So, We Are In Hong Kong
Angela and I got in to Hong Kong last night. The internet wasn’t free in the hotel (and it was expensive), so we waited to post this when we had free access in the airport. We are pretty exhausted, or we would head back down…
The flight took nearly 16 hours. The plane had a monitor that showed our progress, and we pretty much took a route over the North Pole. No, we didn’t see Santa’s workshop (it was night). We also didn’t get to see the Northern Lights.
The plane was pretty full, but it wasn’t terrible. We got some sleep, and read or watched the TV the rest of the time. We ordered vegetarian meals, and they weren’t bad. They were made by a Indian food company in Berwyn. We’re going to order some of the frozen ones for home.
Immigration was pretty quick in Hong Kong, and our luggage was already there when we got to baggage claim. Outside baggage claim we met our Hong Kong guide, Ben, who handles all of the travel arrangements.
He also told us that we are getting Gracie this afternoon. Yes, this is a full day ahead of our schedule. We should get to Nanchang by 2:00pm or so. We don’t know the logistics yet, but sometime after we get to Nanchang we will be getting Gracie!
Right now we are sitting in a coffee shop in the airport. We fell asleep pretty quickly last night, but we were up at 5:00am. I guess that isn’t that bad. Angela is filling out her International Adoption Travel Journal. She is starting to tear up as she fills out the entries.
We were told that you can buy prepaid SIM cards for cell phones in the airport. When we finish our coffee we are going to wander around to see if this is true.
Angela here… this morning has been really emotional for me. The whole process of our adoption has been so much waiting, prepping paperwork, getting new $100 dollar bills and packing, packing, packing. This morning I realized that we will soon be holding our precious daughter in our arms. After waiting so long, the tears have just been swelling out as I write in Gracie’s travel journal. I am so excited to meet our beautiful baby. I shed tears thinking that she’s had to wait so long for us in an orphanage. I am terrified that we’ll do something wrong (but then again, show me a kid that doesn’t need to go to therapy at some point…) It has just become so apparent to me this morning that although the wait has been long and somewhat painful, the time we will have with this very special child is short. We need to be the best parents that we can be. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers today.
When things calm down later today, we’ll post again and get some pictures posted. We are having a little trouble with this, so keep clicking until you see the full scale image. This is our last post sans kiddo!