While Chongqing was nice and our hotel Le Meredian was nice...we were SO READY to leave!! Not much happened after Shep had his allergic reaction in the hotel restaurant to seafood. We spent a LOT OF TIME wandering around trying to help the kiddos exert some energy. All we could do was walk around the hotel and mall outside the hotel and look for ways to waste time as we got ready to leave.
Shepard is QUICKLY becoming a Daddy's boy...which is great!! He just wants Mark to hold him all the time and he is a chunk to hold!! But its sweet and things will get more regulated once we get home!! Here is a cute pic of the boys at lunch today!
When we left our hotel in Chongqing to head to the airport...we left so we would have about 3 hours to get checked in and wait. WELL....our plane boarded 45 minutes late and we sat in it without being able to take off for another 45 min to 1hour. We were all frustrated and whew...Shep was NOT wanting to sit still!
After we made it to Guangzhou (2.5 hours late) we heard there was a bomb threat at Chongqing airport and they shut the whole airport down and evacuated it. We are SO THANKFUL that we got out in time. We wouldn't want our appointments to get behind this week!!
COMING HOME:
WHICH...makes me think, Praise God...they got all the families from last week caught up and we will be having our Consulate appointment on time and we will be coming home on time!! YAY!!!
We should be landing in Huntsville on Saturday, May 25th at 8:09 AM. We cannot WAIT to get home!!! We are all very ready.
THE KIDS:
Everyone is doing good...we are just ready to be home now that we have Shep! The kiddos are troopers!!! Silas has been a huge help with the luggage since Mark is carrying Shep. So has Sadie and Sophie too!! They've jumped in and filled in the gaps where needed. It's a little harder for Silas to understand that things have to be about Shep right now. It will change...but so much is focused around him. Silas struggles some with that!! But they all LOVE their little brother and he makes us all laugh SO MUCH!!
TOMORROW:
Tomorrow (Sunday) we are renting a van and going an hour and a half south of here to see Doug and Janice Bush at New Day South. Doug and Janice are from our church The Rock and they are now the house parents at New Day South. We can't wait to spend some time with them and with the kiddos at their foster home!!! We are excited for the opportunity but also for Tonya to spend some time with the kids there too. We are praying her and Frank get matched with their little one soon!! Wouldn't it be SO NEAT if she could meet her little one tomorrow?!?! Sigh...you just never know what God is going to do!!
Well...that's it for now!! Gotta get the kiddos baths and ready for bed!!! We have a fun day tomorrow!!! I'll post again tomorrow night and hopefully with some sweet pics!!!
Thank you all so much for your prayers and encouragement!!! Love and miss everyone greatly and cannot wait to get home!!! Night!!
Buffi
ONE MORE THING....I have posted another album of photos on FB if you'd like to see them!!! There are a ton on there!! If someone following the blog isn't on FB and would like to see pics...let me know and I'll try and find a quicker way to get them on blogger! :)
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