We Made it Home!!

Friday morning (Thursday night in the US) we left Guangzhou for Beijing. We were planning on spending the night in Beijing and leaving for the US the next day. Once we got to Beijing we thought we would go to the American Airlines counter and see if they could get us on a flight with another airline. Over the phone 2 days earlier they said they could not, but we thought maybe when we are face to face with them they will give us a different answer. They first put us on stand by with Continental, we did not get on. Then they rushed us to United and we got on. We had to hurry though! Rob requested one of their workers to help us through the lines and he did. We went through the diplomat line at immigration and he rushed us through all the security lines. Once in the terminal we were actually running to the gate. We made it though! Before getting on the plane while we were waiting to see if they could get us on we quickly opened our luggage to grab extra diapers and formula since we were not prepared for our international flight being that day.

We were so glad we took the chance to try and get on. We basically went back to our original itinerary. Once in Chicago we had to clear immigration which took longer since Eden was traveling on a Chinese passport. We were given a whole packet of papers from the Consulate in China and told it was not to be opened until we got to immigration. So once that process was done we ran again to the American Airlines counter to see if we could get on the last flight to Ft. Wayne. Once at the counter we saw the flight had been delayed by about 45 minutes. It gave us just enough time to get our tickets and get on the flight. We have never had such a rushed and frantic ride home. It was worth all the running though because we were able to get back 2 days early!!!

We called Rob's parents once in Chicago and gave them a shock that we were going to be in Ft. Wayne in an hour! They were there to pick us up along with Rob's grandfather and his aunt and uncle. It was fun to be greeted that way!

Last night Eden seemed a bit overwhelmed by our house and actually was shaking when she saw the cat. Rob picked her up and talked to her calmly and showed her the house and she seemed to calm down after that. She slept until 3 a.m. we fed her and put her back down - she slept then until 9. I had to wake her after her first nap since her body thinks it's the middle of the night.

We are so, so glad to be home! Thank you for all the prayers and for all the excitement surrounding Eden's adoption. We are so blessed by you all!

On the plane from Beijing to Chicago! We are were heading home!

These are the other families with our agency getting their kids!

Family of 4!!

I bought this outfit when we were still living in Kunming 2 years ago. It was falling apart by the end of the day and I had to take off of her. It was a little small too. She wore it to the consulate and the swearing in!!