Ah, home sweet home! The trip home was long but just fine. Emerson screamed for quite a while at the beginning of our flight from Hong Kong to SFO - the length of time she screamed is under debate but somewhere between 2 and 3 hours. After 10 minutes, who can tell anymore? She was a dream from SFO to DFW and I even got a few minutes of sleep on that flight.
My sister and brother-in-law picked us up at the airport... she was so happy to meet her Aunt & Uncle so we just eased right into Dallas. No tears from Emerson - just a few from me and her A-ee. My parents, Brian's dad, and my sister's daughters were all anxiously waiting at our house and did a great job staying calm as they saw Emerson for the first time. She handled it all really well: everyone held her and she smiled a lot. She scrutinized her new family and surroundings and is already very comfortable in her crib.
And, for the big homecoming finale: Jimi and Murray (our combined 180 pounds of dog) and the 2 cats are of great interest to her and caused no fear at all. She immediately reached out for Abigail (the sociable loving cat) and Jimi (the old grandpa dog). Murray is still a little much (as he is for most people - he's a big, in-your-face sort of guy) but she doesn't even twitch when he licks her head and feet. Now, they are all still wondering when she's gonna leave but I think everyone will be fine.
The night was a little rough - she's on China time so from 2-4 she was wide awake and ready to play. Luckily she went back to sleep although it turns out that I'm on China time too. We'll all do some adjusting in the next few days.
How does it feel to be home? Pretty amazing. We are glad we spent 11 days getting to know each other in China and she's definitely attached. So many people held their breath and waited with us for these 5 years and I'm overjoyed to say that it's time to breathe. It was an incredibly difficult wait and there were many days that I didn't think it would ever end. Well, here we are and Emerson could not be more perfect. I know there are many challenges ahead and can not wait to take them on and enjoy every moment!
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Welcome home. Glad the longer plane ride was relatively quiet. Isn't it amazing how they take to pets? We were told to put our dogs in a kennel for a week or two when our son came home; my husband flatly refused that. The dogs live here. The kid will live here. They have to live together. Our son is now living for the day when he gets to pick out his own dog! (which he can't do until the oldest of the three passes on)
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she took my breath away when I finally saw her - and she is absolutely perfect in every way. Love to all of you :)
ReplyDeleteWelcome home... cannot wait to see updates of the gorgeous daughter of yours :) In all honesty it will take a bit to get into the swing of things... to get that routine happening... take care
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