WE ARE HOME!!!!!!!!

Hello from Orlando!!! Yes, we are HOME!! After 28 hours of traveling, we made it home! It was a very long day...and Crystina did great!! We are extremely happy to be home.

Our day began VERY early...we flew out of Guangzhou to Beijing, a 3 hour flight and Crystina slept the whole way. We had about a 4 hour layover in Beijing, but we had to re-check our luggage, so that took some time and we had lunch. Then we were off to the US, Crystina was up and wanted to eat and play for the first 4-5 hours, afterwards she slept until we almost got to Chicago. She did really well. Once we got to Chicago, that's when the real "FUN" started...we had to go through immigration, that was NO problem, then we had to pick up our luggage (again) and go to another person from Immigration or INS (not really sure), then re-scan our luggage through customs and then re-check our luggage through the airline, then go through security (again), then go to the gate..........we had "dinner" and then we waited a bit, our layover was to be 4 hours, we arrived in Chicago an hour earlier than expected. Then our flight got delayed a bit, so we thought...we actually were delayed 2 hours!! We were not very happy people! We finally arrived in Orlando at 1:00am! We had our "Welcoming Committee" waiting for us, that was very emotional for us! There were almost 20 people, JUST FOR US!! It was really exciting and we are so blessed that we have such a LOVING family and a family that was SO anxious to meet Crystina! My brother and niece, Coco & Angelica, surprised me with their visit (they live in Dallas)...even though I already knew they were coming. ; ) Yes, I "ruined" my own surprise, but it was ALL worth it, too many emotions going on at that time! Crystina did GREAT, no tears...just giving so many smiles, to everyone! She didn't "volunteer" to go to anyone's arms until we were in the parking lot, then everyone got to hold her...even if it was only 2 seconds. ; )

We finally got home, to our house, at about 3:00am or so...and we went to bed at around 6:00am. Jet lag is NO fun! Crystina did really good her first morning, no, afternoon, here. We had some visitors come by and see Crystina and, once again, she did great! She played with her cousins, Alvani & Joshua, and with her grandma, nai nai (Edgar's mom). Some VERY dear friends, Brenda & Sean, sent us "welcome home" flowers and a teddy bear and also stopped by to meet Crystina. Then we went to my parent's house to have some dinner...awwww, some rice & beans with pork chops....it was SO GOOD!!! Crystina loved the rice & beans! Then she was playing with her other 2 cousins, Angelica & Ayden...it was so cute! And we were able to see our other 2 "girls," Lola & Bertha, how much we missed them!! Bertha sure has gotten BIG...and she is still so beautiful and very playful! Lola, is our sweet beautiful "girl," they both did good with Crystina, actually they didn't mess with her too much. Crystina was loving Toby and Toby was loving Crystina (Toby is my parent's dog). Crystina fell asleep over there BUT woke up when we left.....we tried to get her to sleep and it took us over 2 hours!! She is finally sleeping! I'm sure tomorrow will be another adventure! : )

Well, here are just a few pictures of our LONG day...enjoy!

Waking up and getting ready for the long and BIG day!

On the way from Guangzhou to Beijing...
From Beijing to Chicago...

From Chicago to Orlando...
On the monorail at the Orlando airport...getting ready to meet the family!!
Our "Welcoming Committee"!!!!!!!!
First "breakfast" at home!!

Well, this is the end of "one journey" and the beginning of another! We hope you have enjoyed reading our journey and looking at the pictures and videos of us becoming parents! We are truly overjoyed and couldn't be happier! We appreciate you following us during this very emotional time in our lives. And, once again, we thank you for all the prayers, comments (here on the blog or e-mails) and just supporting us through this process. We truly appreciate it!!!!

This blog is NOT stopping...we are going to continue it with updates, pictures and videos BUT it won't be on a daily basis. We hope to update it, at least, once or twice a week (or maybe more), HOPEFULLY!! So, please continue to check up on us...

Thanks again...and God Bless!!