Monday,
October 19, 2009
WE ARE FINALLY HOME!!!
It’s hard to believe that we have been home for four weeks now.
In hindsight we had a fairly smooth trip home. We left Taipei at
11:45pm on Monday, August 31st and landed in LA around 9:00pm
west coast time. As we landed in Los Angeles we saw the
wildfires outside of the city. Ella slept for about nine hours
on the plane, so that was great. She did really well except for
the last excruciatingly, long hour. She was very upset that we
wouldn’t let her get down and walk around. She was crying so
loudly that the flight attendant brought her and Cate a rock
candy sucker. Normally, I wouldn’t let a baby have a sucker, but
at that point, we were desperate. I think every passenger on the
plane ended up sticky, but at least she was quiet. We decided it
would be better to trap her in the carrier, so I strapped her in
for the next flight from LA to Chicago. When she realized escape
was impossible, she just slept the whole flight, which was 3 ½
hours long. Yeah!!! We were almost home now. The flight from
Chicago to Louisville was not very crowded, so we headed to the
back of the plane and warned anyone near us that they might want
to move to the front. Ella ended up doing fine, so it was a
fairly easy trip. We landed in Louisville ahead of schedule at
10:00 am on Tuesday, September 1st.
We prepared ourselves for many sleepless nights. It usually
takes about a week to recover from the jetlag, and we expected
Ella to be so unsettled in her new environment, that one of us
would have to sleep in her room with her. We even set-up a twin
bed in her room in anticipation of those issues. I’m so thrilled
to say that she is an excellent sleeper. I’ve only had to sleep
in her room one night when she was sick. I rock her and sing to
her as she takes her night time bottle, and then I put her in
the crib, wide awake, and she sleeps. She sleeps 12-13 hours
every night. What a little angel. She is such a cuddlier and
always wants lots of kisses. It is so obvious to us that her
foster family loved her very much and made her feel very loved
and secure.
Thank you all for joining us on this journey. We feel so blessed
to have Ella home with us and part of our family. She has made
our family complete. |
Ella & Daddy
Ella likes the equipment,
but is not crazy about the water yet
1st attempt at a family photo |
