Home At Last

We finally made it home after travelling for 36 hours. Nina did very well on all of the plane rides (all 4 of them) and slept a little during each of them. It was difficult on all of us and we were all pretty cranky, but the flights all went well with the exception of the last plane, which was delayed half an hour for de-icing (it's always the last plane, when you just want to get home). We didn't get home until around midnight on Thursday and got to bed around 2 am after unpacking some things and getting situated. One of our pieces of luggage was lost. It was supposed to arrive in Los Angeles on a flight from San Francisco but never showed up. Who knows where it is. It had most of our souveniers and gifts, so we are upset about that. Hopefully it will turn up.

Nina seems to be adjusting well. She has been very tired, understandably, and has slept for a long time at night. Nine hours the first night and 16 last night. We have been preventing her from taking naps for now until she gets back on schedule. Hopefully it will only be a few days for her. She LOVES the animals and enjoys petting and talking to them. They have been very good with her. Pixie has allowed her to pet her quite a bit and Thunder has been very gentle. Phoebe has been her usual aloof self, but does show up from time to time. I think she doesn't quite know what the think of her.

It will probably be at least a couple more weeks before Nina feels totally comfortable with us and realizes we are her mommy and daddy, but I think she is doing well, especially considering the circumstances.

We have more pictures, but haven't had time to download yet, but will have something up in the next few days. Thanks to everyone for following our journey to China. Hope you stay around for the next one!!