Saturday, June 30, 2012

Home Sweet Home!!


We said goodbye to our amazing guide Martin and we were on our way for a 24+ hour journey from Guangzhou, China to JFK in New York.  I was really nervous about how Maggie would do.  My poor girl has gone through so many changes in the last few weeks and now she has no idea what is about to happen!  We had a short flight from Guangzhou to Hong Kong, a five hour layover in Hong Kong, a 15.5 hour flight to JFK and then an hour and a half drive to Connecticut!  That's a lot for anyone let alone my poor baby girl.

Dad and Martin - these two became the best of buddies :-)

Martin, me and Maggie

Flight #1
NOT happy...at all...for the whole flight!!!
Thankfully it was only a 35 minute flight

Still fairly happy during our five hour layover!!  YAY!!

We were lucky enough to get bulk head seats with a bassinett.  There was a 3rd person in our row but she was nice enough to move to another seat which gave us more room for Maggie to get comfy.

She was charming everyone within ear shot with her babble

Resting up for our big homecoming - just a short 13 hours away!!
My girl was a champ on this flight!!!  I couldn't believe how great she did.  Other than a few fussy moments when she couldn't get comfortable she was so great!!  When the plane landed several people, including the flight attendants and the pilot, told me that they were so impressed with her and how well she did. 

Once we got through customs and immigration, my girl was a US CITIZEN!!!!  We couldn't wait to get out to see our family and friends that were waiting for us.  We got such a great homecoming as we came through the doors!!!  The best surprise was that my brother Tim flew in from Utah to meet his new niece!!!  I was videoing as we came through the doors and Katie was videoing from the other end.  You can tell in both videos the exact moment that I saw Tim!!!





After almost six years of waiting and dreaming of her...Maggie is HOME at last!!!






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