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Our
Stuff
Clothes
Two good pairs of walking shoes
Lightweight jackets
Underwear, socks, under garments
4 to 5 tops, tee shirts
4 to 5 pants
1 pair khakis & nice shirt
flipflops
Necessary stuff
Visa Cash Passport card offered by
Travelex
www.cashpassportcard.com
cheese & crackers, Fiber Cookies, dried fruit, breakfast bars,
cup-a-soup, coffee, cocoa, tea, nuts, prunes, gum, mints
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Camera, batteries, plug, charger
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ear plugs
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Duct tape, scotch tape
Two plastic containers to cool off sterilized water in
your room & washing
laptop & stuff
! Alarm clock watch
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stainless steel thermos
Quart size Rubbermaid bottles for mixing formula
sunglasses
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Clorox wipes
hot pink duct tape
Paperwork etc
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Copy of Dossier
Updated Documents as needed
3 yrs tax returns
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I-171h
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Passports w/Visa
! Kwik point Flashcards
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phrase book in English & Chinese
! Mailing tube for carrying scrolls and other delicate
artwork.
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security pouch for money & passport
envelopes
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Make & carry 3 copies of all documents. Pack one, and
one each in carry-on
! Phone and fax for doctors, airlines. insurance companies
pictures of family and home to show guide, and orphanage
staff
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labels for postcards home
pens, paper, pencil,
sharpies
Toiletries for us
toothbrushes & paste, toothpicks,
flossers, listerine for soaking toothbrushes
girl stuff
airborne
carmex
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Cetaphil
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deodorant
sunscreen
cooling wipes
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purse sized tweenex
brush, clips
sunscreen
shaver (AC adapter)
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Face soap
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lotion for body face hands
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ear bone cleaners
! TP travel roll
Household stuff
needle & dental floss
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antibacterial soap for hands
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antibacterial wipes
TP big roll
papertowels
Good Kleenex & ! minis
bungee cords, Velcro cords
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small scissors
! Electric converter and ALL the adaptors
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Swiss army type of gadget
Medicine & First Aid
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Neosporin packets
airborne
multivitamins
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Dosage spoon and dosage syringe
Bandages
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Hydrocortisone cream
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Alcohol swabs
! Tongue depressors
Cold medicine, cough syrup and cough drops
fiber laxative
My daily meds
! rx for us
Tylenol, antibiotic, saline, benadryl, immodium, phazym,
! visine, pepto,
! steroid cream, Claritin D
Connor
& Maureen
Stuff
Clothes
Two good pairs of walking shoes
Lightweight jackets
Underwear, socks, under garments
hats
4 to 5 tops, tee shirts
4 to 5 Shorts & capris
1 pair khakis & nice shirt * Sundress or
skort
swimsuits & flipflops
Necessary stuff
Gameboys
Mp3 players
journals, pencils
cameras
backpacks
sunglasses
Toiletries for kids
toothbrushes & paste, flossers, listerine
claritin & meds
deodorant
benadryl
Maureen hair stuff
fannypacks
Ellery Stuff
Clothes
!
arrival outfit
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cloth diapers
pants
Onesies
bibs
Booties, Socks
hats
swimsuit
Necessary stuff
!
woolite packets
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Pacifiers & holder
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2 blankets
! bows
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inflatable beach ball
! soap lotion powder
! Baby towel / washcloths
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child safe mirror
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dolly, blankie, chewy toy, fish rings, stacking cups
!
sling
! diaper disposal bags
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wipes
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diapers
chinese music CD for laptop lullaby
! vinyl table cloth for changing & play
! cards with her vitals, photo & website for people &
gifts
Food Stuff
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stroud tongs
2 to 5 plastic tubs of prunes, applesauce, banana
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2 to 3 plastic serving bowls with closable
lids
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2 spoons
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Disposable & ! cotton bibs
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funnel
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2-3 disposable bottle holders
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one box of disposable
bottles
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nipples
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sippy cup
cheerios
4 cans of soy formula & individual
serving bags of formula
rice cereal
Gerber arrowroot cookies, zwieback
Medicine
Kaolectrolyte
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Pedialyte
Oragel, Tylenol, Dimetapp, Benadryl,
Vicks patches
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Nasal bulb aspirator
Baby suppositories
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Balmex & ! A&D
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Thermometer
rx for baby
Gift Items
Red gift bags, gold tissue for Tennessee gifts
Lebanon Post Cards
soaps
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50 stamps, each in a tiny
zip lock bag
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Daddy business cards
Things to bring home
Carved chops for baby and kids
Freshwater pearls, cloisonné, marble etching
Gifts for Grammy, Pop, Edwards,
O'Hanlon's, Sabrina, Sarah, Leah, Connie Naff, Jenny
Ellery's 1st, 16th birthday gift, first day school,
graduation, silk pajamas
Local music
Silk fabric
Bag of soil or pebbles
anything province specific, such as handicrafts or books
from that area
jewelry
artwork of places in China, or techniques used only in
China (handprint paintings at Jennifer's Place)
Ceramics/pottery
Peasant paintings
Olympic stuff
Luggage
Big Black roller suitcase, Small
Black roller suitcase
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Black Duffels (2)
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Hummer gray duffle
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Lands End suitcase
Connor’s black duffle, Connor’s blue duffle, Red
Marlboro duffle
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diaper bag/backpack
carry ons for the airplanes
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Daddy - cotter backpack
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Mommy - dossier & green backpack
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Connor - green backpack
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Maureen - purple side backpack or school one
! luggage cart 3
! zip storage
bags
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wire ties
! ID straps
! bright ribbons
! lock closures
for black duffels or carabineers from Home Depot
Home Plan for
kids
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Excel list of vitals
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Coming home shopping list
MONTHS AHEAD
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Get a passport
Kids passports
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vaccinations
prescription medications
Get in shape
Call Hilltop Pet Resort
Get wills made
WEEKS AHEAD - after referral gets here
Make your
travel arrangements and obtain your Chinese Entrance
Visa.
Reserve bulkhead seating ahead of time.
Give Edwards & OHanlons copies of all adoption
documents, your passports, travel itinerary and
emergency contact information.
Confirm with Hilltop
Schedule first appointment with Dr
Mehrotra & Cleft Surgeon
Make plans for kids to water plants and chores
Make edwards a VIP folder
Order extra prescription medications so you won't run
out while overseas.
Notify your credit card company traveling overseas. Ask
about any extra charges they may have for conversion of
foreign currency. Find out if you can make a cash
withdrawal or use ATM's in China in the event of an
emergency.
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Prepare a list of addresses
of people that you want to send postcards to. Don't
forget phone numbers and e-mail addresses.
Make arrangements for travel back and forth to the
airport. Remember you'll need the car seat when you
return.
Let schools know we will be gone
Warn Bank of need for cash and traveler's checks
Notify Blue Cross about trip
Get Perm
Color Hair
Try to make at least one food your child may be eating.
Make freezer meals, spaghetti sauce, lasagna, soups,
stew, dump chickens, chick corn chowder, chili, meatwoof, etc. Try to
plan meals that kids can fix alone or with little help.
Read/review developmental milestones for age of child.
Register for out of country www.usembassy.state.gov -
print contact info
THE LAST FEW DAYS
Pack
Everybody haircuts
Confirm airline reservations.
Pick up cash and traveler's checks at the bank.
Wash clothes that you are not taking so you'll have
clean ones when you get home. Wash bed linens
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Pre-leave grocery trip,
Fill freezer with microwave meals
Stop all deliveries of mail, newspaper, etc. or arrange
for a neighbor to pick them up.
Cat food, bowls and litter boxes
Pay the mortgage and other bills.
Pass out keys and instruction sheets
get legs waxed
THE FINAL DAY
Lock all windows and
doors. Close the blinds and curtains.
Put lights and a radio on timers
Wash dishes and remove all perishable items from
refrigerator.
Unplug any appliances sensitive to power surges such as
stereos and computers.
Turn your thermostat down or off depending on the
season.
Turn off and unplug the coffee pot.
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