Packing .....

It's a slow process .......but we are finally making some headway. Here's hoping that we come in "under weight".

Some of these bags will remain in Beijing and will not fly with us to Changsha.

Can you believe that most of these items are for an under 20 pound little girl ?

The rest of the goods are all the medicine that we have to take with us ( Gravol, Perscription meds for us and for Alyana, pepto bismo, immodium ( gee, there is a theme here), throat drops, nix creme, lice shampoo, advil, and the list goes on and on .....). We hope to not need anything we have brought and we can leave it behind. We have heard from others that have adopted from this orphanage that the children are generally healthy. If she is ill, however, we will be prepared though.

As for us, we are taking a small amount of clothing , a laptop and camera. The backpack ( seen in the pic) converts to a stroller and will come in handy when we tackle the Great Wall and visit the markets for some serious shopping.

We have been advised to be prepared to haggle over prices .....

I hope there will be lots of room left in the suitcase on the return flight :)