my mom is coming to shanghai!

i just found out that my mom officially booked her ticket to shanghai this morning! it was the best waking up present. she will get here april 19th and stay through april 28th i believe. i can't wait to show her around shanghai, i will need to get an itinerary put together because i don't want her to miss a thing! i am so excited! i don't want time to go fast, i want it to slow down, but to see my mom? come on time :)

a picture from this summer of my mom and i!

prior to my mom coming, the one and only alice mcavoy is coming back to shanghai for a week and staying with amanda and i. now that is going to be one crazy week. i am so excited to see alice as well!

my most recent picture with alice. missing her as always (and tim finding it quite hilarious apparently)

i feel like i overuse the word excited. what other words can i use about these future visitors?

i am ecstatic.
i am overjoyed.
i am over the moon! haha
i am pumped up.

not to mention i'm going to be doing some traveling over the next months as well.
chengdu, guilin, beijing to name a few possibilities.

hurray for april!