Single Digits, Plane Tickets & My First Shower

We are down to single digits now, I leave one week from today. I am slowly getting everything packed and ready, I can't tell you how many times I've packed and unpacked my suitcase.

My plane tickets came about a week and a half ago and it was exciting to see Madison's name on the return tickets. My visa should be coming today, so I'll be all set to go.

Last Friday some of my friends got together and threw me a surprise baby shower, it was so nice. Thank you Kristin, Melissa, Carolina, Megan, Cait, Mariah & Brittany! Above are some pictures of some of the gifts I received. One gift not in the picture is a new jogging stroller, yeah! It was delivered yesterday. I will take a picture of it and post it after Andy assembles it for me. I will also post some more pictures of my shower as I get them.

Travel Plans

My travel plans are coming along. Yesterday I officially booked my plane tickets and my hotel. I will be leaving on Wednesday, September 3 (3 weeks from today) and will arrive in Hanoi, Vietnam on Friday morning (Vietnam time). I will be staying in a hotel in the Old Quarter part of Hanoi where many other families from our agency will also be staying. Over the past few weeks, several other families also received travel approval so there will be quite a large group of us over there at once. We are scheduled to go to the orphanage on Monday the 8th, that is when I will get Maddie!!

20 days, and counting!!