HOME!!

We made it!!  It was an ending typical of our whole adoption journey.  We made it from Moscow to DC - just fine (it helps a lot when you are not vomiting on a plane).  We missed our connecting flight from DC to Nashville after sprinting to our gate to ask them to hold the plane while Clark and Evan got there.  Too late, by 5 MINUTES!!  All other direct flights to Nashville were booked.  So our United agent really worked on getting us home.  She put us on a flight to Charlotte, NC - which was delayed, which meant it looked like we were not going to make our connection in Charlotte.  Fortunately for us, we flagged one of the carts down in Charlotte and that lady booked it to our gate.  I actually thought we were going to run over some people.  She did it though.  We were one of the last ones on the plane.


I can't tell you how emotional it was to land in Nashville.  Clark and were not sitting together as the flight was full.  The landing was very rough due to the gusting winds.  We touched down and I started crying.  I am sure the man next too me thought I was being rather emotional over a bumpy landing.  It was HOME.  And we had our girl with us.  I was an emotional wreck - and we hadn't even made it out to where everyone was waiting for us!!


As we walked toward the security point we could see a huge crowd gathered and people cheering and clapping.  It was a beautiful sight - especially to see my children who did great while their mom and dad have been gone.

We drove home and to our amazement there were neighbors gathered in our front yard with signs and balloons all cheering as we drove in.

It was an unbelievable homecoming!!!

But it still wasn't over...we left up our Christmas tree so we could celebrate Christmas with Evan when she finally got home.  We walked into the room with our Christmas tree and this is what we saw...

Gifts for Evan and the tree had gift cards hung all over it!!!

It was truly like Christmas today!!  I am so thankful to everyone who has been a part of this journey.  Our hearts are overflowing with gratitude!!