I finally got my travel dates....May 9th, 2005. I takes quite a few hours to reach Almaty, Kazakhstan...about 20-24, but with the fortune of hard-earning and diligently saved frequent flyer miles, we hope to have business class upgrades to and from. After two weeks visit the baby at the orphanage, the adoption will take place on May 25th (I'll be a MOM!!) and then a bit more paperwork and HOPEFULLY home by June 4th.
The timing of the trip worked perfectly to have my parents fly over during the middle of their 7 week European trip. After their first two week of golf in Portugal and Spain, they will fly over to Kazakhstan to join Samuel, Debbie and me in Almaty for a week. It will be lovely to have them there to get be an early part of his life as a Payne. My cousin, Debbie, will be able to travel with me for the whole trip, and will skid home just in time to see her oldest daughter, Brooke, graduate from high school.
It is tooooooo exciting and I'm going to have to work very hard over the next few weeks to burn up my energy and tend to my patience. 3 weeks seems like a long time to wait.
