Over-exposed, I know. It was just too cute not to send, though

She Has Him!

This was one of the slowest moving days in my memory, but worth the wait! Craig cuddled right into Leya's arms. He is intrigued by every thing he is handed, studying them with a serious eye. His furrowed brow has relaxed as we are now back in our room. When Leya took him out of the layers of clothes, he gave her his first smile, complete with a dimple on the left side. Right now he is thoroughly intrigued by a ball Nita Papworth gave him. What fun!

Thanks to all for your prayers. He is doing great! Nana

Welcome Craig Jeffrey to the Wood family!

We've arrived!

That was a long day, but we landed in Taiyuan Saturday night and were happily unpacking by 11. It was good to be on solid ground, as the flight to Beijing had enough turbulance to be unsettling (to put it delicately). We both slept a solid 5 hours and felt again ready to conquer the world.

Walking into our room and seeing Craig's crib made it seem real! There are 7 other families here going through the same journey. We'll meet them this afternoon.

Craig will be traveling to Taiyuan Monday morning, and we'll get him Monday afternoon (middle of the night Sunday for you)!!!

Thanks for all the prayers and support. The people here have been equally kind and thoughtful. Have a wonderful weekend and don't forget to spring forward. jo

Leaving

We're at the airport, waiting. It was hard to say goodbye to the girls this morning but they were very excited to be going to Mrs. Raichart's house today! It's so good to know that they have so many people that will be loving on and watching over them. I picked up little pink mailboxes for the girls and we decorated them yesterday. The girls got their first present in their new mailboxes from me today after I left and when I called later were very exited about their new chap stick :)

I'm watching a Mama chase a very busy toddler around the waiting area and realizing that our return flight wont be nearly as relaxing as this one!

Flight Info

We've had a lot of questions about our itinerary so here goes!

Jason and I would love to see you at the airport when we get back. If all goes well we'll arrive at PDX at 3:48 in the afternoon on Friday March 22nd. We're flying Alaskan, flight number 2151. We'll be coming from Seattle and will have cleared immigration there so Craig will be an official US citizen by the time you see him.

Mom and I will be leaving PDX on Friday the 8th at 10:30 AM and will arrive in China at 5:30 (PST) Saturday morning.

We will be picking up Craig, Lord willing, sometime Sunday evening or night. We're hoping to introduce Craig to his Daddy and sisters Sunday or Monday via Skype.

We can't begin to describe how much we appreciate your prayers and support. Thank you!!!

New Pics

Mom and I spent the day sorting and packing. I realized another great reason to be taking her along; when it comes to fitting things into a suitcase, I'm hopeless :)

We got new pictures today - can't wait to give our little boy as many snuggles as he'll go for!