HOME SWEET HOME

WE MADE IT HOME LAST NIGHT AROUND 10:30 PM. OUR PLANE WAS AN HOUR LATE LEAVING GUATEMALA AND WE WERE IN IMMIGRATION ABOUT AN HOUR LAST NIGHT BUT WE MADE IT HOME. OUR FRIENDS WERE WAITING ON US WHEN WE CAME OUT OF BAGGAGE CLAIM. I HAVE TO SAY A HUGE, BIG THANK YOU TO MY MOM! SHE HAS BEEN SUCH AN ANGEL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT HER! ZACHARY WAS AN ANGEL ON THE PLANE. WE HAD 7 OTHER FAMILIES ON OUR PLANE BRINGING THEIR BABIES HOME. ZACHARY WAS PLAYING PEEK-A-BOO AND SMILING AT PEOPLE MOST OF THE WAY HOME. HE DID FALL ASLEEP ONE TIME FOR ABOUT 3O MINUTES.

WHEN WE FINALLY LANDED IN CHARLOTTE, THE LINE THROUGH IMMIGRATION WAS LONG. I HAD MY SEALED PACKAGE (WHICH I DID NOT OPEN BY THE WAY). WE HAD TO HAND IT OVER TO THE DHS WORKER ONCE WE REACHED THE WINDOW. HE THEN GAVE US A NUMBER. WE PICKED UP OUR LUGGAGE AND THEN WE WERE ROUTED TO A ROOM WHERE WE WAITED, ALONG WITH THE OTHER FAMILIES, UNTIL THEY REVIEWED OUR PAPERWORK. NUMEROUS FAMILIES MISSED THEIR CONNECTION FLIGHTS DUE TO THIS. NONE OF US EXPECTED THIS BECAUSE OF COURSE OUR AGENCIES DIDN'T INFORM US. ANYWAY, EACH FAMILY WAS CALLED OUT, ONE AT A TIME, AND WE WERE ABLE TO LEAVE. WE WAITED ABOUT 30 ADDITIONAL MINUTES DURING THIS TIME. ONCE THEY CALLED OUR NAME, WE SPOKE TO THE AGENT AT THE DESK AND HE TOLD US THAT ZACHARY WOULD BE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AS SOON AS HE WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS LEAVING IMMIGRATION IN TO THE AIRPORT!!! ;-))) IT WAS SO AWESOME TO HEAR THOSE WORDS. I KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN BUT IT WAS STILL NICE TO HEAR IT.

MIKE AND JIM WERE WAITING ON US IN THE BAGGAGE AREA. ZACHARY WAS IN A GOOD MOOD AND SMILING AT EVERYONE. WE TOOK A FEW PICTURES AND THEN LEFT TO COME HOME. WE GOT HERE AND WE WERE DEAD TIRED. WE DID GIVE ZACHARY A BATH, WHICH HE LOVED, AND THEN WE GOT HIM IN BED. HE SLEPT VERY WELL AND ONLY WOKE UP ONCE FOR A BOTTLE. TODAY HE WOKE UP AROUND 9AM, TOOK 2 NAPS DURING THE DAY AND JUST PLAYED AND PLAYED THE REST OF THE TIME. WE HAD NUMEROUS DELIVERIES WHEN WE GOT HOME. HIS PACK N PLAY WAS HERE, HIS NEW MACLAREN STROLLER WAS HERE AND TODAY HIS JOGGING STROLLER ARRIVED!!! HE'S GOT THE LEXUS VERSION OF ALL THREE!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE STROLLERS AND THE PACK N PLAY!!!

THE LITTLE ANGEL IS SLEEPING NOW AND I AM GETTING READY TO HIT THE BED TOO. I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. WE WILL POST AGAIN TOMORROW WITH MORE PICTURES.

LOVE AND HUGS,
REBECCA AND ZACHARY