Falling into Place

Things are falling into place, finally. Yesterday I booked airfare for Lane and my mom. They leave here on the 24th and fly through Tokyo and arrive in Beijing on the 25th at 10:30 pm. But the less connections they have, the easier it will be. Especially coming home. From Guangzhou, they connect again through Tokyo and straight back to Atlanta. That will be nice since we did not purchase a ticket for Emi. Just a lap seat. We just couldn't justify an extra $1K for a ticket for her. We sent the visa applications to a courier in Houston as well as a power of attorney form that had to be formally signed off on. We should get everything back in about a week (fingers crossed). Our agency can wire the money to the SWI where Emi resides so that's about $5K that Lane will not have to carry on him.

Now I'm starting to sort and get things ready for packing. For Emi of course. Although I will have to help Lane pack his stuff too. I always do. I want to make sure I pack enough for Emi but I don't want to pack too much. Still trying to decide whether or not I want to pack any diapers at all even if it's just a few. Plus I don't know if she's still going to be on formula or not. I am planning on packing a few bottles since I'm sure she will still be drinking from them.

I still have to upload photos of stuff that happened in May but you know how hectic things can get when you are packing for a trip. Especially a 2 week trip to a foreign country. Now that we have less to worry about I'm hoping to get it done so that I can show Eriks' graduation from pre-K, gifts for Emi that we've recently received, etc. I need to find the USB cord for one of our 2 cameras so that I can do it.

Today Emi turns Sweet 16. Sixteen months that is. Lane will be bringing her home 1 day before she turnes 17 months. I had hoped she'd be home in a week but China pushed our travel back. I have to be thankful that it wasn't pushed back to late July or August even. Happy 16 Month Birthday my beautiful baby girl. I'm sure you are fast asleep since it is 10pm in China now.


As excited as I am, I'm very nervous and worried about bonding with Emi. As other blog friends have said, we are waiting for our daughters, but they are not waiting for us. They have no idea we exist. I know of babies who cling to their mom's and want nothing to do with their dad's and then there are stories where babies don't care and are comfortable with both. Will I be the former or the latter? Will she bond with Lane and not want anything to do with me when she gets here? I don't have the answers and we won't know until she is placed in Lane's arms and he brings her home. I know that no matter what we will help her through her loss and grief of everything she's ever know. She's coming to a very strange new place (in her eyes) and it's going to take time for everything to fall into place. The world will just have to wait while this happens.

OK. It's taken me a long time to write this post. I've got things to do today. The more I get done now, the less likely I am to be like a chicken running around with its head cut off a few days before Lane leaves.