We made it!

Just wanted to let everyone know that we are in China!  It is a little surreal to me that we are actually here!  We left Albany Thursday morning at 6:30 am and drove to Atlanta.  We parked our car, gathered up all the bags (which by the way, I am already convinced we brought too much stuff!), and rode a shuttle to the airport.  We checked in, ate lunch at the airport's branch of The Varsity, and then went to find our plane.  Will and Josh were quite impressed at the size of this airplane!

All in all, Korean Air was great!  We boarded at 1:00, they fed us lunch or dinner at 3:30 and then the entire plane (except for us and the crew!) went to sleep.

In flight entertainment was good....the plane had cameras on the front so that you could watch the takeoff from the pilot's view and cameras on the bottom so you could see what we were passing over.  The boys watched the feed from these cameras for a while and then switched to video games!  I watched the episode of "Friends" where Ross gets the  spray tan....one of my favorites!....and then watched "Safe Haven".  We tried to sleep...Anita and I actually did sleep some, but the boys were never convinced that it was time to sleep because it was still light outside.  We flew west the entire time, so the sun never set!  

We finally arrived in Seoul, Korea, and made it through the temperature sensors (thank goodness no one was quarantined!).  We had to go back through security and then we finally found something to eat.  But this time, I was feeling a bit nauseous from the flight so I just wanted to sit and eat something to try and settle my stomach.  We found a KFC and a Burger King...not exactly sure that BK was the best thing for my queasy stomach, but it was what we had.  We paid and finally found a seat in the extremely crowded food court.  Just as we started to eat, we heard an announcement saying "last boarding call" for our flight to Beijing!  So much for a peaceful meal!!  We carried our food with us and hurried to the gate.  We got on the flight with very little time to spare.  I don't want to think what would have happened if we had missed this flight!

This flight to Beijing was easy, only two hours, so we were landing before we knew it.  We made it through immigration, found our bags, cleared security again in customs, and then found our guide from the travel agency.  

The guide drove us around Beijing for about 45 minutes on the way to our hotel.  Beijing is big with lots of traffic.  It really reminds me of Atlanta.  Our guide helped us check into our hotel.  We hope to get in bed early because John Yellowcar, a favorite guide of adoptive families, will be meeting us at 7:00 am to take us to the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, and the Olympic Bird's Nest.

Thanks to everyone who is sending prayers up on our behalf!  Keep them coming...we can definitely feel them!  We are so thankful for all of the support of our family and friends back home.  The emails and Facebook comments have been so encouraging.  We love you all!