We made it home safely on Friday evening! What an AMAZING trip it was (and exhausting too).  I promise to all the blog readers to put up a nice post in the next few days about being home, the trip, our daughter. Right now we are really taking time to just adjust to being home, the time difference, being a family, and getting Mikayla adjusted (we haven’t even unpacked yet, the kitchen has become the new “closet” with suitcases half unpacked everywhere, lol). Mikayla is doing very well with the adjustment so far and we are doing OK.

I want to send a couple very special thank you’s:

First, to Mike and Val- THANK YOU!!! We literally could not have made this trip without your support and watching things around here. I know that the “chore” turned into more than it was suppose to when the weather got cold and we are very grateful. Thank you for all the stuff when we got home, the gifts, the notes, the food. You guys have gone far above and beyond. And we were able to stay home all weekend thanks to your efforts!

To Dave and Susan- Thank you for the plane food on our depature and the home food when we came home. It was nice to not have to worry about finding something to eat or cook when we got home from the airport. The chicken salad was delicious and Mikayla loved it too (much better then the package chicken salad we tried to give her in Cincinnati ) The gifts and extra thoughts you have given us have been fantastic. You have been amongst our biggest supporters and have been great friends. We look forward to years of friendship as our daughters grow up together.

To all those who showed up at the airport to see us home- WOW, how exciting it was to see you when we got off the plane. I figured some people would be there but I could not have anticipated how exciting and energizing it would be to have a crowd of people cheering for us as we came through the airport. An amazing experience and once in a lifetime. It took us a couple hours to come off the excitiment of the evening.

Thank you again to all those who have commented and emailed while we have been gone. I have read EVERY comment and email and I do apologize for not returning emails but it has been crazy. It was so nice to read the comments from home while in China.

OK, got a few things to do before Mikayla gets up from her nap so I need to go.