We are in Beijing! I am not sure if this is working or not. Anyhow, we are here. I will try to post more later!

Our Final Travel Arrangements!



June 27- Fly to Beijing
July 1 -Fly to Nanjing, Jiangsun(where Taitlyn's orphanage is located)
July 2- Meetcha Day! We will finally get to meet our baby!
July 7- Leave Nanjing and arrive in Guangzhou
July 9- Medical Appt.
July 11- Consulate Appt.
July 12- Take Oath
July 13- Fly home!


If you would like to follow along on trip please go to http://ourtraveltobabytaitlyn.blogspot.com

I can't believe that this will be the last week that Taitlyn will have to stay in the orphanage. I can't believe this will be the last week that we are a family of four. I can't believe that I am going to have a daughter!

Rough Draft of our Travel Arrangements!


June 28-fly out of Columbus to Beijing
July 1st- Fly to Nanjing from Beijing
July1 or 2nd - We get to meet our baby!
July 7- fly to Goungzhou from Nanjing
July 11- Consulate Appt 4pm
July 11- Fly Home!!!

Its actually starting to seem real!

Looks like we are leaving to go to China possibly on June 28th!! We should have CA on the 10th and fly home around 12th or 13th. We will find out more details tomorrow! We are going to see our baby soon.

Yes! We received our TA today! I will find out in the next few days when we will travel! We are going to China!

Today I found this article...






CNN reported today on a study finding that Asian-American women ages 15-24 have the highest suicide rate of women in any race or ethnic group in the same age group and that suicide is the second-leading cause of death for Asian-American women in that age range.

Eliza Noh, an assistant professor of Asian-American studies at California State University at Fullerton who worked on the study (and whose sister committed suicide) spoke with CNN about family pressure and stereotypes of Asians that can lead to increased rates of depression.

"Depression starts even younger than age 15. Noh says one study has shown that as young as the fifth grade, Asian-American girls have the highest rate of depression so severe they’ve contemplated suicide.

As Noh and others have searched for the reasons, a complex answer has emerged.

First and foremost, they say "model minority" pressure — the pressure some Asian-American families put on children to be high achievers at school and professionally — helps explain the problem … But Noh says pressure from within the family doesn’t completely explain the shocking suicide statistics for young women like her sister.

She says American culture has adopted the myth that Asians are smarter and harder-working than other minorities.

‘It’s become a U.S.-based ideology, popular from the 1960s onward, that Asian-Americans are smarter, and should be doing well whether at school or work.’

Noh added that simply being a minority can also lead to depression."

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Today is Childrens Day in China. Taitlyn should have received her cake and bear today. I hope she and the Orphanage staff enjoyed it. I am so ready to meet her. I am ready for the waiting to be one with! Our Visa's came and now we are still waiting for one last piece of paper. This paper is called Travel Approval. We were told it takes 2-4wks to get and that was 2wks ago. So, really, it could be any day now. Lets hope sooner than later.