Saturday, Feb 17, 2007 - Less than 24 hours to Blastoff!

We are finishing our packing for our big adventure! We cannot believe that we are actually taking off tomorrow. We fly out of SFO on United direct to Hong Kong tomorrow (which is also the first day of Chinese New Year--what an auspicious day to travel!) We will be staying at the Peninsula hotel in HK (something I've always wanted to do). This is much needed alone time for me and Steve (our babymoon) prior to welcoming Emileen into our home and lives forever. It will be amazing to be in HK during Chinese New Year--should be an experience in of itself. We'll be staying there until Saturday, Feb 24th when we'll be taking the 5:15 pm train from Hung Hom station in Kowloon, HK, to Guangzhou. It arrives at 6:52 pm in Guangzhou where the USAA team will be meeting us to take us to the China Hotel. The next day, Sunday, Feb 25th, the USAA team will be arriving with the rest of the families from LAX and we'll have a great big reunion. The next day we'll be leaving in 3 separate groups to go to the different provinces to pick up our babies. Steve and I will be going to Changsha (the capital city of Hunan) and staying at the Dolton Hotel. They'll be bringing our baby directly to us in our hotel room. Knock, knock--special delivery (indeed!) "Can't wait" does not adequately express our feelings, anticipation, and anxiety about finally holding Emileen in our arms. Bon voyage everyone!!!