We Have Plane Tickets!!

What a day! I spent from 7:30 a.m. until 4:45 p.m. on the phone and internet trying to get our tickets to Taiwan. Today was a very stressful day for both of us. Braylen was so good today--thank you sweetie!!

Brad's boss gave us a little trouble today. He didn't want him leaving on the 19th of December, wanted him to wait until the 22nd. We could not get tickets for all of us on the 22nd, so mom, Braylen and I decided we would fly out on the 19th and Brad could come on the 23rd. Brad's ticket was going to cost up to 3000 dollars!!!! Finally, Brad's boss said he could leave on the 19th, so when I called to buy his ticket, our travel agent told me that they had mom's ticket, but couldn't get our tickets, that the office in Taipai had cancelled our bookings!!!!!! Long story short, we finally got tickets on the same flight as mom. I can't even begin to tell you all the drama that went on here today.

Anyone who says that adoptive parents do not go through labor is very much mistaken. Praise God we have all have tickets. They were more than we wanted to spend, but with Christmas travel, we feel we did ok on price.

We have nothing but great things to say about our travel agent, Adrienne Mitri from Celebrations International Travel. She specializes in international adoption travel! If you ever need a great agent, give her a call!!

We will leave Chicago on December 19th at 6:50 a.m. We fly to LA and then on to Taipai. The flight from LA to Taipai is 15 hours!!!! We won't talk about that--not looking forward to that trip. We will come home, Lord willing, on December 30th to LA, spend the night and then on to Chicago on December 31st. We will get in to Chicago so late, we plan to stay overnight there and drive home on New Years Day.

Thank you for all your prayers as we were getting our tickets!