LAST POST FROM CHINA

It's hard to believe that our time in China has already come to an end.  So much of our adoption journey was difficult, but how wonderful it was, that once we FINALLY got here....Everything has gone very smoothly.  I realize we still have our flights home and I'm really hoping that I haven't just jinxed myself! ;)  We leave tonight for Shanghai where we will spend the night. We will be without our guide when we leave tonight and we have to take a 40 minute taxi ride to our hotel.  The airport we leave from is close to the hotel....It should be interesting. ;) At least we will be traveling with another family from our group. We then take a morning flight to Tokyo  and then a flight from Tokyo home. Hoping and praying we make it past all the temperature scans along the way. Fingers crossed. We then have about a 3 hour drive home from the airport...I'm quite certain we will be pretty exhausted!! We're so looking forward to seeing the kids and for Ava to meet her sister and two brothers!    We have truly enjoyed our time here in China. We plan on coming back again someday when Ava is older, to show her this beautiful country. We're so incredibly grateful to the People's Republic of China for entrusting us with one of their beautiful children and also to that unknown person....The employee at the CCAA that made the most perfect match for our family. This child is more wonderful that I could have ever imagined in my sweetest of dreams and I can't believe she is really ours and we get to take her home!  I had always felt for a long time that there was a part of me that was missing....Someone that was supposed to be here, but wasn't. Finally, the missing piece has been found....We have our Ava.  My heart now feels whole....Our family is complete.  Farewell from China!