Booked our Tickets!

So we finalized our trip today! We had a hard time picking a travel date without having all of the passport and travel documents in hand. The dilemma was that if we waiting for those docs, we would basically have about a week to plan the trip and not only could that get costly, but it would Ryan in an awkward position with his work as well. The agency has been so helpful in helping us pick a date based on their experience. We really wanted to take Bela to visit my grandparents in India but that would add 3 extra days and we didn't want to risk overwhelming her. After all, with my family, we would not be able to control the entire village coming over to visit with her and it could really stress her out. So we're visiting my grandparents and vacationing before hand. That way when we pick up Bela, we are focused on getting her final docs and medical checkup from Delhi and we can then head home immedidately.

Before we head to India though - we decided to squeeze in one more vacation before we pick Bela up in India. So we're leaving early to spend some R&R on the beaches of Dubai. We love vacationing and not knowing when our next vacation will be after we adopt Bela, we've made it our mission to vacation as much as possible this year to prepare ourselves metally and physically for a huge change to our life style. .