We're Home (A Little Belated Post)!!

Hi everyone. This is my first chance to blog since we've been home. Xinxin is sleeping and I'm multitasking (blogging, laundry, tidying up).

We had a pretty uneventful trip home, thankfully. All of the flights within China were delayed, so we were pretty worried about the flight home with the little man. It worked out pretty decently - except for a train wreck of a time trying to get from Beijing airport to the hotel on the 11th. The flight was, of course, late and by the time we landed, the shuttle was not operational. So we had to hail a cab and hope the driver knew the hotel. Well, he didn't. So we got out of the cab, Tom's backpack opened up and stuff fell all over the street. I was carrying Xinxin in the Ergo pack on my chest, so we're going crazy trying to get everything picked up. We go back into the airport and Tom finds someone to write the hotel name down in Chinese and we head back out to try it again. At this point, I am SO DONE with China. I have an overtired, cranky child having a fit in my arms, we're missing stuff and trying to get our bags, etc. together. We get back on the taxi line and get a driver that takes us to the hotel. Our 3 hour flight turned into an 8 1/2 hour travesty. Why does the adoption agency schedule flights so late when nothing runs on time in China????

We've been home for just over a week now and have been adjusting to life with Xinxin and he's been adjusting to life with us. It's been interesting - sometimes fun, sometimes challenging, always happy to have him in our lives. He is a very energetic, smart boy and we can't wait to see him thrive here.

This past week we've spent together - the three of us, but tomorrow Tom goes back to work. I will miss his help tremendously. We've been to Lake Ronkonkoma, Atlantis Marine World and The LI Game Farm. Xinxin loves animals. You can see photos of our first day home and the Lake trip here, photos of the Atlantis outing here and photos of the trip to the Game Farm here.

Off to switch the laundry before he wakes up and misses me. Mommy can't stray too farm from him right now.