Wednesday-Thursday, Traveling Home!

After Noah's visa arrived we packed up and left Guangzhou on Wednesday at 9:30 pm.  Noah slept for 7 1/2 hours on the plane!  The other 5 hours passed fairly well filled with snacks, Play-Doh, potty breaks and a few games on an iPad.  The we had a 5 hour layover in Los Angeles as well as the trip thru US Customs & Immigrations.  We were lucky enough to catch a break and breeze thru.  Noah fell asleep again before boarding and slept another 2 hours on the flight from LA to Atlanta.

We were weary but had the best welcoming by our families.

The kids insisted they all sit on the same row so we moved the car seats and booster around to accommodate and the ride home from the airport was so special.  Noah took to Ella immediately and is calling her "jie jie" (older sister).  She lovingly carries him like a baby and entertains on demand.  Beckett was so excited to meet his brother and couldn't get over their similarities.  Noah is calling him "ge ge" (older brother) for now even though technically he is older.  The sharing between them is a work in progress but we expected that.  

Thanks for all the prayers, well-wishes, gifts and meals.  It feels surreal to be home-all 5 of us together.  And amazing to think it's almost been a year since I first saw Noah's picture and prayed to God to lead us in this adoption.  He sure did.