Nanjing

After being on 3 planes for a total of 18 hours, we (Chad, Carlyn and McKenna) finally made it to Nanjing China late Saturday night. The boys stayed back home. This will be the longest amount of time we've been away from them. We already miss them so much. Thank goodness for FaceTime. We even got to FaceTime them while we where on the plane, thousands of feet in the air somewhere over Canada. I'm so fascinated with technology these days. McKenna only slept for about 30 minutes on the trip. She is very excited about being here and getting a little sister. 

After some much needed rest on Saturday night, we had breakfast in the hotel with some new friends from Atlanta who are also adopting. After that we did a little shopping and sightseeing. Chad and McKenna went swimming at the hotel pool, and then we came back to the hotel room to rest some more.  We finished the night at a great restaurant called Grandma's Home and then took a boat ride on the Quinhuai River. 

 

       Apparently "sprouts" are the new fad  

       in China so Chad and McKenna            

       were trying to fit in.

Tomorrow afternoon we will get Addie. We've been waiting for this day a long time. It will definitely be a time of excitement but also great loss. Addie will leave everything she's been used to during the 14 months of her life. 

Thank you all for your continued prayers. Over the past few days we've been reflecting over Matthew 5:16, which simply says "Let your light shine so that men might see your good deeds and glorify your Father in Heaven."  We've failed to do this several times but will continue to strive to live our lives not to bring glory to ourselves but to our Father in Heaven.