Ellen on the Internet?

Love Without Boundaries donates formula to Xiushan. They received a very nice thank you letter from the orphanage, along with quite a few pictures of chubby babies. Three people have picked out the little one on the right as possibly Ellen! We will likely be able to tell for sure once we meet her.

I have been sponsoring a Tibetan girl's high school education through them for 2 years now. Small world!

Flora

The big sis did a great job as Flora in Alice in Wonderland last night. BRAVO!

We are off!

We have plane tickets and we leave tomorrow!

Basic Itinerary:

Leave SFO 1:00 am Sunday (Mothers Day)

Arrive Beijing May 14th

Forbidden City May 15th

Ming tombs May 16th

Great Wall Mutianyu May 17th

Fly to Xian and explore city May 18th

Terracotta Warriors May 19th

Fly to Chongqing and drive down Yangtze to Fuling May 20th

Visit Fuling Social Welfare Institute, Lunch with director and return to Chongqing May 21st

GET ELLEN! May 22

Sightseeing Chonging May 23-27

Fly to Guangzhou and check in at White Swan May 28th

Visas and Guangzhou sightseeing (visit with Joan??) May 20-31

Fly home June 1

I hope to email or post once or twice, but with two kids, a grandpa and an auntie along, I will be pretty busy!

Travel next week??

We have received official travel permission from China!

As soon as Friday we may be able to book our flights. Depending on the US consulate appointment, we might be leaving as early as the 11th of May, a week from Friday.

Fares don't look to be much higher with short notice, so that is a good thing.

Statistics

We have an update on the baby:

Height 73 cm (95th percentile)
Weight 9.8 kg (92nd percentile)
Head 42.5 cm (25th percentile)

Seems like she is getting plenty to eat, and that makes me happy.