This has been one heck of a looooong day! Maxim picked us up at the hotel at 8:30am. After a very busy drive to the airport (lots of traffic as Saturday is a working day there), we made it through bag check in and over to customs. John was worried that the customs people might say something to us but everything went smoothly. They did ask to see her documents but it was no problem at all and they would have asked us that under normal circumstances.
While we were there, we saw the other couple from our agency (from Chicago) and their son so it was nice to say goodbye to them again and exchange email addresses. When we got to our gate, there were 3 other couples that we were with at the Embassy who were on our flight. Everyone was quite anxious to get home and know how lucky we are to have our children.
The 10 hour plane ride went pretty smoothly. Andrew did great again! He is definitely a trooper and never complained or whined about anything! He even slept the last 3 hours of the trip! Although on Russia time, it was 8-11pm that he slept. Baby Girl did great too! She ate and slept quite a bit and "played" the rest of the time. One of the other mothers went around to all of us collecting email addresses. She said she is going to send out an email with everyone's contact information so that maybe someday if the kids want to get in touch they can. She said maybe they will all write a book together "Children of flight 31...the last ones out of Russia". Though, we are definitely praying that they aren't the last ones, and that at the very least those in the process will still be able to get their children.
We arrived in NY and went through customs with no issues. The customs officer who checked us in said "wow, you guys are lucky...have you heard what's going on?" We replied "uh, yes...we got her just in time."
We collected our baggage and made our way to where our hotel shuttle picked us up. The hotel we are staying at is only 5 minutes from the airport which will be nice tomorrow morning for our 8am flight. Everyone is extremely tired and we are actually laying in bed now at 6:45pm.
We are anxiously awaiting our flight to Pittsburgh tomorrow and taking Baby Girl home! Our flight is scheduled to get in around 9:45am for anyone who wants to meet us there :)
Pictures and her name will be posted tomorrow!!
While we were there, we saw the other couple from our agency (from Chicago) and their son so it was nice to say goodbye to them again and exchange email addresses. When we got to our gate, there were 3 other couples that we were with at the Embassy who were on our flight. Everyone was quite anxious to get home and know how lucky we are to have our children.
The 10 hour plane ride went pretty smoothly. Andrew did great again! He is definitely a trooper and never complained or whined about anything! He even slept the last 3 hours of the trip! Although on Russia time, it was 8-11pm that he slept. Baby Girl did great too! She ate and slept quite a bit and "played" the rest of the time. One of the other mothers went around to all of us collecting email addresses. She said she is going to send out an email with everyone's contact information so that maybe someday if the kids want to get in touch they can. She said maybe they will all write a book together "Children of flight 31...the last ones out of Russia". Though, we are definitely praying that they aren't the last ones, and that at the very least those in the process will still be able to get their children.
We arrived in NY and went through customs with no issues. The customs officer who checked us in said "wow, you guys are lucky...have you heard what's going on?" We replied "uh, yes...we got her just in time."
We collected our baggage and made our way to where our hotel shuttle picked us up. The hotel we are staying at is only 5 minutes from the airport which will be nice tomorrow morning for our 8am flight. Everyone is extremely tired and we are actually laying in bed now at 6:45pm.
We are anxiously awaiting our flight to Pittsburgh tomorrow and taking Baby Girl home! Our flight is scheduled to get in around 9:45am for anyone who wants to meet us there :)
Pictures and her name will be posted tomorrow!!
3 comments:
Hip Hip Hooray! I suspect a lot of people were worried (I know I was) and are now very relieved. You are all an inspiration. Welcome home to ALL the O'Rourkes. Happy, Healthy 2013, JCP
Welcome Home!!!!!!! Can't wait to see pictures!!
We were so happy to read this post and let out a long, long sigh of relief. We've been on pins and needles for the past few days. Praise God that you're almost (I guess by now you are) home. We can't wait to see more pictures. Blessings to you all!
Joyce
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