Love brings us home!!!!!

Oh my stars has it been a journey the past 3 days. Our 26 hour journey (from China to Cincinnati) home was restless and quite challenging with little sleep (it was tough on Jailyn with restless sleep and being confined (thank god for Benadryl-which was helping as Jailyn was catching a cold which would knock her out) and Daddy and Mommy had next to nothin' in the sleep department on the whole journey home.....Many great memories like the picture when we were getting ready to land in LA where Jailyn became a US citizen and Mike was singing "This land is your land...." and she was happy which was not the case 95% of the trip. Don't let the cute picture fool you. When we cleared customs which was 2 hours that was a happy time and then being able to walk off the airplane with tears in our eyes that we had finally made it home with our baby girl in our arms. Family and friends greeted us and then the drive in our car with Jailyn in her car seat was so nice. Just Jailyn, Daddy and Mommy driving home. Everything was so beautiful that morning and sunny and once we headed up the hill to our street it just got better and better. We were greeted by Connie our neighbor who went to grocery which was planned and happened to be working from home that day and was able to help us get everything in the home and provided us with a yummy home cooked meal. We took Jailyn to her room and she lit up with a big smile and was overstimulated. We put her on her comforter with some gifts she received and she was so happy. Somehow she knew this was home and her first nap she squirmed all over her baby bed and loved it and laughed and fell asleep happy. Needless to say it was crazy with no sleep, unpacking, laundry, taking care of Jailyn finally sleeping a few hours and then up all night with Jailyn since she was still in her Chinese timezone. We got some rest not enough. Jailyn and I took a bath at 2am because I knew our first morning would be a challenge and we took Jailyn to the Pediatrician to check her out as she we were concerned she was sick - just teething (our baby girl just had a cold and had 4 teeth come in over the past 2 weeks and was so flexible with all the change from foster mom to us in Nanchang, to an intercountry airplane ride, to Guangzhou and a long airplane ride home and then finally getting settled into our home at last. Happiness is in the journey and life sure takes us to unexpected places and thru the travel challenges love brought us home and we are parents of a thriving baby girl. We could not be happier and love her so much. Checkout our welcome home pictures on Facebook. Here are her pictures at home with her new gifts and visiting with Grandma F and meeting Katie and Billy her big sister and big brother for the first time Friday night. They loved eath other so much. Jailyn is so happy and we praise God for this new bundle of joy and for the double blessings we continue to receive. I will continue to update our blog every few days.

So happy to be blogging from our home and very jet lagged.....Pray for rest and a peaceful transition back to normal everyday life with our new baby girl on eastern standard time. Can't wait for you to meet Jailyn.

With much LOVE and JOY,