Home Sweet Home!

We were more than ready to board a plane and head home after two weeks in China!  Our flight left Guangzhou at 10:00pm Friday night (China time) and we prayed Lottie would be ready to go to "bed" as soon as we got in the air.  The first leg was 12 1/2 hours to L.A. 

Fueling up for the long flight.

Settling in to our row on the plane.

Lottie did amazingly well on the flight to L.A. and ended up sleeping about 10 hours of the 12 1/2 hour flight!  She laid on the seat between us and woke up in time for breakfast a little while before we landed.  We had to clear customs and immigration in L.A. as Lottie became a U.S. citizen.  That all went smoothly and we explored the L.A. airport a while before our flight to Dallas.  (Celebrity sighting:  saw Leanne Rimes and she was very kind to stop and chat with us a minute!)  Lottie was pretty worked up as we boarded our flight to Dallas (which left L.A. at midnight) and we worried it might be a long three hours.  Fortunately, it was nap time in China so Lottie ended up settling down and sleeping most of the three hour flight to Dallas.  We were so thankful for a flight schedule that coincided with her bodies natural sleep times.  God is so good!  

We arrived early in the morning (4:45am) in Dallas to a virtually empty airport.  We strolled around for a while and played and colored to pass the time of our layover. 

Pretty soon, it was time to board our last flight headed to Jackson and we were SO excited!  Again, Lottie did really well on the plane and enjoyed looking through the SkyMall magazine.  After 29 hours of travel, we could not have been happier to land in Jackson right on time.  

We had quite the crew waiting on us at the airport to give us a very warm welcome home!

Big brother ready to see Mommy and Daddy!

Sweet girls from my GA class made signs to welcome us home.

The whole crew waiting patiently before we landed.

Finally, we were off the plane and got to see many of our friends and family who had supported us all along our journey to Lottie. 

One very important big sister was missing from the reunion at the airport because she had a special job to do that day.  Abigail was a flower girl in my cousin's wedding and have traveled out of town with Coach and Nana to participate in the wedding.  She was so excited about being a flower girl, and while we missed her at the airport, I am glad she was able to be a part of Travis and Whitney's wedding.  It worked out really well too because she was able to have her own special time meeting Lottie once she got home (Luke was already asleep) that was super sweet.  Lottie took to her right away and immediately wanted to sit in her lap.  Of course, sweet big sister thought this was the greatest thing ever!  

We were so happy to see our Abigail and even happier to finally have all five of us under the same roof!  God most definitely blessed us with smooth travel and a very sweet homecoming.  We are so very thankful!