We're here!

We're Here!

Well, here I am sitting in my hotel room in Beijing, China and I can honestly say it hasn't fully hit me yet.  We had a long day of traveling yesterday....or should I say today....I'm a little confused.  I had a brief moment when we were about to go through Customs at the airport where it began to sink in and I got a little teary eyed, and then a Chinese security guard began herding us to the correct line and I refocused on getting through Customs and finding our ride to the airport.  

The flight to China was fairly uneventful.  Sam slept a for a while on the flight and was also very excited that he was able to watch Cars2 and Rio.  There were so many choices for him that we never even had to pull out the DVD player that we brought.  We met up with another family that is traveling with America World.  They are from Georgia and it is so nice to be traveling with them.  They brought their two sons who are  2.5 and 8 years old.  I think Sam is going to get along well with them.  We met our guide at the airport in Beijing.  She is great!  Her name is Lily and she has a lot of experience with leading groups with America World Adoption Agency through Beijing.  She told us that she goes to the orphanage where Caleb is often and helps out.  She said that she likely helped him "get checked in" at the orphanage when he was a newborn.  She told us that it is a very nice orphanage that recently built a new facility and has a very kind director and nannies.

It is about 5:30am here currently.  We head down to breakfast at 7:30 and then leave at 8:30 for Tienneman Square, the Forbidden City and the Great Wall.  We're in for a busy day.  Then we have an early Sunday morning flight to Gansu where we will meet Caleb for the first time.  Gotcha Day!!  Hopefully I'll be able to post pictures soon.  I can feel your prayers and it really means a lot.  Please keep them coming.