Finally Home!

Yes, we've been home the last 2 days but I haven't posted for the obvious reason that this jet-lag is unbelievable. We knew ahead of time that going over the jet lag is easier, but coming back it's a real drag and now we can vouch for this. I'll recap our arrival home.

Our flight leaving Chicago was delayed by one hour so we were very concerned that we would miss our connecting flight in Atlanta. When we landed in Atlanta I noticed our jet going near our connecting flight's departing gate and prayed out loud for our plane to turn left and park at the nearest gate to our connecting flight's departure gate. We were supposed to park at Terminal A and then we'd have to run to Terminal B to catch our flight. Well the good Lord heared us and our plane suddenly turned left and sure enough, parked at Terminal B near our connecting flight's gate. The flight attendant made the announcement then that our arrival gate had changed. It was unbelievable!

We easily made our connecting flight and got home safe and sound, however our luggage did not, but they delivered it the next day. We were met at the airport by some friends of ours and it was wonderful. It was a very nice homecoming and on top of that my brother, niece and nephew had decorated our house with some signs when we came home.

Our first night home was really rough. Teresa was tired but did not want to go to sleep in a strange new place. She cried off and on all night and we were up and down all night with her. Her schedule and ours are totally shot. On top of that we think she has an ear infection. Baby tylenol really helped. We've got our pediatrician appointment Monday morning and we'll get that checked out ASAP.

Saturday morning was spent picking up our little dog, Ceasar from the boarding resort and our cat Mary from the vets. Teresa already met our other cat, Sarah because we kept her home while my brother looked in on her. The homecoming went well when Teresa met all the critters. She was initially unsure of them but since today she has really warmed up to them and they have responded surprisingly well also. Although Ceasar is still mad at us for sending him to the kennel for two weeks.

Last night went much better, and we are starting to get more into a normal sleep pattern although we still have a ways to go before we get into a normal sleep pattern.

I want to thank everyone who followed us on our journey and for all your kind and wonderful comments. It has been an amazing experience and will continue to be so with our beautiful little girl. If I continue posting it will be very infrequent. I do want to post about my impressions of China during our brief visit, but for now we need to get our rest and recover.