HOME at last!!

It is amazing to type these words! God has been so faithful and with us EVERY step of the way. I cannot express the amount of gratefulness I feel! Hudson has been perfect! He traveled great and slept the best he has slept all week last night!! We had another adventurous time home and once again left luggage in Atlanta airport. On the way there we had to leave our stroller and on the way home EVERYTHING!! It was either wait for luggage and miss our flight or make our flight with nothing! Of course we chose the latter!

Our first flight left right on time and was smooth. We actually got in a little early. We made some really great people in Guatemala, Josh and Jessica (I love you guys!) and they traded seats with us because they didn't have a connection to make. So we were only about 5 rows from the exit! We got off the plane and started running to immigration. Hudson thought it was a blast! The lines went very fast and we were feeling good! Then it all SLOWED down! We sat about baggage claim for 10 VERY LONG minutes before we decided to ditch our stuff and keep moving! (We found out from the attendant that our luggage would be flown to Bloomington in the morning). Then we ran over to the next claims area to hand off our SEALED package that had all of Hudson's info. in. The officer walked over, took my envelope and said "Take a seat, we'll call you when we're ready." Then he proceeded to walk over to a table holding 4-5 other files, threw it down and WALKED AWAY...no sauntered away is more accurate!!! My stress level was increasing drastically as we had less than an hour to get his approval, through security and to our gate. This officer looked as if he had NO intention of getting to our paperwork. So I became a "squeaky wheel" because as Clint told me "the squeaky wheel gets the grease." I found another officer and told him that we had less than one hour to make our flight and our paperwork was just sitting there. He told me that someone would get to it in a minute.


I couldn't sit, I was pacing like a crazy mama. Finally, he went and grabbed the paperwork and looked through it. He mentioned something about a baby and I started running up to the counter. "Not you, Maam. I'm just talking to someone else." About this time I started crying. Soon he finished and called us up. He welcomed Hudson as a U.S. Citizen!! No time to celebrate then though - off we ran through security and onto our gate which we made with about 20 minutes to spare!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhh, what relief! Then our plane landed actually early and we had a bunch of family and great friends awaiting...most importantly were our girls who greated us with as much excitement and joy I could have hoped for! What a reunion!

We got our luggage back tonight so all worked out great! Praise be to God! He has brought us through the storm and we are home at last!

I love you all and thank you for everything!


Now for some pictures. I have been given a few from the night at the aiport. And I've put a few in of our kids...ALL TOGETHER!!!!!

Leaving Guatemala!

Awaiting our arrival!

I love my girls!

Our first meeting!! Oh joy! :)

Our first family photo!!!!!!!!!!

He was a bit shell shocked!
Paige made Hudson laugh the entire way home!! :)

Our first night together!

Our first morning!