Got our Consulate Appointment

Finally! We got our Consulate Appointment in Guangzhou. We will get Rosie on February 5th and we will get her adoption finalized on February 13 and get her visa on February 14th (Happy Valentines Day!).

It is so cool because we also adopted Max and Daniel on February 13th. Our lucky day.

Robert has been on the phone and computer all evening trying to figure out how to get us to China and back using our award miles. Right now it looks bad, but somehow he always figures things out and makes it work.

I will post our itinerary as soon as we find out. My mom has confirmed that she can come dog and Max sit. That is a huge relief, however, she can only stay through the 19th and that is going to be tight. We are praying everything works out. Here is what we will be doing when we finally get to China.

Sunday, February 4th: Arrive Haikou, Hainan Province ( A small island south of Guanzhou)

Monday, February 5th: "Gotcha Day". They bring Rosie to us, we go do some paperwork.

Tuesday, February 6th: Tour Rosie's orphanage and get a chance to talk to some of the workers. We are also supposed to bring small gifts for the workers - I still haven't thought of anything yet!

Wednesday the 7th - Sunday the 11th: Wait for paperwork to be finalized

Sunday: Leave for Guangzhou

Monday the 12th: Do medical and other paperwork in Guangzhou

Tuesday the 13th: U.S. Consulate Appointment

Wednesday the 14th: Get Rosie's Visa from the Consulate

Thursday the 15th: Fly to San Francisco

It looks like we will only be in SFO for 2 or 3 days total, we have to get back to Germany asap as my mom has limited time to Baxter-sit. While in SFO we will have to get Rosie's American Passport and a German Visa. But, she will get to meet almost all of my family. She will have to wait a bit to meet Robert's family though.