14

14 days. My husband and his dad will be boarding a plane to China. 14. Days.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this point. I have packed Samuel's suitcase. But then the clothes weren't freshly laundered so I unpacked them and washed them... down to the little Cars unders. I repacked and thought maybe it was a bit too soon so I unpacked. Seriously.

In 14 days my sweet husband will be on his way to our son.

There is an honest mixture of extreme giddiness and fear. A fear so real that it sometimes takes my breathe away. Will this child even LIKE us!!! We will soon find out! All the Skyping in this world will not hold me back from tackling them all in the airport when they return home. We will miss them terribly. My feet will miss their partners. We have never been apart this long before and I really dig my husband! He is an amazing dad... Hello!! He is going to China to get his son!!! But he is also my best friend. He can tell in an instant when something is bothering me. He can tell in an instant if there is something I am dying to tell him. He would do anything for his family and loves his children with every fiber of his being. His presence will be missed each day! I certainly hope he knows how much he means to all of us :)

Thank You!

Thanks so much to all of you that have left comments and kind words :) It means so much to me! I honestly thought no one read this blog... hehe :) xoxo

Just Breathe....

Tuesday was a very busy day for us! My father in law was on a business trip in Austria and we were having to communicate often so he could book the flights. I felt SO bad because there is a nice hefty time difference and I know he stayed up waaay past his bedtime! But in the end... it's DONE!


They will leave Charleston on FEbruary 22nd. Family day will be February 28th and they will return home on March 12th. MARCH 12th @ 4pm!!!!!!!!!! WHOOT WHOOT!!!




I am so excited to have that little man home!!!!

THe rest of our itenerary isn't complete because the in-China reps are off for CNY! :)

We have our travel approval :)

Well, it looks like we are going to China!!! Our agency called today (as I was getting in the tubby so I could go to work. perfect timing!!) to tell us that our travel approval arrived! I wasn't expecting it but almost fell over when I heard their "ring" on my phone :) But the bad part. Because I do not have a filter and I am so fly by the seat of my pants... When he told us that we got our TA I immediately said..."Shut Up!!" I say that alot. Not really meaning shut up, just "are you kidding me??" But the voice on the other end said, "I'm sorry, what?" Then I had to go into mumbling and backtracking, which I don't do well. But in the end we STILL got approval and our SAM IS COMING HOME!!!!!!
Now, because of the Chinese New Year things are going to be tricky this week. Normally we would know something tomorrow but because its going to be a skeleton crew working it may not be until the end of NEXT week. That's right. I said next week. Our agency put in our first requested dates of 2/25 to be in Jiangsu. Praying that someone is working tomorrow and can confirm those for us :) My FIL found some fabulous flights but cannot book them until we know something for sure. Please let tomorrow be the day!!!
Oh, I am freaking out. So much to do still... I cannot believe that Samuel is coming home. God has been so good to us and has shown us favor time and time again. We are so blessed that he chose US.
I will keep all 5 of you (that actually read this blog. THANK YOU) updates as soon as I hear something!

Really cute story... Convo with my father-in-law:

Stu: Did you happen to talk to your husband today? (This was about 20 minutes into our conversation)
Me: Yes, I talked to him about 30 minutes ago, why?
Stu: Did he happen to tell you that I was in Austria right now?
Me: (crickets...) Nope, he sure didn't. What time is it right now?? (please GOD don't let it be some rediculous hour)
Stu: Oh, about 12:30am
Me: I am SO sorry!!! (Note to self, communicate with hubby more) I didn't mean to wake you!! I am soooorryy!!!
Stu: This is important!! This is exciting!! I am ready to get my grandson! This is worth being awake for!!

Awww :) For those of you that are just joining us, my FIL is going with Shannon to China :)

Final Update :)

We got our last update on Samuel yesterday. So hard to believe that this is the last one until travel!!! They sent 3 pictures of our sweet sweet boy and MY how he has grown!!! I have a hard time wrapping my mind around all of the years that we have missed.... So here he is :)











We are waiting on one last thing. Funny how two letters quite possily will send me into some sort of cardiac arrythmia... TA (Travel Approval). We will probably get this after Chinese New Year.... hooo hummmm.... But we WILL get here and we are CLOSE!!!
Until then...

PLEASE SAY HI!!!

If you are stopping by to check me out (hubba hubba!!) please say hi!!! I would certainly love to know who has been stopping by!!! :)

Random Thoughts...

Well, here we are. Quite possibly 30 days from take off and I have so much to do. Paint the room, get dressers for the room, buy things that Sam needs and pack for China. There are also other little things that I need to get done but I think listing them all and actually seeing it will just be enough to put me over that tiny little ledge.
I have been missing Sam so much these days. Is it possible to miss a little one that you have never even met? I sometimes try to picture what our house will look like with one more person, one more little head at the dinner table, one more little carseat in the car. It feels so comforting to just know that we are in the home stretch and he will be home soon!
I will post more as I know abou travel. I sure am going to miss that sweet hunky husband of mine while he is gone. I sure do love him :)