19 days and counting!!!

I am sitting right now in Renee's room. Besides being messy, since it is where we will be packing, it is all ready for her!! I just washed some clothes and put them in her new dresser that my mom brought for her. The tickets are bought and the schedule is set. Here it is:
Wed., March 14 - Leave for Beijing
Thurs., March 15 - Arrive in Beijing late that night
Friday, March 16 - Sight seeing and touring the Great Wall
Sat., March 17 - Adoption Agency's Orientation and sightseeing
Sunday, March 18 - Fly to Nanchang and meet Renee!!!!
Monday, March 19 - Sign the paperwork to adopt her officially
Tuesday, March 20 - Possibly visit her orphanage if it can be worked out
Wed. March 21 - Sightsee in her province
Thurs., March 22 - sightsee in her province
Friday, March 23 - Fly to Guangzhou (the city where the U.S. paperwork gets done)
Saturday, March 24 - Renee's Medical Exam
Sunday, Monday March 25-26 - Sightseeing and lots of paperwork
Tuesday, March 27 - U.S. Consulate Appointment
Wed., March 28 - Get Renee's visa to enter the U.S.
Thurs., March 29 Train to Hong Kong
Friday 30 Fly from Hong Kong and arrive home!

Last night was a little stressful. Our official copy of our travel approval was to be delivered by fedex. I would have to sign for it. At about 7pm (it was a busy day) I was getting frustrated that it wasn't here yet. So I went online to track it. When I got to the tracking page, I was shocked to read that it was delivered. I ran to the door to see if it was left outside and of course it wasn't there. I had obviously not signed for it. I ran back to the computer and saw that a person had signed for it that I did not know!! I called Fedex and was told that the local office in our area was contacted and they were working with the driver and would call me. I tell my husband what has happened and he calmly says to go look in the phone book. What a smart husband I have. I looked for the name in the phone book and thankfully there was only one person in the book by this name. They live at the same house number as us a road behind our house. I instantly call the number and a lady speaking broken English answers the phone. Thankfully she knew what I was talking about and said she had the envelope. My husband went right over and I finally had it in my hands. Seriously, it never looked so good. Wow! It didn't take that long to find it, but it got my heart pumping. I have heard people say that the paper work we have done is the closes thing to having our child in our hands at this point. We guard and protect it. I remember when we had a tornado warning, I made sure to grab it along with the rest of my family as we went to the basement. So I suppose not having the piece of paper was like loosing my Renee. I desperately had to get to her and it was such a relief to have her in my hands! :) Soon she will be in my arms for real!!