Lucy Turns 1!

Lucy turned one on September 12th. We had only been home a few days and jet lag was not our friend. So we decided to not have a blow out party as we had discussed. Instead, Madison and I made pink lemonade cupcakes and the five of us celebrated together. We gave Lucy a few gifts and that was that. We decided that it would be a little overwhelming for her and us to have a big party. It was a fun celebration for our family!

Sunday-Home!

Sunday morning we woke up early to head to the Chicago airport to finally head home. We only got a few hours sleep but we didn't care we were headed home! The flight seemed very quick after all the flying we had been doing and before we knew it we were landing at GSP! Thanks to Katie we got some good photos of our homecoming!

Headed to our many well wishers!

The cutest welcome crew!

Waiting us to arrive!

Madison and Peyton made us signs!

Lucy meeting Grammie

Meeting Uncle Mike and Anne Mommy

Peyton gave me flowers! He is a little smitten with his newest sister!

Family of Five!

My kiddos and me!

We had planned a dinner with a few friends for Sunday night when we thought we were getting home on Saturday. We decided to go ahead and eat even though we were tired. It was fun to see everyone and Lucy charmed them all! :  )

Southern girl-already in smock and hair bow!

Getting to know the girls!

Yummy cake!

The kids table!

The big kids table! 

Showing off her skill of clapping!

Saturday

Saturday was suppose to be our trip home. We should have arrived at GSP at 10:20 on Saturday night. However, that didn't happen! We checked out of our Hong Kong hotel at 8 on Saturday morning expecting to get on a plan at 9. But when we got to the desk we found out our flight was delayed until 6:45 Saturday night. Which meant we would miss our connecting flight in Chicago. So we had to spend the day in the Hong Kong airport waiting for our flight and then spend the night in Chicago. It was not what we had hoped for but we couldn't have asked for better from Lucy on the flight home. She was awesome on our flight from Hong Kong to Chicago. She spent some time sleeping, playing and eating. She was a great traveller. Especially, when we had been out all day travelling. When we arrived at Chicago we went through immigration and Lucy became a US citizen!  United booked us a room and we stayed in Chicago for the night. We ordered food as soon as we made it to the room and we both felt so glad to drink a drink with ice! In the end it probably worked out for the best because we had a rest between flights and Lucy did great. We woke up early on Sunday and caught our flight home! Lucy slept almost the whole flight home!

 

 

 

Sleeping in the Hong Kong airport!

Friday

On Friday, we had to wait aroundto get Lucy's visa that allows her to travel to the US. We had booked a room in Hong Kong for Friday night so we could be there for our flight home on Saturday. We hung out around the hotel until 3 on Friday. We spent some time with our Kentucky friends and took some pictures of the girls in their traditional Chinese dresses. We then hopped in a van and headed to met our guide for her visa. Once we got it we headed to Hong Kong for the night. We were excited to see our friends from England at our hotel and we had a last meal with them at Popeye's in the Hong Kong airport. It was a nice last day and evening.
 

 

 

 

Our hotel room in Hong Kong

The view from our hotel in Hong Kong

 

Thursday

On Thursday, we had our US Consulate appointment. This is where we take an oath and then they approve her Visa to come to the US. This is the appointment that the whole trip is based around. It was fairly quick and painless! We had the rest of the day free. We came back and got McDonald’s for lunch and then we walked around the shops at the hotel and explored. We took some pictures of some the places around the hotel. For dinner we tried the hotel buffet and discovered we should just stick to the breakfast here. It was ok but not a whole lot we would eat. It had a lot to do with us not being adventurous but we are being picky. On Friday, we will get our Visa from our guide and then take a van to Hong Kong where we will stay the night. We will get up Saturday morning and fly home! We can’t wait to see everyone. Especially our kiddos!