August 10, 2007

It's Good to be Home!

Hello everyone....I am happy to say that we are home, safe and sound, from China. We left the White Swan Hotel very early yesterday morning (5:45am China time, on Thursday) and took our first flight to Hong Kong, from Guangzhou. The flight was a quick one, and we landed in Hong Kong in not so pleasant weather. Remnants of a typhoon had just passed through Hong Kong that morning.
After a three hour layover in Hong Kong, we left to come home. The flight went well, and Michael was a very good boy, considering the flight was a solid 14 hours. He ended up sleeping for the last 6 1/2 hours of the trip. Most of the flight was smooth, so we were all able to get a little sleep.
We arrived at O'Hare, and after waiting for what seemed like forever to get our luggage, we went through customs and processed Michael's paperwork. He is officially a US citizen!
We were greeted by family and friends at the airport, and arrived home where Grandma and Grandpa were anxiously waiting. It was a long day, but we were so happy to have arrived home.
Our first night home was a rough one, because jet lag for Michael is difficult. It probably didn't help that he slept so long during the flight. Last night at 12:00 midnight, he thought it was time to get up, because on his clock it was the middle of the day. We did get him to sleep a little more, but only after being up for about 2 hours. We will try today to get him back to a regular schedule, and a full nights rest tonight!
Once we get settled, I'll get some more pictures posted and give you a final recap on our last days in China. Again, thank you all for your tremendous support and messages throughout our journey in China. It really kept us going, and we really appreciate it!
Now off to rest.....talk to you later!

5 comments:

Tracy said...

Glad to hear that you are home safe and sound!

Ugh - I dread the jet lag - for both myself and our baby! My husband usually does much better than I do! :)

Tracy
LID 11/22/05 - NEXT!

Mom 2 six said...

Welcome home !!

Anonymous said...

Welcome back!!!!!!
Can't wait for some more pics,now get some much desereved rest and again congrats,congrats ,congrats,ENJOY, ENJOY,ENJOY.
LOVE KNUCKY

Anonymous said...

Enjoyed your Blog during your wonderful adventure - you did an awsome job on it. Glad you are all home safe and sound. Hope you get lots of sleep in the next few days. Sounds like Michael is the perfect baby.

Can't wait to meet Michael.

Love,

Patti A.

Adam said...

Glad to hear you're home and the plane ride was fairly smooth. Best of luck to you all!