34 Hours Later....

34 hours later, we are HOME! YIPPEE! The children were angels, we had decent flights (of course I say that a bottle of wine later :)), our luggage arrived, customs was long but not hard, the blue and red bag that got searched all over China while we traveled arrived without being searched once, Mason-Kate rode in her carseat without any problems (after we convinced her with raisins that it was all good), we had a great little reunion at the airport with family, our little Finley (the dog) didn't forget us while we were gone and there was even COKE in the fridge (a whole 12 pack - I am drinking the first one in 3 weeks as I type - it was missed).....we arrived home at 1:00am (ish) to find our yard and house decorated....the boys were so excited, their friends had even decorated their room and there were Easter eggs hidden throughout the house....more friends had left a note on the front doorstep welcoming us home....the Easter bunny did come while we were away and even left us a note welcoming us home....the boys were thrilled with their new drumset they received from the Easter bunny - Pryce could not understand why we just didn't put it together right then! Amazing! Mason-Kate seemed a bit overwhelmed but by 2:30 am (ish) everyone, including her in her new, soft crib, was all tucked in nicely for a few hours sleep....she never cried (well, she did cry in the bath but that doesn't count), even when Finley licked her in the face, but you could tell she was wondering what in the world was going on....anyway, I would like to say thank you so much to everyone for following our journey to Mason-Kate....thank you all for your prayers, your emails, your thoughts, and your actions - they have meant the world to us! The trip was AMAZING! The adoption process and the trip to China was definitely a lifetime experience for us and we are looking forward to giving MK an experience of a lifetime with her forever family....can't wait for everyone to meet her! Stay tuned....

ps....Kirstin, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope your "longest birthday ever" was great! We were flying somewhere between China and Detroit when I looked over at Ryan and remembered it was your special day....so sorry we forgot to mention it before we left, we were focused on how much we were going to miss you guys....we did wave when the map showed us flying over Minneapolis! Hope "it's all good"! Take care.

The "Welcome Committee" at the Atlanta airport; All 3 in the car together

The "4 Mason Reunion" (All 4 in this pic are named Mason). This one's for you, Nannie!

Our welcome home cake; the boy's decorated room