It's 4:30 AM on Monday, May 31st. We get Jingxin today. I went to bed at 7 PM last night; Tom went even earlier. Five hours until we meet our little boy. It's so exciting and slightly nerve-wracking (for Tom at least; so far, my nerves are fine).
We had a wonderful lunch yesterday wit our guide, Michelle, and the other family in our group. We ate at a dumpling place and it was FABULOUS. Then we shopped for some essentials (bottled water, snacks), then back to the room to pack Jingxin's bag and unpack ours.
We have done a lot of walking and some sightseeing. On the agenda for today: At 9 AM, we meet in the lobby and head to the Civil Affairs office, where we will meet our son. We spend quite a bit of time there with the orphanage workers, so we can ask questions about his everyday life. Then we do some shopping for him, now that we know his size. Tomorrow, after Michelle does the paperwork with the civil affairs office, we visit the museum and Russian style church in the city. The next day we visit the zoo. The day after that, we get Jingxin's passport and fly to Guangzhou for the American part of the process.
Harbin City holds a snow and ice festival each year, which we of course miss because it's spring. The photos of it are amazing. If you want to see what it looks like up here in the winter, google Harbin Snow & Ice Festival images. This is a medium sized city by Chinese standards - about 9 million people.
I'm off to make sure I have all my questions for the orphanage personnel written down. More later...
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