Travel Dates Confirmed

For security reasons, we're not listing our departure date, but friends and family will know what it means when I say we'll be leaving exactly 1 week before our 10th wedding anniversary, and Mia will join our family 3 or 4 days before our anniversary (her exact arrival date is still TBD).
We cashed in over 10 years worth of Northwest Worldperk miles yesterday for 2 business class seats. As I spoke with the airline, I was glad my [Donna's] father had impressed on me the value of "delayed gratification."
We couldn't get the ideal routing, so we'll be taking some long flights and lots of 'em. If anyone has book recommendations for me, please leave them in the Comments section.
This week we've corresponded with 3 other adoptive families whom we'll meet up with in China. In a couple of weeks, I'm sure we'll be fast friends. Fortunately, there is at least one experienced mother in the group. I can hear it already - "Hey, it's Donna again. Do babies usually do this, or do we need to call the Dr.?"
Now, back to that packing list!