We are home at last!

Friends and family, we have arrived safely back at home. Daniel only slept about one hour on our 12 ½ hour flight back to the states. He kept asking if we were almost there yet in pantomime; and I kept pantomiming back that it was going to be a long, looong, looooooong trip home. I was able to use language to tell him that we were landing in America as we approached San Franciso. He was soooo excited! He traveled pretty well considering the long trip and the fact that he was a six year old boy confined to an economy class seat. But when he understood that we were on the final leg from San Francisco to Dallas he did even better. He was a real trooper!

When we first met Daniel and showed him pictures of our house and his room, he asked a lot of questions about the number of toys he would have since he could see a lot of toys in the picture of his sister’s room, but not in the picture of his room. We tried to tell him he would have plenty of toys, but he still seemed skeptical. He is skeptical no longer! He has been playing almost non-stop since we got home. The three veteran members of the family woke up at various times last night due to the readjustment to Texas time and nearly always discovered Daniel awake and playing quietly with his new toys. So far the comprehensive set of Home Depot tools and the larger vehicles for action figures are the big favorites. However, there are a lot of toys that we haven’t let him see yet just because we didn’t want to overwhelm him.

As I was typing this a delivery came from our church. They sent us a beautiful welcome home arrangement of fresh and chocolate covered fruit! I must go partake! Thank you Gateway!!! And thank you all for participating with us in this exciting adventure. We quite honestly could not have completed this journey without your support. We so value your friendship and your support; and we look forward to introducing each of you to Daniel.

John (for T,C and D)