Audrey Clare Lokar: Made it home--Amen!

It was great to get home. She flew like a dream, slept probably 9-10hrs of the 13hr flight. Of course, she only knows business class now, so that will be a problem later. The flight attendants could not have been more, well..."attendant" to both Audrey (Choo-Choo) and Emma. No issues at the border crossing other than me. I snapped a photo of Kath and Audrey in front of the welcome to the US sign. The customs' officer busted us. They made me delete the picture. But we did get advanced in the line, not sure why, but it was smooth sailing after that.
The grandparents brought our kids to greet us. It was very cute to see their excitement. Hugh was so sweet, he cried when he saw his momma and hugged her. They love their little sister. They overwhelm her with hugs and toys to play with. The dogs would like to love her, but she isn't use to seeing them up this close (or alive!, ha ha, just kidding, it's not like we saw a "dog farm" in China or anything like that...nope, no sirree, no dog farms in China, i mean that would be sick! oh wait, i have Audrey home i don't have to pretend anymore. We gol darn did see dog farms, dogs tied to trees, struggling to get loose. Sick!). While i am at it, hey, China?! What's with the staring and the pushing and shoving in airplanes and at KFC. I get staring at the white family with the Chinese baby. But battle the other 4 billion Chinese, leave my tall, white arse out of it I was just looking for a double Cappuccino. We Americans take a lot of grief world wide for being rude and obnoxious. I encourage people to go to India or China, as I have this past year. Other than the serial killers and the population of the entire state of Florida, we aren't bad people to visit. Come visit Ashburn, we promise not to stare back!
As you can tell from the time of this post, we are still very much on China time. Exhausted at 4pm, awake at 4am. Emma has adjusted quicker and is sleeping soundly. She made it too school the next day and through her activities. We were glad to find out her cough the whole time in China was just a minor irritation from her sinus and she should be clear by the time the big red man arrives.

What a Christmas it will be. For 15mos, Audrey sat in an orphanage, had heart surgery, recovered in foster care and just like that she's a U.S. citizen and more importantly, our daughter, back home two miles in any direction from 3 Starbucks, 1 Caribou coffee and countless other absolutely necessary amenities. God Bless America!