Round and round it goes, where it stops, nobody knows!

Does that sound familiar? Ann Marie and I are beginning to think that waiting on a date to leave for China is just as painful as waiting for that roulette ball to drop! Its now the 2nd of March and we are still waiting to hear that TA's (travel authorizations) are in from China and that the U.S. consulate has issued us an appointment. We are very hopeful that we will be traveling by the last week in March and will return home with Savannah sometime early April, but it all depends on where that little white ball lands.....oooops, I mean when the date comes in!

We did receive some inspiration from our friends the Stults's in the form of a Swami Dean premonition. According to Swami Dean:

You will see Savannah for the first time on Sunday, 3/26. All the other stuff will happen before then.

I think that Dean is a cross between a true Swami and Confucius, but all joking aside he has been spot on so far! Thanks for keeping the faith Dean!

Meanwhile, during the tenuous wait we, or I mean Ann Marie, has been hurriedly preparing the house and packing. What this means is that I can no longer plug anything in lower than 4 feet above the floor and the spare bedroom looks like the returns section at Babies R Us! I wonder if I will be able to take any clothing or will I just have to wash what I wear each night? Ann Marie is doing her best to limit the items we take, but being a new mom this has proven to be a tall task! She has even had her Mom and friends helping but to no avail! I think we will need an intervention before we leave!

And if Savanna decided to get a little sick I am sure the CVS pharmacy that we will be packing along will be more than enough to cover it! Have you ever seen so many drugs in one spot? Okay, do not answer that! Ann Marie has worked diligently to make sure we have everything we need and for that I thank her. I may pick on Ann Marie for being so over prepared, but I would not want her to be any other way!

Well, its back to the waiting game, so keep your fingers crossed and the clock running! ;-)