We're Home!

We finally made it home after a 24 hr flight. Adelyn survived and so did we. She did great up to the last leg from MI to KY. She 'd had enough flying for the day and decided to scream for 45 minutes before falling asleep for the last 30minutes. It was all smiles after that. We were met at the airport by our families with balloons, signs and smiles. Adelyn pointed and smiled at everyone but clung to Mommie. After the 35min drive home, we were surprised with a wonderful dinner waiting on the stove, gifts, cards, balloons and flowers everywhere. We felt so honored to have such a loving and supportive family.

Adelyn walked around the house like she owned the place. I guess she was thinking, "I'll go anywhere but in that airplane again!" Oh, and she loves to streak around the house. A typical day at her orphanage included wearing around 3-4 layers of clothes. Now, she loves to touch her arms and toes.

We spent the next 4 days trying to catch up on sleep, recover from jetlag and acclimate Adelyn to her surroundings. She seems to be adjusting well. Her sleeping is not quite adjusted, but she is starting to sleep through the night with fewer awakenings. Her appetite is still very good. She eats mostly table food, fresh fruits, eggs, bread, pasta, rice etc. She will only drink milk if it has sugar in it. We were originally told by our guide to bring sugar packets with us because the orphanage babies are given sugar in their formula to make them like it better. We are working on that, but for now we are just glad she is getting nutritious foods.

Adelyn will be going to UK International Pediatric Specialists next week to check over her entire system and update her immunizations.
We will keep posting to the blog with updates every week or so.



Andrea, Don and Adelyn