YAY! We arrived safe and sound in Beijing! What a relief. We spent 14 hours and 15 minutes on the flight from Toronto to Beijing! It was sooooo long! We did each have our DVD players and could choose our movies. I watched "27 Dresses", "Mad Money", "Vantage Point" and a bit of "Definitely Maybe". Caleb watched a couple of movies and watched TV as well. I think Chris mostly watched comedy TV. Poor Chris didn't sleep at all on the trip - I finally gave Caleb 1/2 a gravol and took one myself and we were able to sleep!
Now we are at the Hotel (Oriental Culture) and we took Caleb out for his first Chinese meal - he got to choose...guess where he wanted to go? You guessed it - Micky D's!! (McDonald's). We did go to an authentic restaurant to meet the rest of our travel group but Chris and I weren't hungry and Caleb said he wasn't ready to try the food!
We came back to the hotel and used Skype to call Dylan and Alyssa (and the MacKinnon gang they are staying with!). It was amazing - we could hear them perfectly and we both had webcams set up so we could see the kids and they could see us. It felt so good to know they were safe and happy!
We are just so relieved to finally be in China! This means we are so close to Evan. I still can't believe it...Chris and I feel like we are replaying when we adopted Alyssa - Evan still seems so unreal to us at this point. We are waiting to hear what happens tomorrow with "gotcha day" - we don't know if we will receive Evan or not. We also found out when we arrived that our Provincial Adoption Coordinator did NOT send a very important document that needed to be faxed LAST week. This is so infuriating! This is part of the reason we are not sure of what will happen tomorrow!
Anyway...the positive news is we are NOT leaving China without Evan so we're here now and will enjoy China as long as we are here!
More details tomorrow....I so hope it includes meeting Evan! Some pictures from our day(s)...
Now we are at the Hotel (Oriental Culture) and we took Caleb out for his first Chinese meal - he got to choose...guess where he wanted to go? You guessed it - Micky D's!! (McDonald's). We did go to an authentic restaurant to meet the rest of our travel group but Chris and I weren't hungry and Caleb said he wasn't ready to try the food!
We came back to the hotel and used Skype to call Dylan and Alyssa (and the MacKinnon gang they are staying with!). It was amazing - we could hear them perfectly and we both had webcams set up so we could see the kids and they could see us. It felt so good to know they were safe and happy!
We are just so relieved to finally be in China! This means we are so close to Evan. I still can't believe it...Chris and I feel like we are replaying when we adopted Alyssa - Evan still seems so unreal to us at this point. We are waiting to hear what happens tomorrow with "gotcha day" - we don't know if we will receive Evan or not. We also found out when we arrived that our Provincial Adoption Coordinator did NOT send a very important document that needed to be faxed LAST week. This is so infuriating! This is part of the reason we are not sure of what will happen tomorrow!
Anyway...the positive news is we are NOT leaving China without Evan so we're here now and will enjoy China as long as we are here!
More details tomorrow....I so hope it includes meeting Evan! Some pictures from our day(s)...
Caleb and Mom waiting to fly
Dad and Caleb being silly...there wasn't much else to do
Finally safe and sound at the hotel...no sleep for 3 days straight so hopefully we'll sleep well tonight!
16 comments:
Despite the frustrations with the paper work, I am so glad to hear you have arrived safely and I hope to hear good news soon!
Glad to hear you made it safe and sound Tammy, but sad to hear of your frustrations! Hopefully it won't delay you in meeting Evan, and I will blog stalking until I see a picture of the 3 of you together!
Great to hear! I hate long plane rides... I know how boring and tiring they can be! I, too will be stalking your blog until I see a picture of the three of you ;) Have fun and good luck!
Ahhhhhhhh, so glad to hear you've made it safe and sound. Very disappointed that things are NOT being done promptly from this end. When will it end?
Looking forward to reading your blog post tomorrow. Praying that you will soon have Evan in your arms.
Glad to see that you've arrived safely Tammy!!! I soooo hope that you get to meet Evan tomorrow!! Everything will be crossed for you!
Happy to see your there safe and sound.
Looking forward to what Caleb has to say about the food when he breaks down to give it a whirl!
Looking forward to seeing Evan in person! We are so excited for you guys!
Enjoy the rest of your trip, update lots!
Praying for you.
I will be praying for you that everything goes well tomorrow....I too cannot wait to see pictures of Evan with you guys!!
Glad you arrived safely, not so glad to hear of your problems...oh so frustrating. Hopefully things will be resolved tomorrow so we can see a pic of you guys with Evan and all the waiting and anxiety will have been worth it! Keep us posted!
Kathy and Ian
Hooray. I have goosebumps reading this post and just reliving our experience in China. You continue to be in our prayers. How special that you were able to talk to Dylan and Alyssa already and even see them on the webcam. What a blessing.
All the best . . . keep us posted! :)
k
So glad you guys got there. He will soon be in your arms now. We are with you daily on your journey.
Love Steve, Tammy and boys.
Happy you arrived safe and sound and were abel to connect with the kids at home. Praying for the details.
Shelley in BC
It will come together as it should, just so glad you all made it there safely. Stay safe. And give Evan big hugs when you get him.
I love that you are updating your blog from China! Glad you got there safe and hope that everything falls into place!!!!
Sandi
... eagerly blogstalking and hoping you get that provincial paperwork in lightening speed.
Can't wait to hear you've finally met Evan!
Dianne
So glad to read that you are there safe and sound. I loved looking at the pictures, especially of Caleb because his face is just beeming! My goodness he looks like Chris in that picture of them together, and then he looks like Tammy in the picture of them too.
"Be still and know that [He] is God." Much love from the MacLarens!!!
Dawn
thinking of you often!!
checking the bog over and over again!!
Krista
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