Our Itinerary!

We received our itinerary today. My comments are in blue.

Nov 10th -- Leave Oklahoma City to fly to Chicago. Then fly from Chicago to Beijing. (We lose a day because of the time zone)

Nov 11th -- Arrive iat Beijing at 1605. Stay in Wang Fu Jing Grand Hotel. (We stay in Beijing a couple of nights to rest and to adjust to the time zone change. China is 13 hours ahead of us so their daytime is our nightime).

Nov 12th -- Visit the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. (Yea!)

Nov 13th -- Fly to Chongqing. Meet the baby in the afternoon. Stay at the Hilton Hotel.
(It amazes me how "meet the baby" is settled in there between the flight and the hotel as if we were stopping off at a restaurant to eat! The comment should have fireworks and the hallelujah chorus playing in the background!)

Nov 14th -- Registration and notarization (Adoption paperwork)

Nov 15th -- thru
Nov 19th -- Sightseeing (It is common for China to require adopting parents to spend several days with their child before they let them continue on to complete the adoption. They feel this gives new parents time to be absolutely certain about their decisions. In the meantime, we will sightsee and shop and spend a lot of time bonding with little Nathan.)

Nov 20th -- Get passport. Fly to Guangzhou. Medical check and take visa photo. Stay at White Swan Hotel. (Looks like a long day to me. Guangzhou is where the American Embassy is located and we must get Nathan's visa there.)

Nov 21st -- Visa appointment at 9:00am.

Nov 22nd -- Get Visa.

Nov 23rd -- Leave China. Fly to Hong Kong. Fly from Hong Kong to Chicago then to Oklahoma City.

Nov 23rd -- Arrive in OKC at 5:00pm. (We will gain back the 13 hours we lost).

We go home on Thanksgiving Day. I think it will be the most memorable Thanksgiving Day ever!