Our trip so far has been EXTREMELY busy with too many tales to tell. Forbidden City, The Great Wall (which was a very grueling hike), a traditional tea house and sitting, and so much more. We are exhausted but having the time time of ours lives. This is an amazing place; beyond measure. This post is from Changsha, where we just go back from a museum and factory where we actually got to see how the beautiful hand embroideries are made. In just a few short hours we will be united with Crystal Ji Rose. Needlesss to say we cant wait!!. If time permits, we'll try to post again at some point during our stay with a few pictures. Off to prepare ourselves for the moment of ourl ives!!
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
So where is Hunan?
It will be 4 days after we first get to China that we finally fly into Changsha in the Hunan province to meet our daughter. Clicking on the detailed map on the right above will show a large map of the Hunan Province indicating where Changsha is and where Crystal's Orphanage is. More info on Hunan can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunan
Monday, October 8, 2007
"Officical Announcement"
(For very personal reasons, we held off for a long time on sending out notifcation that we had received Crystal's referral. We have told a few, but here is the "official" annoucement.)
Kevin & Kelly McFarland
Proudly Announce
The Referral of Our Precious Daughter
Crystal Ji Rose McFarland
Chinese Name: ZHAO JI ZHI
Date of Birth: March 10, 2006 (18 Months Old)
Province: Hunan Province
Orphanage: Yuanling Social Welfare Institute
Approx Weight: 20 lbs
Approx Height: 30"
Crystal Ji Rose is currently living in Foster Care. We will beleaving for China October 23, 2007, and we will be united with our longawaited Baby Girl on October 28, 2007!! We are "Over the Moon" withexcitement (and a little overwhelmed!)!
We will travel from Portland to Chicago to Beijing. We will be inBeijing 3 days, four nights. There we will see the Great Wall and manyother historical places. From Beijing we travel to Crystal's Province,Hunan. We fly into the Capital of Hunan which is Changsha. We will beunited with Crystal and begin the paperwork to bring her home. The adoption will be finalized on October 29th. The rest of the week we willcomplete more paperwork and apply for her Visa and passport and dosightseeing with her to bring back many memories from her homeland. Thenwe fly to Guangzhou where we have our Consulate Appointment and our GroupSwear In of her adoption. When this is accomplished (a few days), we willthen fly to Hong Kong to begin our journey back home. Upon entering USsoil, she becomes an automatic US citizen.
More Pics!!
We've been very fortunate to have received another set of pictures of our little Crystal. We have decided to incorporate the "Ji" from her given Chinese name into her American name; so now she is "Crystal Ji Rose McFarland".
Our Referral!!!!
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