Catching up where we left off

I have to apologize for suddenly stopping to journal our last days in China. As time passed quickly and we prepared for our return home it was not easy to keep up my postings. We are now home safe and sound but I want to finish our last days to complete our experience. It has taken me these past few days to get caught up on the thrill of being home with our baby girl and to try to catch up on sleep while helping her adjust to the time change.
I must say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been following ou$r journey. The countless loving messages of joy and congratulations have been the second best part of my days...of course the first has been holding our baby girl in my arms each possible moment.

On Thursday March 12 we said good-bye to our travel group who returned home with their precious girls. We went out in the morning for Rickshaw ride around the old town of Hutong. It was spectacular and quite an experience. It was also extremely windy and cold. Our ride took us along very narrow alleys that we wouldn't see otherwise. Thanks to Tim's research we found this small gem hidden away from the touristic route.

We made the most of our morning but were to be back at the hotel for 3pm because our group families were leaving to return home. We made it back just in time.

Do you believe it is possible to develop close relationships with total strangers in just two weeks? I would have answered that question as no because it isn't always easy to make friends so quickly....friends that you share a strong and personal common bond. It is still unbelievable how six couples with the same desire and longing to have a family would travel on the same airline fro Pearson International Airport all the way, 13 hours, to China for the same purpose.
The wonderful people we met became like family to us for the 2 weeks we spent together. We all had the experienced of our lifetime…together. We shared the same emotions as we eagerly waited for the big day and then the overwhelming happiness of holding and caring for our daughters.
It was very difficult to say good-bye to everyone. We met them in the lobby and as Bethany and I approached each baby and parents to say good-bye, it was so endearing as Bethany and her Sisters said good-bye to each other. They actually made eye contact, smiled at each other and even tried touching each other's hands and face. If I didn't see it for myself I wouldn't believe it. But they did and as you would expect, their mothers cried.

Our journey as a group had come to an end but each one of us were only just beginning our own personal journeys to living the complete happy family life we have all longed for.

I felt that each person who I met was so deserving of such angelic beautiful girls who had just won their parent's hearts.

We do plan to keep in touch with everyone, especially the three other couples who live in the Toronto area. It is only fair to our girls to keep this important part of the beginning of their lives....the fortune of growing up with their Sisters close by.