After 25.5 hours of travel we made it home in one piece with all of our luggage! Amelie did really well on all 3 flights. We had our own row from Guangzhou to Korea and she just played around and ate. Then for the long flight from Korea to Los Angeles we were split between 2 rows. Mike and Nadia sat in front of Amelie and I. Amelie did great and probably slept about 6 of the 11 hour flight. Nadia didn’t do so well on that flight because she couldn’t get comfortable to sleep, but she did enjoy watching “Beauty and the Beast” about 5 times and playing Memory on the personal TV screen she had.
We were blessed to connect with a family at the airport in Guangzhou who gave us an entire bottle of Advil! Mike and I doped ourselves up and survived the trip. (Mike is waiting at the doctor now to have his ear checked out while the girls take a nap)
Then we landed in LA and got through immigration and collected our bags. It took a while to get through immigration and then we had to move to another terminal and get checked in for the DFW flight. It was on time and we were glad not to have to wait a long time. Amelie was being really cute with Mike and giving him kisses and everything, so that was very sweet. You wouldn’t have believed it was the same kid from 12 days prior.
We got home and Nadia was manic to see our house again and wanted to show everything to Amelie at one time. Amelie was plain overwhelmed and wandering around. We had to back Nadia off and then got them a very late dinner and into bed.
We are so happy to be home and grateful for everyone’s love and support and prayers through this trip.