I am here in Chicago’s O’Hare airport, waiting for our flight to India to board… so I thought I would share a little about my day so far.
I got in late last night into Nashville and after organizing our stuff, we all went to bed. It was to be a BUSY morning. I woke up at 8 am to Eric and his son Grant rocking out to Guitar Hero…
and seeing the bags all lined up made the trip seem even more real!
So I did a little exploring around the house… here’s Dorothy’s (soon to be) room… I love the little girl clothes hanging in the closet…
Dean was playing his DS (Super Mario Bros) while Grant gave him pointers…
and Mom took care of Lael’s hair…
It was a morning of laughter and fun and an air of excitement…
and one last family photo before bringing Dorothy home. They left a space for her…
These guys are such cool people. I am so lucky.
Leaving the house, knowing the next time they would be here was with their new girl, was a bit emotional…
Tisra showed off her beautiful henna tattoo designs she got to celebrate her adoption!
And then it was off to Puckett’s for breakfast… super cool restaurant in Franklin that had great home-style food.
Then we dropped the kids off at their aunt and uncle’s house…
And we all joined hands and said a wonderful goodbye prayer… ♥
Our sea of bags at the airport… two of them clocked in at 45 pounds (whew! our limit was 50!).
Look! Just to prove i was really there…
Using our passports for the security checkpoint was pretty cool…
and then there was a whole lot of waiting!
FINALLY! We were heading to Chicago!!
I love that they are under the Indian flags here (the orange/white/green ones with the circle in the middle)…
And we are off….! Hopefully my next update will be very soon. The flight to India from Chicago is 15 hours, all of which we are planning on staying awake for so we can be ready to sleep as soon as we get there (it will be 9pm India time when we arrive). Fortunately the Boeing 777 we are taking should be equipped with lots of movies, TV shows, and other fun stuff to keep us busy. And if not, we have a lot of books and movies between us… maybe I should go get myself a Monster drink just to be safe…
by jessie
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