Travel To Cina Tomorrow!

This week has been very emotional. We are very excited to finally  be traveling to meet our daughter but at the same time very worried and heart broken to leave our other children behind. Even when you know your children are with someone who loves them more than life its self; it is not mommy and it breaks your heart to see them sad and worrying that you are leaving them and may not come back. 

Waited until the last second to pack because I have been trying to make sure that every possible issue that may come up was taken care of before I left. NOT POSSIBLE! Its OK because this time I am packing very light (the plan that did not work out). We have adopted 3 other times and have learned that less is better and washing is not so bad in a hotel room or that shopping opportunities always come up to fill in what we forgot that we may need. I was hoping for 1 medium suitcase that turned into 1 large and 1 carry on. I packed for Min with a few different sizes of shoes and clothes, toys, crayons, wipes and pull ups just in case and then a few different choices of clothes and shoes for me. I also packed Ramon noodles and oatmeal for those days that we did not feel like going out to find food or shopping. You never know if the children are going to be up for it the few days after Gotcha Day. What is our happiest day ever can be very hard on them. They also are not used to public so can be very overwhelmed. This seemed to fill the large suitcase and I still had the blankets and hats I crocheted and the nanny and guide gifts. This is where the carry on came in. I just will leave the orphanage gifts in the bag and I am down one bag to bring home. I bought the bags that "shrink" everything smaller and still need more room! Oh well, it is what it is and I will find anything I need in China... maybe I really just do not need it.

Hope I can sleep, It will be a very long day tomorrow.