD #4! Quite catchy isn’t it?!?!? We will be creating shirts for the group that will read "I am a GD Mom/Dad" on the front with the family number on the back. Just our little way of having fun on our way to becoming a family!


When do we leave?
Yesterday Ann Marie and I traveled to Greensboro to meet with Susan our adoption coordinator and the others in the group. This was our travel meeting where we discussed travel arrangements, monetary details and all the other questions that have been floating around in our heads! Along with Nan and Russell and Keith and Susan, our friends from North Carolina & Georgia, we plunged head first into making sure this will be the event of a lifetime! We have decided that we will arrive in Hong Kong two days early to prepare our bodies for the time change and to get some sight seeing in before we take over as full time Mom and Dad. (Nan and Russell, if you read this...COME WITH US!) The two days in Hong Kong should be a real treat! And if you could not guess, the number one question at the meeting, "When do we leave?"
Time for a Feast!
After the meeting we all traveled back to Raleigh to meet with the Chris, Heidi and Chloe at P.F. Changs at Crabtree Mall for an early dinner. After working our way through the maze (parking deck) to find a space we all prepared for what Weight Watchers would call a Sinful Meal! There was enough Spicy Chicken, Lo-Mien and Shrimp to feed a small village, but we somehow managed to save room for the "Great Wall" of chocolate cake, twice over!! (How many points was that Nan?) Everyone enjoyed playing with an active Miss Chloe and decided that we should leave immediately for China.

Well, its back to grind for another week. Check back with us soon to see what other happenings are going on in the Countdown to Savannah! Good night Princess (its midnight at the orphanage). Love, Mom & Dad

Just another step in the process!

On Tuesday of this week Ann Marie and I had to travel to Charlotte to update our fingerprints with the Department of Homeland Security. Needless to say, that was an interesting morning! Ann Marie's Mom also went with us and has her own stories to tell now! After finishing with that task, we headed to Southpark Mall for some shopping and lunch. As you can see, Savannah enjoyed her first Cheesecake Factory cheesecake along with her Mom & Dad! After some shopping at Southpark Ann Marie and her Mom headed to Concord Mills and I headed back to work in South Carolina. I do not know how much was spent at Concord Mills later in the trip and I am not going to ask! Our next big steps will be mailing off our documents for travel and then the travel meeting on the 11th of February. At the travel meeting we will learn much more about where and when we will be traveling so look for an update on travel information after that Saturday! One week down, a few more to go! See you soon little one! Mom & Dad