March 7

We want to thank April, Jason's sister, for updating the blog for us. We can't blog over here due to restrictions that we don't know about. I am writing it and having her do the rest for us.

We started our morning at 4:15 to get ready to leave for the airport. We flew to Nanjing, the city where we will get Macy. Our guide, Cai, told us all about the beautiful city of Nanjing and told us the itinerary for the week. The first thing that she said is that we will meet Macy at 10:30 on Monday morning. I got chills all over when she said that to us. It was really going to happen in the next day. We have prayed for this time for almost 3 years and now we are less than 24 hours away from meeting her. Amazing!

Cai helped us check into our spacious room where we will be for the next 5 days. I quickly started to get all the things ready to meet Macy. She has a little backpack that has bubbles, a phone, blocks, stickers, goldfish, and cheerios to try and help her feel better when she comes to us. We got the orphanage director and the nannies' gifts together so we can give it to them tomorrow. Yeah!

Most of you know how picky I am when it comes to food. I have not been eating the best so I have been having headaches (which I never have). After settling into the hotel, we went in search of the McDonald's. I ate and ate and ate until my headache was gone. I vote that we eat there at least once a day! :) We are in Nanjing by ourselves so we stick out like a sore thumb when walking down the streets. It is so funny to see the looks and hear the whispers about us. Of course, we just act like we know what we are doing and have been here forever. Hopefully, we can get a good night's rest before getting Macy Renee Xi Allison in the morning! Look for pictures tomorrow! :)

P.S. Landon and Brady are doing great with my Mom and Dad. They have already been bowling and Landon scored an 82! Yeah! :)