Sofia was an orphan with Down syndrome in Eastern Europe and now has a forever family.
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Friday, May 7, 2010

Trains, Planes & Automobiles

After court on Thursday we started making our way home, with a heavy heart in leaving Sofia behind but very excited to be home with the boys. We took the train from Dnipropetrovsk to Kyiv in the afternoon (about 7 hours)and got there around 11PM where Nikolai (Uncle Niko) picked us up and drove us to the airport to wait another 5 hours for our flight that was leaving at 5:30AM. It is always a pleasure to hang out with Nikolai, his stories are great and he is always eager to practice his Spanish. After waiting and waiting for our flight, we finally took off on our way to Frankfurt. In Frankfurt we had a long layover and waited 5 hours to board the flight from hell to Washington Dulles. We sat on the tarmac for 2 hours and then had to take a longer route due to the volcano ashes over England (10 1/2 hour flight) which made us lose our connection to Sacramento. So here we are in D.C. with a 3 hour layover getting ready to fly to San Francisco (6 hour flight) and Grandpa is picking us up at 1 AM and driving us back to Sacramento by 3AM. We haven't slept in 2 days, we are tired to say the least, but we are so happy to be in the USA. Now I'm (this is Hector) going to have a much anticipated hamburger and fries here at the Dulles airport, YUM!

19 comments:

  1. What a tiring journey! I feel for you, I really know how that is. At least you don't have any kids with you. :)

    We are SO glad to hear that everything in final in your adoption.... Sofia is such a sweet little girl! I am looking forward to reading about her homecoming!

    Bless you guys!

    Edna

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  2. Welcome Home....now go get a taco ;)

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  3. Hope you are home soon! Bet the boys will be over the moon to see you both :)

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  4. OH, isn't that fun!!! When we got stuck in Bulgaria because of the volcano, it took us a week to get out, and 56 hours of travel time to get home. It exhausting!!! I so feel your pain!

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  5. Wishing you safe travel... Hope you get home and are able to get some sleep soon! THEN... have a great time with your boys!!

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  6. Welcome back to the USA! Enjoy that burger and eat some tacos this weekend!

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  7. I hope you have safe travels back to SF/Sac. Enjoy your time with the boys tomorrow. I hope you two can sleep on the last leg of your flights and/or in the car ride home.

    -Caitlin

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  8. welcome home!! I bet it is SO nice to be back in the states. Enjoy that hamburger! haha

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  9. Hector, I thought you'd hold out for Tacos.

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  10. I am JUST reading this! NEXT time have them call US! Julian would have totally picked you two up and driven you home! He could have stayed in Sacramento and come home tomorrow! We are only 30-35 minutes from SFO!

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  11. wow you guys ought to be back by now. Hope you're sleeping. I bet your boys are going to be sooo excited to see you!!!

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  12. So happy you're back! Enjoy your time with your guys!!!

    JTHTL

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  13. Congratulations on your baby girl! I am looking forward to the post that says "she is home"! I'm sure your can't wait to hug those boys! Eat some taco's too! :)
    xoxo

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  14. How wonderful to be home sweet home :) Gosh, you guys sure did have a long journey. My word. No fun at all. Make the most of your weeks with your boys before you have to do it all over again :) I know you'll be counting down the days before you cann bring your angel home for good. I cannot wait.

    Love an hugs from the Ukraine--which I am officially OVER now :)

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  15. welcome home!! hope you enjoy your hamburger!
    soon you will be heading back to get your little girl!!!! relax and sleep!

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  16. so happy for you all happy mothers day

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  17. Glad you're home. I'm sure you're enjoying time with your boys and getting good rest before you head back to bring your sweet little girl home.

    Blessings,
    Barbara

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  18. You must be getting ready to return for Sofia, how exciting for you all, hugs from NZ

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