We're Home

We arrived home on June 21 at about 1:00 pm. Maizie was very good on the flights and the altitude change did not seem to bother her ears. She slept 11 hours of the 13 hour flight from Guangzhou to LA. Unfortunately for Carrie, Maizie spent most of this time sleeping on Carrie so Carrie didn’t get to sleep much on the long flight. I think taking the flight that left Guangzhou at 9 pm local time was definitely worth it as Maizie slept so well. Despite LAX’s spotty reputation, we cleared customs quickly as they gave priority to processing the families with adopted children.

Carrie’s parents met us at the airport. Here is a picture of Maizie with her mom and Grandma Schrader.

We arrived home to a sign welcoming Maizie home.

Maizie’s Great Grandma King also came over to see her. We also arrived home to a clean house. Thanks to all those who helped cleaning our house and taking care of our pets.

On Wednesday night, my brothers and sister came over to meet the baby and to have some pizza. Here’s a picture of Maizie, me, Uncle Phil, Aunt Beth, and Uncle Rich.

My parents sent flowers and gifts from Illinois to welcome Maizie home.

Today, we didn’t do much. We took Maizie on a walk this morning and found that the people from Carrie’s work had been by to decorate the house. Maizie then received a few visitors throughout the day and evening. Daddy and Maizie took a five hour nap to help recover from the jet lag. Maizie is sleeping now and seems to be adjusting to the time change and her new surrondings. Meadow, or little, cross-eyed cat, is taking a liking to Maizie and lets Maizie pet her, which is very surprising as Meadow hates kids as a general rule and runs and hides whenever kids are around. Maizie laughs at Meadow. She also isn’t scared of the other animals, which have basically ignored Maizie so far.