Saturday 1/30/16 (aka Longest Day Ever)

We left Guangzhou by van at 5am. We had to go through Immigration to enter Hong Kong. Our 14 hour flight departed around 11am. We had an almost 6 hour layover in Chicago. Lastly a 2 hour flight to Charlotte and the drive home.
Thank you for all of the prayers for safe travels. While Elijah did his fair share of crying (as did the other newly adopted children on our flight), our flight attendants as well as the other passengers were nothing but courteous. During Elijah's first battle on the flight from China to the U.S., one sweet woman offered to give me a break and take a turn walking the aisles with him. Just her words alone gave me encouragement. We were so tired, we were all laughing at everything by the time we made it to Chicago. The poor guys working in Immigration had to tell us three times where to exit. No one could focus, so it's a good thing all our paperwork was completed ahead of time!

Sooooo tired. 

My new friend Angie and her new daughter Josie (from the same orphanage as Elijah)