We're Home

The first leg. Guangzhou to Seoul, South Korea.



















Sebbie sleeps on the first leg.










We made it to LAX. Maggie Xudi Law is a US citizen after stepping on US ground for the first time.









Sebbie and Didi's cousins from Portland. Their birth country is China too!











Give her her own bag to carry and she is a happy girl!


Our awesome family cheers our arrival at PDX!

Well, we made it. What a trip home! Total elapsed time from take-off to our home in Corvallis was about 27 hours. The first flight from Guangzhou to Seoul, South Korea was only about 2 1/2 hours. Didi didn't like her seat belt fastened and cried so hard we thought she was going to pass out. I held her in my lap for the landing. Sebbie even napped on this flight.

The long flight from Seoul to Los Angeles was 11 and 1/2 hours. We boarded the plane at 8:00p.m. Didi was so exhausted from playing in the play area with her big brother and missing another nap, she fell asleep in about 3o minutes. Sebbie was so excited about having his very own TV monitor, that he stayed awake until after 3:30 a.m. playing battleship and then watching a full length movie. Mommy was a real champ and stayed awake with him. She got about 30 minutes sleep the whole flight. I did better, sleeping in between being kicked by Didi. I thought it better she kick me instead of the man sitting in the seat on her other side.

We arrived in Los Angeles at about 3:30p.m., tired, a wee bit cranky, totally smelly and wet from Didi's soddy diaper. After a spit bath, a change of clothes and some food, we felt a bit better. The flight from LAX to PDX was a piece of cake, except when the flight attendant spilled red wine all over Sebbie's pants. The good part was she gave Cathy a large bottle of Curve Ball Blonde Ale as a way to say apologize. Sebbie and Didi even sat together and played, laughed and giggled for about an hour of the flight.

Upon arrival at PDX we were so excited and pleased to see some of our family there to greet us. They had balloons, gifts and really cool, hand made signs and posters. Sebbie and Didi's cousins Grace and Matea were even there too. They understood how arduous the return trip is because they did it just a few years ago with their mom and dad, Brian and Kim.

With the extreme crying about the seat belt on the first flight, we were worried about the child seat for Didi on the drive home. However, when she saw her really cool big brother strap himself into his car seat (we didn't tell her it was just a booster!), she wanted in her car seat and was happy to have it buckled up. The final leg, driving from PDX to Corvallis was maybe the most difficult, but fun too. Cathy kept going in and out of semi-consciousness to see if I was ok driving. I would say she was delirious, asking me "hey, you got any tartar sauce?" or "do I smell kitty litter?" Her silly, but well timed questions kept me laughing and awake. Pulling up to our house about midnight, I had to keep pinching myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. The last 2 1/2 weeks went by so fast, and it seemed almost like a dream. Blue and Goofy were there to greet us and there was a really fun sign hanging in our kitchen entry way. There were flowers on the table, cards to welcome us home and even a couple of welcome home Maggie gifts were waiting for her. What a trip! What an incredible journey this has been. Thank you for following along with us on our blog. We have appreciated your love an support along the way!