We're Home!

It's 4:33 pm in Deerfield, but 2:30 a.m. in China 1/15. We're home. Finally.

We were all a bit nervous for the flight home in light of Allison's ear infection and given that it was 13 hours. But Allison barely cried the entire flight, and we did not even spend that much time walking her up and down the aisle. The only time she cried was when we tried to wipe her nose (which is running constantly). It might have had something to do with the fact that we had every toy on hand, but we like to think she's just a good traveler. The upgrades came through for our return trip (courtesy again of our friend Mike) which made a world of difference on the flight.

Clearing immigration wasn't bad at all and took much less time than we thought. Once the agent stamped Allison's passport, she was a U.S. citizen. We were met at the aiport by our wonderful friend Julie who graciously drove our car (with carseat) to pick us up in -3 degree weather. She also stocked our fridge with groceries and and made a casserole for dinner for us. She was so excited to see Allison that she asked permission twice to hug her!

We then gave Allison the 5 cent tour of the house, her room and her toys. She was grinning through most of it. She then played with some new toys, pooped (twice) (hopefully that's not an indication of how she really feels about her new surroundings) and collapsed for a nap. We somehow need to get her on the Central time zone, which will be a new challenge. We have been up for nearly 24 hours straight, and we are so exhausted that we are actually geting dizzy. However, none of that seems to matter much to us now. We're home!