Baby Abbi

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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

We Leave in the Morning !!!

It's 10:15pm and we leave for China at 12:10pm tomorrow afternoon. The weather is calling for freezing rain so we thought it best to stay the night at a Hotel out at the Airport. We are very excited and probably won't get much sleep tonight. It's hard to believe that this day is finally here. Our next post will be from China !!!
Love,
Sean & Jen

Snowy Drive

This is a picture of Detroit Lake in the Winter

We had a long snowy drive to Tigard on Tuesday Morning, but we made it safely.

Monday, November 27, 2006

Our bags are packed and we're ready to go!


We finished packing tonight and we are ready to leave for Portland tomorrow morning. The weather has been snowy and Icy both in Bend and Portland, so please pray that we have a safe journey.

Abbi's Room




Here are some pictures of Abbi's room. We put the final touches on it this weekend. The ladybug picture above the dresser is one that Ethan drew for Abbi just a couple days after we received our log in date in March. The green chair was my Grandmothers and has lots of memories.

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Travel Itinerary

Travel Itinerary
Nov. 28th We drive to Tigard to get Ethan settled in with Pa and Grandma
Nov. 29th Free day to finish some Christmas shopping before we leave.
Nov. 30th Leave for China at 12:10pm.
We fly from Portland to Tokyo (11hrs.) and then from Tokyo to Beijing (4hrs. 15min.)
Dec. 1st Arrive in Beijing at 9:15pm (China Time)
Dec. 2nd Sightseeing in Beijing: TianAnMen Square, Forbidden City & The Great Wall.
Dec. 3rd Fly to Fuzhou at 8:30am. Arrive in Fuzhou at 11:00am
Dec. 4th GOTCHA DAY! We will meet Abbi sometime in the morning.
Dec. 5th Registration and Notary appointment
Dec. 6th Sightseeing: West Lake Park
Dec. 7th Free Day
Dec. 8th Get Abbi's passport and all paperwork back and complete paperwork for ACS (Consulate)
Dec. 9th Fly to Guangzhou at 2:50pm. Arrive in Guangzhou at 4:15pm
Dec.10th Free Day
Dec. 11th Medical appointment
Dec. 12th ACS appointment and Farewell Dinner
Dec. 13th Go to ACS to take oath and get visa late in the afternoon.
Dec. 14th Fly back to Portland at 8:30am (China Time)
Dec. 14th Arrive at PDX at 6:55am (Portland Time)

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Paper Chain Count Down


We started a paper chain count down, so Ethan can keep track of what we are doing from now until we get off the plane in Portland on Dec. 14th. Ethan is very excited to pull off a link every morning on the chain. We only have 32 days left until Abbi is home.
We received our passports with our visas stamped in them on Friday. That was the last of the paperwork until we get to China and then we have packets of paperwork to complete over there. We should receive our official itinerary of our inside China travel sometime this next week.
We are having our first big snow storm of the season tonight.
Love,
Sean, Jen and Ethan