Home!

We are finally home! That was some trip coming back. I believe we spent almost 27 hours either on a plane or in an airport. I mentioned a couple in my previous blog who were on their sixth adoption from China; it was actually their seventh! We traveled all the way to Chicago with them. I can't imagine doing that trip that many times with a toddler! They either have a great passion for these children or they are just insane.

Madison was almost giddy at the Guangzhou airport; perhaps she was overcome with joy because her day to leave and start her new life had finally come. We enjoyed more Starbucks at the Beijing airport, much to John's chagrin...he had to wait for us to slurp them down before going through security to get to our gate. We had plenty of time though, so Madison and I were in no hurry. We wanted to enjoy our frappiccinos.

John embarrassed a waitress at the Beijing airport too or she embarrassed herself. John was wearing a t-shirt that said father in Mandarin and as she was handing him the bill, she said something to a co-worker about his "ba ba" (father) shirt. Jokingly, he asked her why she was talking about him and his shirt. She didn't think he'd figure out that she was talking about him. Her face got all red and she hid it with her hands. She'll probably think twice about talking about a foreigner again when he or she is close by.

The Beijing to Chicago flight, of course, was very long. Madison slept a lot, but she also watched the Disney channel in Mandarin and we played SkipBo. She listened to music too. Apparently she likes 80s music (John's influence), because once when I looked over at Madison and John, they were both jammin' to it with their headsets on; their heads synchronized, keeping time with the beat.

Madison had her first Mexican food today. I thought she'd like the spicy chicken, but she nixed that and the refried beans. She did, however, like the rice (I guess that's not too much of a surprise) and the chips and salsa. After lunch, we hustled down to Howard's Sporting Goods to get her some new tennis shoes. Let's just say, her feet really needed to breath and her old shoes did not allow for that.

Madison got to meet John's parents at the airport last night, and we all went to Perkins before coming home so they could have a chance to visit with her...or look at her and ask us questions and talk about our trip. Mikelle, Sean, Madison, and I went to my mom and step-dad's today and she also met my sister, Theresa and her daughter, Kyra when they came over. Madison especially liked playing with my mom's two cats and moving the infrared pointer so the cats would chase it. She was probably pretty bored with us, since she couldn't understand our conversation. Although, she had to know we were talking about her a lot since we'd say her name and look at her.

This is getting to be quite a lengthy post, so I'll write more later.