One month to travel!!!

Jane here - Steve's left his blogger seat and finally let me have a say;-) I'm in panic mode!! One month until we travel and so much to do, so little time. We can't wait to meet our dear Quinn! We received an update from the orphanage yesterday, and it sounds like he is a little charmer. Apparently, the nannies regularly take him to their homes so he can "experience the love and warmth of a family." He is "honey-mouthed" (sweet-talker?) with adults, loves the outdoors and LOVES cars!!! Sounds like a real boy!!! Size-wise, he is the same as Stephanie was at the same age - at least we have some updated measurements to buy him some clothes. Of course, the shoes will be an issue, so just guessing and will buy one pair, as we all know I love to shop for shoes in China!! I think it was 14 or 16 pairs I bought for the 2 girls on our last trip;-)
We are so excited about our trip and know that the next month is going to go very quickly. We look forward to sharing our journey with you and hearing from you along the way.
Enjoy!

We have a travel date!!

Today we locked in our travel dates. We are off to Shanghai to start our adventure on February 27 and will be returning home on March 20 with the families from Group 253. Stay tuned for more details, and check out our high-level itinerary (click on the "Where we are today" link at the right-hand side of this blog).

We can start planning our trip!!!

Yipee!!! Much to our surprise, we received our confirmation letter on Friday January 11, signalling that we can start planning our trip to China. We will either be heading there the last week in February or the first week in March. Keep checking the itinerary for an update on the start of our journey.

Itinerary - What's planned for today

Wednesday February 27	Fly to Shanghai via Vancouver
Thursday February 28	Arrive in Shanghai @ 4:30pm
Friday February 29	Shanghai - Shanghai Museum, The Bund, Nanjing Rd.
Saturday March 1	Shanghai - Silk Factory, Yuyuan Garden, Acrobats
Sunday March 2	Shanghai/Train to Nanjing, Jiangsu (morning)
Monday March 3	Nanjing/Drive to Taizhou, Jiangsu (day trip) (Stephanie's Orphanage)
Tuesday March 4	Nanjing/Fly to Nanchang, Jiangxi (morning)
Wednesday March 5	Nanchang/Drive to Jiujiang, Jiangxi (afternoon)
Thursday March 6	Jiujiang (Hannah's Orphanage)
Friday March 7	Jiujiang/Drive to Lushan Mountains (day trip)
Saturday March 8	Jiujiang/Drive to Wuhan, Hubei (afternoon)
Sunday March 9	Wuhan - Free day - sites tbd
Monday March 10	Wuhan - Meet Quinn!!!
Tuesday March 11	Wuhan - Paperwork + Free day - sites tbd
Wednesday March 12	Wuhan - East Lake Park
Thursday March 13	Wuhan - Free day - sites tbd
Friday March 14	Fly to Beijing (late afternoon)
Saturday March 15	Beijing - Free Day
Sunday March 16	Beijing - The Great Wall
Monday March 17	Beijing - Quinn's medical/Visa
Tuesday March 18	Beijing - Hutong Tour, School visit, Shopping
Wednesday March 19	Beijing - Forbidden City, Shopping, Peking duck dinner
Thursday March 20	Fly to Toronto - Home Sweet Home!!! (Flight AC032)

Our Route in China

About Us

Welcome to our new blog which will chronicle our 3rd trip to China to meet our new son/brother Quinn (Shi Lin Yu). Jane and Steve will be travelling to China with their 2 daughters also adopted from China. Hannah (Meng Si) was born in Jiujiang in Jiangxi province on February 6, 2000, and Stephanie (Fu Jie) was born in Taizhou in Jiangsu province on July 2, 2002. Hannah's and Stephanie's cousin Jennifer from California will also be joining us on our adventure. We look forward to everyone following our journey.