The smog lifted this morning and we actually saw blue skies above Beijing!!! Thank you all for praying!!! There are some dark clouds here in Tokyo, but nothing too serious...woo hoo!!!
We are getting ready to depart on our final flight of our two week trip (7 flights all together...yikes!!!). Ellie has been a trooper for sure!!! The first flight to Guangzhou, she did amazing (all except the fact that she stayed awake the whole time) :-)!!!
Our trip to Beijing last night was really rough!!! Our decent lasted 40+ minutes, followed by a 20 minute taxi...Ellie cried through the whole thing :-(... We then arrived at our hotel at almost midnight to get a quick sleep and be ready to go by 4:30 am...yikes!!! Unfortunately Ellie was in a lot of pain last night (we can only guess her ears from the flight), so she cried most of those 4 hours...needless to say, we are extremely sleep deprived!!!
Given our lack of sleep, the 7 flights in 2 weeks as well as staying on the 15th and 17th floor of two of our hotels...the elevator rides, and plane rides and little sleep have made our world be a little loopy!!! Please pray that things will go back to normal quickly when we get home, and the room would stop spinning...lol!!!
Please pray that we would all sleep on this next flight to San Fran (especially Ellie)!!!! Pray that her ears would not bug her (so far all our Delta flights have been amazing, so she did great on the flight here to japan)!
We also thought we would take the opportunity to remind you that when we come home Ellie will need a chance to adjust...her world has been knocked upside down this past week and a half!! She has been ripped from the only home she has ever known, has been taken away from a people group she has only ever known, and has travelled more in this week and a half than most people do in years!!! Ellie needs to learn to trust Tim and I as her mommy and daddy! She has to learn that we are the ones who will take care of her needs! In her world as she has known it these past 2 weeks, we are the only familiar faces and voices to her. She will need time to learn who all of you are and know the difference between her mommy and daddy, her new brothers and friends and family.
When we arrive home, I will mostly have Ellie in the Ergo baby carrier when we are out and about (as I have here in China). This is for two fold...one, it is a great way to bond (as close to my womb as she will ever get), and two, we need her not to be held by all of you just yet... I know you all will want to love on her, and there is definitely time for that!!! She just needs time to trust US first...we hope you all understand this!!!
Words cannot describe how thankful we are to all of you for joining us in this journey, and we can't wait for you to meet her and to hear of our great adventures!!!
We love you!!! See you all soon!!!
Fun from the playroom at the Tokyo airport!!!
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