Travel Meeting

by Scott on 17-May-07 15:21

Good news on the passport front. We finally got through to the US Passport Agency and Courtney's updated passport should arrive to our house today! Answered prayer. We also had our final conversation with our Travel Doctor regarding perscriptions and over the counter medicinces for Noah. We ended up getting three perscriptions (antibiotic, cream for scabies, and one other which I don't remember.) He also recomended we get child Tylenol, child Benadryl and hydrocortisone for Noah to address the most probable medical conditions we may find him with. We also had our travel meeting with our adoption agency today...

... the travel meeting was great as we spent an hour talking about the trip.  We talked about our flights, the visa procedure, our hotel, our schedule while in Ethiopia, the consulate appointment, things to expect, when we would first meet Noah and things to expect during that first special meeting!  It's all very exciting and I think for the first time in this whole process it is actually hitting me that we are really doing this.  So far it's always seemed so far off and never really real (as I don't have anything to compare it to.)  Today that all changed as we talked about our time in country and the first few days of our life with Noah!  Here is a brief overview of our agenda while in Ethiopia:

Saturday, May 26th - leave Indianapolis for Ethiopia
Sunday - Arrive in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia about 7:00PM.  Get visa, meet Girmachew our guide and our driver for the week and go to our hotel.
Monday - Sight seeing in the moring, going to the supermarket and changing money.  In the afternoon we will visit the Kids Care orphanage and meet Noah!!!  We will not take him with us that day though, he will stay at the orphanage at least one more night (maybe two.)
Tuesday - Shopping, sightseeing and a possible orphanage visit again to see Noah.  From our understanding it will be up to us if we take Noah that day or leave him one more night.  It will probably depend on how he responds to us and what other activities we want to do in Addis Ababa as not all are kid friendly.
Wednesday - If we didn't the day before, pick Noah up in the morning and then spend the afternoon at the US Consulate.
Thursday - Sight seeing and tourist stuff with Noah.
Friday - we will probably spend most the day at the hotel and then leave around 5:00PM for the airport. 
Saturday - Arrive home with our baby boy!