We are home!

So the last few days the song with the words...I wish I was...Homeward Bound. Have been playing over and over in my head. It feels very good to be home. As much as I wanted to leave I was very sad to leave China. It is something to feel excited to go someplace familiar and safe to you and at the same time know the place will be something entirely different to your daughter at the same time. Sad to say goodbye to the families that we just shared a very precious experience with. Sad to see them go. Sad to say goodbye to guides who had been taking care of us while we were there. Our guide was Michelle. She helped in every way possible. We will miss her! I kept catching myself listening to hear her voice on the plane flight home - she had been telling us what our days would include, sharing cultural stories...somehow I still expected to look up to see her talking to us.

Anyway, Aurora has done well. We were on the track to freedom from mom until we got home. Now we are a little clingy again. She is warming up to Aidan and Jonah. Dad will take more time. We have issues with pets....just going to take a lot more time there. That is putting it mildly.

I will try to share more updates as soon as I can. Pictures of Aurora in her dress that Grandma made and picture of our guide Michelle, me and Aurora outside the Terracotta Warriors.

Lots of love

Sarah