the word for the day is... shopping.... militant shopping.  we were accosted by a number of shopkeepers in the underground stalls by the subway... very pushy and aggressive.  Totally violated my Minnesota upbringing to just as aggressively ignore them back, but somehow we managed it.  with the help of Starbucks of course.  got some good deals in the process as well.  also got to do one of my favorite things in any new place i visit... ride the subway.  always makes you feel closer to the people.  

tomorrow we leave for Tianjin.  more when there is more to show.

Hey all!  Greetings from your tomorrow!  after 24 hours of travel time, we made it here all good and well last night and are staying with my brother and his family in Shanghai for the next few nights.  Just wanted to let everyone know we are here and well, though tired.  we ran around Shanghai for the day, plan to do the same tomorrow, and will fly up to Tianjin on sunday in anticipation of picking up Lizzie on monday morning.  tune back in monday morning for pictures of Lizzie.

Love to all,

The Kedls.

Hello all!

Welcome to our

 blog site on our trip to 

china to bring home our new daughter/sister, Elizabeth An Ying Kedl.  We are not big bloggers, but thought this might be an easy way to keep all those interested up to speed on our adoption process.    We fly to china on Aug 27th, pick up Lizzie on Sept 1 and fly back to CO on Sept 11.  We plan on posting mostly pictures (and some commentary) from our upcoming trip to pick up Lizzie.  

The pictures we have are from Lizzie (Her Chinese name is Wei An Ying) when she was 4 months old.   She was born on May 23, 2007, so she is now 14 months old and will be 15 months when we finally get to meet her.   We know that she had her cleft lip repaired in June and since then has been in foster care.  The reports of her are that she is crawling around, walking if she holds on to something, and is very curious and active.  

That is about all we know for now.  As we get info and pictures, we will post them for all to see.  don't expect much until we leave for China on the 27th.  Thanks to everyone for all your prayers, encouragement and support.