"You're his parents. You're my parents too."

Early yesterday morning Bethany said, "You're his parents. You're my parents too."

This about sums up our life now. Trying to figure out how to do that and do it well, while coping with jet lag.

Our last night, spent in Hong Kong was nice. We saddled Caleb up in the Ergo and headed out on the subway to downtown Hong Kong. We wondered around for a few hours and Caleb didn't make a peep- he was mesmerized! Our last meal was pizza from and Indian woman at a pier in Hong Kong. Go figure!

Our flights home went really well. Caleb had only one fairly short screaming fit on the 15 hour flight from Hong Kong to Detroit. Not bad! The rest of the flight, he was great!

The only really difficult part was immigrations in Detroit. All in all it took close to an hour and a half to make it through all the steps. Caleb screamed for about an hour of it. We couldn't find hot water to make a bottle. People were staring at us like we were a freak show. The man behind us may have been cussing us out in Chinese/Japanese (not sure because my child was screaming so loudly). And I am pretty sure the man doing the immigrations paperwork line was a turtle or a snail in his past life. When one of the security guys there looked at Caleb and said to me, "That's his hungry cry.", I almost punched him in the face. I didn't, which is why I am writing you from home today and not jail. Finally, another agent opened up her line and we got to go to hers.

The TSA in Detroit does have one angel working for them. Upon seeing one more line we had to wait through- the security and baggage scan, I about fell on the floor to throw a 2 year old style tantrum. I didn't but I know I looked like I was at the end of my rope (and I was). Thankfully, a very kind woman took me by the hand and said, "Bring them and follow me." She took us to the front of the line. Either she saw my look of desperation on my face or she couldn't take the screaming any more, or maybe a combination of both. But, she was our immigrations angel that day. I will always be grateful for her kindness.

The last two flights were perfect and we were welcomed at the airport by some friends and family. I have never been more happy to be home.

Everyone slept well the first night due to exhaustion. Monday, Bethy went to school and then we all took naps. A friend brought dinner and it was really a pretty good day.

Monday night was rough. Caleb was awake for two hours in the middle of the night. Jet lag caused Tom and I to only get 3 hours of sleep. Yesterday morning was rough. I was a zombie and Caleb and Bethy began the battle of the siblings. When I heard Bethy say for the 25th time, "He's in my way.", while fighting for space on Tom's lap, I had enough. I declared that we were getting dressed and going out. We ran some errands, stopped by church to say hi and went to chick fil a to play and eat. Definitely a good decision. We survived the morning and everyone took good naps. Nana came over in the afternoon and everyone went to bed somewhat on time. Everyone had a pretty good night last night and I made it to 4:30 this morning which is pretty good!

Caleb is adjusting pretty well. He seems to be dealing with everything better than Bethany. He did reach out to multiple strangers yesterday while we were out- a good reminder that attachment work has just begun. Overall, he seems happy and is having fun exploring the house. Bethany goes between liking him and being mad at him. She really likes to help out with him and enjoys when we play up the fact that she's older. Sharing her toys and her Daddy is the hardest part. We'll all adjust in time.

I have a lot more to say but that'll have to be for another post. I'll see if I can get some pictures up soon!

Thanks for everyone's love and support- we couldn't do this without you!