Today we woke up at 4:00AM, and needed to be downstairs in time to leave by 5:30AM on the bus for the Guangzhou airport. Our first flight was from Guangzhou to Tokyo. We had 18 babies on the plane with us. All of them were so good! The only sad part was that when we landed in Tokyo, some of the families that we had spent the last two weeks or more with would be catching a different connecting flight from there. Everyone in our group was so nice to hang out with! We will remember those friends we made on this trip for the rest of our lives. I am hoping that we can have a reunion someday.

From Tokyo, we caught a flight to Detroit. This was the longest flight. I think it was about 11 hours or more. Becca was such a trooper during all of the flights! I was amazed! She rarely fussed. In fact, she probably fussed less than Mom and Dad did! I told Sarah that she was probably thinking, “Is this America? Am I now gonna spend my whole life flying around in a hollow tube way up in the air?”

The neatest thing happened on the flight from Tokyo to Detroit. We had 3 babies on the row across from us that were from Korea. They were being escorted home to their new adoptive Moms and Dads. They were so good! They slept most of the way. I was in awe of the ladies who were escorting them, and how good they were at feeding and changing and calming 3 babies all at one time. I wish we could have seen the faces of the new Moms and Dads when they met their new babies for the first time. It brought back memories to me of our Gotcha Day. There is nothing in the whole world to compare to that feeling!

This timezone change thing is so funny! The time we landed in Detroit was before the time we took off from Tokyo 🙂 ! That is so strange!

Another neat thing about this flight was that the moment we landed in Detroit, Becca became a US citizen! Thank God for the government making it easy for adopted orphans to become citzens! Here is a picture of the moment Becca became a citizen:

We will receive a certificate documenting this moment in the mail in about 2 months!

The last flight was from Detroit to Houston. We had a longer layover than planned due to our plane having maintenance problems. I was so tired at this point that when I stood up I was sort of dizzy!

The flight home to Houston was great! It was so good to know that this was our last flight! We arrived in Houston about 1-1 1/2 hours later than planned. When we came down the hall into the Baggage area, both sets of Becca’s new grandparents were waiting with faces beaming and cameras in hand! It was Houston Gotcha Day!

Below is a picture of Houston Gotcha Day!

It is so good to be home! The biggest challenge though lays ahead from what we hear: getting Becca used to the new time zone that is 14 hours behind China! In other words when its night in Houston its day in Becca’s former homeland. Needless to say, her clock is totally turned around! Hopefully her little body clock will learn to adjust soon! Pray for us! See ya again soon!