We are rejoicing that we have received travel dates for our Thailand trip!!
We will be flying out on Friday, May 9th, and we will arrive in Thailand on Mother's Day!! We will spend a couple of days adjusting, resting and preparing for our first day of meeting Olive! Aaro is making the trip with us and will have just turned 7 years old (April 30th!)
A LOOK AT OUR THAILAND TRIP ITINERARY:
May 14-16: These will be our first days of meeting Olive and visiting her foster home, and she will come into our care back at the hotel beginning May 16th.
May 17-18: Free/bonding time
Monday, May 19: Sign paperwork
Wednesday, May 21: Interview with the Child Adoption Board
Friday, May 23: Visa Interview at US Embassy
Saturday, May 24: We will get to celebrate Olive’s 3rd birthday with her in country!!
Thursday, May 29: Final day in Thailand! We should receive her visa by this date.
Our flights are all booked and we are expecting to fly home on Friday, May 30th with a total of 24 hours and 25 minutes of travel time. 6 hours and 45 minutes for the first flight, a 2 hour and 40 minute layover in Qatar and then 15 hours back to Atlanta!
SHARING OLIVE'S MIDDLE NAME
We have decided to keep a name that has special meaning to our daughter and we will make it her middle name. Her given name is "Palida", and she has lived with the same foster family since she was an infant, and the nickname that they have called her for all of this time is "Lydia." We have decided to spell it with an "i" as a way to honor the spelling of her given name Palida. We expect to call her "Lidia" for a while until we can transition calling her by her new first name, Olive!
ONE FINAL ADOPTION FUNDRAISER
As we prepare for our upcoming travel and time in country and all of the associated expenses, please consider joining us for a special PINK LINK Pop-up Shop at our church coffeehouse!
⦾ Shop Adoption Fundraiser items
⦾ Kristin’s freshly milled flour, bread, and muffins
⦾ 100% All Natural Fiber Pre-loved Clothing & Home good items
⦾ Handmade Polymer Clay earrings
⦾ 100% all organic elderberry syrup and DIY kits
🥤The Coffeehouse will be open and featuring some special Pink Link Drinks!!
All proceeds will go to help our family in these final steps to bring Olive home!
Come say hi, grab a coffee + a snack, plus shop some of Kristin’s all natural items, and ask us about Olive’s pictures and videos if you haven’t seen her! 😊
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