We have our travel approval from China and are ready to go get Ainsley! Our airline tickets are booked and our hotel is confirmed! And we will soon be packed! David and both of our moms (the two grandmas!) are leaving for China on March 31, 2007! Shannon will be staying home to care for Griffin Everett, who was born at 1:17pm on Friday, March 9, 2007. See below for the details of our upcoming travel:

March 31, 2007 – Depart Pittsburgh for China at 9:50am (Pittsburgh-Detroit-Tokyo-Guangzhou).

April 1, 2007 – Arrive Guangzhou at 10:45pm after a total of almost 20 hours in an airplane. Check in at The Guangdong Victory Hotel and go to bed!

April 2, 2007 – FREE DAY! (Maybe hire a driver and go to the orphanage in Maogang – about a 4-hour drive away.)

April 3, 2007 – "Gotcha Day" when we receive Ainsley in the afternoon (she will be in our permanent care after this point). Meeting in the evening with Shiyan, the adoption coordinator in China, to prepare forms for the adoption registration process tomorrow.

April 4, 2007 – Adoption registration and notarization.

April 5, 2007 – Celebrate Ainsley's 1st birthday with her and her grandmas. Apply for Ainsley’s passport in the afternoon.

April 6, 2007 – Take Ainsley for her medical examination in the morning.

April 7, 2007 - FREE DAY!

April 8, 2007 – FREE DAY! Celebrate our first Easter with Ainsley. (Maybe go to the Guangzhou Folk Art Museum.)

April 9, 2007 – FREE DAY!

April 10, 2007 – FREE DAY! (Maybe visit White Cloud Mountain Park.)

April 11, 2007 – Meeting in the afternoon to prepare documents for appointment at the US Consulate tomorrow morning. (Happy Birthday to Shannon today!)

April 12, 2007 – Appointment at US Consulate to finalize adoption.

April 13, 2007 – Go back to US Consulate at 3pm to take the oath and receive visa for Ainsley.

April 14, 2007 – Depart Guangzhou at 8:20am and arrive home in Pittsburgh at 6:15pm. Come meet us and welcome Ainsley home to her new family, including the newest member, her little brother, Griffin Everett! (If you want to meet us at the airport upon our return, please coordinate with Shannon.)