It's time... We are bringing her HOME!

To say we are excited is an understatement. Our short stay in Hong Kong was 
relatively uneventful. We got up this morning (Sunday morning here) at 4AM to 
get ready and leave for the airport. It was a short 45 minute taxi ride, and 
Chloe kept looking at us like why in the world have you woken me up in the 
middle of the night and now you have me riding in yet another car?? Ha! We 
arrived at the airport with plenty of time, but we had a little problem with 
immigration. When we arrived at the train station on Friday they forgot to put 
the sticker in my passport that said I had in fact arrived in HK and was allowed 
to be there. We were escorted to a back room where we were questioned about 
how/when we got there etc. They took all of our passports, made copies, looked 
on a computer, and after about 20 minutes released us. Phew! I will say they 
were very nice the entire time, I just knew I HAD to get on that plane!! 

The first flight was a 4 1/2 hour flight to Tokyo, where we are now, waiting to 
board our plane that takes us all the way to ATLANTA!! It went smoothly and 
Chloe rested some and watched a movie. The next flight, is a 12 hour flight and 
we are praying that it is smooth too with lots of sleeping. :) We are scheduled 
to land in Atlanta at 3:20 Sunday afternoon (GA time!!). 

I'm ready to get back into my routine... Taking care of my kids, washing 
clothes, carpooling to and fro, cooking dinner (um, ok maybe not), cleaning the 
house, and doing paperwork. Oh, wait!! I'm done with paperwork!! Or at least for 
now I am.... :) 

Sunday night, August 11th we will be united as a FAMILY of 7!!! This song and 
word have come to mind many times throughout this process...

I'm thankful for Gods love, his provision, peace, and guidance. I don't deserve 
anything, but I am thankful that he choose us to be Chloe's parents! 

Much love to all of you! You have helped us, supported us, and prayed for us. 
See you all VERY soon! 

Love, 
Jeff & Katie 
 
P.S. for any last minute flight changes, you can check the blog. :) 

And a few more pics...