The trip home was eventful. We left Ghana Saturday morning and after about five hours into our flight the captain announces there is a problem with the plane and we are turning around. Yay! I was so scared!!!! We flew back in the opposite direction for about an hour and a half to the closest landing spot- Sal Island in Cape Verde. It was actually a beautiful place and Delta put us up in a lovely beach resort....so except for the hour and a half of sheer terror, it was not bad overall.
We left Cape Verde the next afternoon on a different plane, arriving in New York Sunday evening around 7. We spent the night in New York and FINALLY made it home Monday afternoon. It was a looooooong trip to say the least. Zoey did great on the plane. She is definitely a world traveler, flexible and amiable.
Immigration in New York was not fun either! Because Zoey was entering on an immigration visa we had to go to a separate office and wait after clearing through the usual customs agent. The agent put our paperwork under a very big pile of papers. I noticed no one was working on this pile so I went to the counter and asked the gentleman (ok, not really a gentleman....more like a rude man) about this. He told me it was the "lowest priority" pile and "the supervisor would assign someone to work on it when he could". I replied telling him that I was standing there with a six month old infant waiting to be processed and it was unacceptable that we were "lowest priority". I then asked for the supervisor and I told him the same thing! Needless to say, we were out of there about five minutes later!! Squeaky wheels do get greased!!!
Zoey is adjusting to home beautifully. We are working together to figure out her routine. Right now she goes to bed around 9pm and sleeps pretty well until about 6am....just one little wake up around 2am but I just rub her back and she goes back to sleep. I know, I know...bad habits to have your baby sleep with you (that is what my grandmother just told me)...but with adoption it is very good for attachment.
We took a trip to the grocery store yesterday (I explained to her that Harris Teeter was going to be a place we visited often)...she was VERY POPULAR!!! I carried her in my Maya Tie and she loved it! I highly recommend the Maya Tie....Zoey sleeps better in it than anywhere and it is comfortable for me as well. When not sleeping she is content to be carried around and observe the world from her little perch on my chest.
Tupelo was the first dog to come home. We picked him up last night. Zoey and he are already best friends! He even helped clean her face and hands this morning after breakfast (evidently Tupelo is also a big fan of organic brown rice cereal and organic sweet potatoes!!) Emmy Lou will be next, followed this weekend by Gracie and Zelda. I'm looking forward to having our whole family together....
I promise to put pictures up soon......
With Love,
Kasie, Scott and Zoey Elizabeth Mahan
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