Time to go home!!

Our time in China has come to an end - we have enjoyed seeing Makenna's birthplace, but we are more than ready to get home to the rest of our family and start life as a family of five! We didn't sleep much on Thursday night - too excited, I guess. At 5:00 AM, we woke up Makenna and were headed to the airport by 5:30. Our flight to Beijing was delayed an hour - not a problem, since we had four hours or so in the Beijing airport before our flight to Newark. Our flight ended up leaving about 90 minutes late - still, shouldn't be a problem. The flight to Beijing was two and a half hours. We needed to claim our checked baggage and then go upstairs to check in for the international flight. We should have had plenty of time... BUT.. Our luggage ended up asking over an hour to come off our first flight. Then, we had a long line to check into our next flight. We hit every delay possible.... More long lines at Immigration and security and our flight at the farthest gate possible. Add to this that Makenna still wants Mama to carry her all the time. 

We arrived at the gate as the plane was boarding... No time for eating or resting before strapping Makenna in for the thirteen hour flight.  But... We are headed home!!

Waiting for our bags in Beijing...

Still waiting... Where are they?

Finally!