3/29/12

Our Consulate appointment was a success! Yay! We have such great in-country staff getting everything ready for us, telling us where to go, when and what to expect. Everything has been such a breeze!  We really have had a wonderful, easy and fun trip! We feel so blessed to have had such a great experience!!

We are, though, really looking forward to being home. We miss our boys – we wonder all the time what they are doing! We think we have done enough and seen enough in China now. The hotel room is feeling small and dull. We are ready to be home. (Notice I have not said that we are looking forward to traveling home, but being home. We are not looking forward to the 7am to 4pm in-country travel day before even getting onto our 13 hour flight. Ugh. The cramped seats – a squirmy baby. Please pray for us!)

We finally got Violet to keep a hat on long enough to get a picture! (Notice her hands are busy.) This is a little strawberry hat that her Mema made for her. You can’t see the stem part, but it is super cute.

Tonight we went to our last dinner with Lilly. (Ken got a beer that ended up being super-sized.) She is going home tomorrow. We really enjoyed our time with her.

Tomorrow is our last day in the hotel.  We are going to bed early tomorrow night because we have to get up around 5 am on Sat. to get to the Guangzhou airport to get to Beijing. So, this will be our last post.

Thanks, everyone, for your kind comments and your prayers for everyone in our family during this journey!  We look forward to seeing you all again and to introducing you to our little Henrikson pumpkin!