7 Days!!!!

One week from right now I will be sitting on an United plane heading to Beijing. Unbelievable. People keep asking me how I feel. I feel excited. I am not nervous about going to China, although I have only been to the Caribbean, I do feel comfortable traveling to China. I know our agency will take care of everything while we are in China. I have had 3 years to read about other's adoption trips to China and I feel like I am very prepared and know what to expect. I will miss the boys; I will miss the hugs and kisses, the smell of their sweaty heads after they play, the smell of them freshly bathed. I will miss the "I love yous", the "hey mamma, guess what?". I may even miss the 5:00 o'clock whining... Ok, that's a lie I will not miss that! I am truly blessed because I know my boys will be well cared for by their grandparents. I could never leave for 2 weeks without the love support of my mom and mother in law!

Although I am not nervous I am worried. I am worried because Lily may have been fed tainted formula in her first few weeks of life. Some children in China who have had this formula have been diagnosed with kidney stones. I know for a fact Lily's orphanage received donated formula (the main brand that was recalled) last February. It makes me sick to think Lily was given this formula in her first weeks of life. There is nothing we can do until we get home and visit her pediatrician and the IA pediatrician. I do however do not underestimate the power of prayer. This is a bit of a rambling post but I guess that's what happens when I am 7 days away from traveling to China to get our daughter!!