Friday, February 8, 2013

We made it

Hi everyone! We arrived yesterday 2:30 pm Beijing time, so 1:30 am Michigan time. I was dead tired with only a short nap on the plane.  Aidan, Wensen & Tao took good naps on the plane.  Ethan had zero and I think is the cause of his sickness as the plane landed.  There was a breeze, so no smog(that is always nice).  I was impressed with the boys and their first time on the plane.  They were great, plus the white noise of the plane is so loud we didn't have to tell them to be quiet.  The neck pillows I made were a hit.  We used the facilities numerous times and there were 3 types of latches.  We used the Halo spray for kids.  I never used any airborne stuff before, but traveling with kids, I wanted it and this was the only one for kids.  So far so good.  
Detroit was a lot nicer on using the kiosk than Lansing and we got to go through the old fashioned metal detector with the kids(they got to leave their shoes on).  So we pretty much walked into the airport and got to the gate for boarding.  Food was okay, but I think the midnight snack is my favorite sandwich, granola bar and cookies.  When we landed it was pretty easy, just a walk through of customs and picking up luggage.  
Tao's parents met us at the airport and we piled into two taxis back to the in-laws apartment.  I was "resting" my eyes, I obviously didn't' ride with the kids, so I didn't take in the sights.  It was a restfull 30 minutes in regular traffic.  Ethan immediately passed out and slept.  We went to sleep about 7 and I woke up at midnight to Aidan's crying as my mother-in-law is trying to wake them to go pee.  Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!  That is not going to happen again.  Ethan woke up a few hours later and took another nap till 7:30.  Wensen woke up about 6 and kept trying to wake Aidan.  Luckily I got to "sleep" in till about 8:30.  
Don't quite know the logistics of our 3 huge suitcases, if we have a place to store the clothes or if we will be living out of them for the next 5 months.  This isn't quite like my time in Japan, that was a bare apartment and we got a room totally to ourselves.  This is a 2 bedroom apartment that 2 people already live and moving in 4 others.  It's only 5 months, it's only 5 months, it's only 5 months.  
For breakfast we got haw on a stick.  My favorite street vendor snack.  The boys love looking out over the commons.  We live on the 10th floor  It's 26 floor building.  I'm planning on walking stairs as part of staying/getting in shape.

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  1. Hey! I finally was able to get on here! Yay! Fun to hear about your adventures. Miss you. I've went to call you twice. (Oh, wait. That won't work. Duh!!)

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