Well friends - we're back home. I'm backdating the next couple of updates so that you see them as they happened. There simply hasn't been time to do a blog update until today. We're a bit... preoccupied!
We received Luci on Monday morning, and a beautiful Monday morning in Seoul it was. Mrs. Kim dressed her impeccably, as usual. Poor Mrs. Kim - she really didn't want to let her go. We all cried and Luci just looked at us. Again, I can't stress enough how thankful Heather and I are for Mrs. Kim. She truly is a saint and our hero. I can't imagine how hard it is to pour your heart into these little ones and then let them go to their forever families. Here's a couple of shots of Heather waiting for Luci and the Eastern driver seeing us off at the airport.
Luci was such a trooper during our travel. This little angel has such a good temperament. We walked and played in the Seoul airport while awaiting our big flight. She rode on Daddy's shoulders and looked out windows and pulled his hair. We played in the seats at the gate and flirted with strangers.
Luci did amazing on the Korean Air flight from Seoul to Chicago. She mostly played and babbled in our laps - the plane was completely full and we couldn't get a bassinet or extra seat. She napped on our chests. At about hour 11 of 13 she got pretty exhausted and we were NOT the person she was looking for to comfort her. No amount of walking or baby-wearing would work. We express great thanks to a wonderful Korean lady that tied Luci to her back and walked her up and down the aisles while singing to her. When she got tired, a Korean grandmother took over. They kept coming back to comfort Heather and I (we were crying, too!) and telling Luci we were mommy and daddy. The rest of the trip went rather well. The layover in Chicago was relatively problem free, as was the flight from Chicago to Northwest Arkansas Regional. She slept in the carseat (YAY!) and fussed only a little when we reached our home and the welcoming party.
Below are a few shots of the welcoming committee. Luci eventually woke up enough that she played and babbled quite a bit for everyone - which was of course a huge hit.
I didn't have enough mental drive left to take many pictures - so these shots are blatantly stolen from Betsy and Grandma Marylin.
More on the first few days at home to come...
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