Home sweet home! We made it home last night around 7 pm after about 24 hours of travel. Chloe did great on the flights. We are so thankful for that. The first flight was about 4 hours from China to Japan. She threw a little fit when we got on the plane and about 1/2 way through, but they were short lived and totally tolerable. She did really well. On our long flight from Japan to Los Angeles about 10 hours, there was an extra seat next to us and after dinner we laid her down and she slept the rest of the way. All the flight attendants were commenting on how good natured she was (little did they know how the flight from Taiyuan to Guangzhou had gone). One of the flight attendants was so nice and asked a lot of questions regarding Chloe and Caleb. When we landed in LA she made an announcement over the speaker welcoming big brother Caleb and Chloe all the way from China home to America. It was really sweet. We had a fairly tight connection in LA, about 2 hours. But what we did not know was the immigration paperwork would take extra time and they would not process it until all the passengers from the flight had made it through immigration. After all was done, we rushed to the gate and made it with a few minutes to spare before boarding. Again she did great on the flight.
We made it home and Rosana and Kevin's parents were at the airport to greet us. Rosana brought each of the kids a stuffed animal with a helium filled balloon. That may be the first balloon Chloe had seen and she was very interested in it. Surprisingly she did great in the car seat on the way home. When we got home, Rosana had the dining room decorated. What a wonderful homecoming.
Chloe seems even more comfortable here at home. She loves her room and all of her toys. She even seems to be getting along better with Kevin and Caleb. She slept pretty well last night. She woke up around 2 am and was up for about 2 hours, but then fell back to sleep. We all slept until about 10 am. Much needed rest for the weary travelers. The funny thing since she is home, is she still loves to have her shoes on. The shoes from the orphanage which fit her were kind of smelly, so I did not have her wearing those. She has been wearing these tennis shoes which are too big for her, but she loves them. This morning when she got up, that was one of the first things she wanted me to do was put her shoes on. We are hopeful that her adjustment period here will go well and we can start getting into our new normal.
I want to thank all who have prayed and supported us during this awesome journey. We certainly felt the hand of God on our safe travels and experiences. I will continue to enter in the blog for the next days and months to come. She has her first appointment with the pediatrician next week and then the surgeon the following week. Kevin and I are anxious to see what kind of procedures she will need. She already has a beautiful smile and we look forward to the transformation. So now I am off to do laundry and lots of it. Sounds exciting doesn't it?
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