We made it home! It is a LLLLOOOONNNNGGGG trip!
Jayne did well on the 12 hour flight from Guangzhou. We believe the plane was brought out of retirement just for our flight. It was one hour late in taking off due to “mechanical issues”…always reassuring before you fly half way across the world! And when we got into the plane everything was falling apart from the seats to the TVs which had shows on them for about 30 minutes of the flight. The seats were also smaller and the rows more narrow then most airplanes heading to Fargo! Uff. The other fun thing about the flight was the announcement from the captain stating that we were expecting “moderate to severe turbulence”, and his prediction was correct! Jayne did well on the long flight, slept about half of it, but one could not claim that she did great. Side note: I also cannot claim that ba ba and ma ma did great!
Once in LA, Jayne got her US Citizen stamp…YAHOO!
Through immigration, through customs, to our hotel, to bed by 9 pm…up at midnight, not surprisingly. Jayne was kind enough to watch movies and go back to bed. Ma ma was lucky enough to experience a horrid migraine headache followed by viewing the LA porcelain in our room! Honest to Pete…I don’t care to see the porcelain in my own home as much as I have seen on this trip! We all went back to sleep from about 3-5:30 am.
Jayne earned her wings today! She was a super happy girl all day and napped on both flights! Our only scare was the Fargo weather…they warned us before we left Denver that we may have to land in Grand Forks! Crisis averted…we landed in Fargo shortly after 5 pm and were greeted by Papa and Caleb. Caleb was smiling from ear to ear, and one high five later, Jayne and him were friends!
When we got home, Jayne was greeted by Luke (Tom Brady’s number one fan and the reason why he did not meet us at the airport), Mark, Brynn, Cousin Brody, Cousin Kate, Gramma June, Auntie Melissa, Uncle Bob and Ben (the dog). Shortly after arrival, Bumpa and Gamma came over to say “Hi” too!
High fives for all and everyone passed Jayne’s test of approval EXCEPT for Ben. NO WORRIES, within an hour Jayne moved Ben from the bottom of her list to the TOP of her list, and she now appears to be super obsessed with him!
Supper for 7 was served (Thanks Gramma June, the chili was sooooooooooooo tasty), and as predicted Jayne gave into peer pressure and cleared her plate, I mean, bowl. Playing, playing, playing and showing Jayne everything around the house followed. 
Then tub time for 3…Mark, Brynn and Jayne. They had a blast after we removed the toy snakes that scared Jayne! After Mark left the tub, the girls kept tubbing. They were laughing, washing each others hair, and squirting each other with tub toys. It was very adorable!
Then bedtime, and all are sound asleep in their own beds (for now…ha!)
What a great day! The 4 old Yokom kids are loving their Jayne, and Jayne is loving them right back…the house functioned tonight as if Jayne has always been home with us! And this ba ba and ma ma couldn’t be happier.
To sum up the day, when I was tucking Luke into bed tonight, I saw on the calendar we had prepared for him to keep track of when we were coming home that he had wrote,
“Jayne is AWSOME”
And this ma ma and ba ba could not agree more…Jayne is AWESOME AWSOME, and so are the rest of our handful!
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