The best $25 we spent was on the baby bassinet for the long flight home from Guangzhou, China on China Southern Airlines. (note to waiting families – you have to call at least 24 hours in advance for this to get the bulkhead seats and for them to put the basket on the flight) Nadia slept about 10 hours of the 13 hour flight which was a great blessing. Now of course it’s 4:14 am in LA and we can’t sleep. We got Nadia to bed about 15 minutes ago since she woke up at 1:40 am ready to rumble because it was day time to her and she slept so much on the plane.
So we are hoping to get a little more sleep before my mom shows up at the hotel in the morning to meet Nadia. We may all fall asleep on her! We are also hoping to get a late check out, but they say they can’t tell us until after 8am. Our flight to DFW leaves at 5 pm and we should land at 10. Then home to our comfy bed (you can’t BELIEVE how hard the beds are in China) and so that we can have food that is normal. I was just relieved tonight to be able to use the water at the hotel without fear.
Once we landed in LAX and went through immigration Nadia was an AMERICAN citizen. WOO HOO!!! One more flight and we are home!!! Thanks for all your prayers, and to Jen – thanks for your sweet welcome home call. We love you! Louanne
P.S. To the Hatchers if you see this before you leave – Nadia was very frightened at the beginning of the flight and we could tell that she was really nervous. We fed her and changed her before the flight and had Gerber graduates on hand to give her as a distraction. Once she got sleepy we put her in the bassinet and she seemed like she felt “safe” in there. She really was snug as a bug in it and they have a little flap that they ask you to secure over the baby in case of turbulence if you fall asleep. Most of the babies did well, but there was crying off and on throughout the flight because of all the babies on the flight. Good Luck and I hope the strike doesn’t affect you guys.