Friday Night - Made it Out of HK, Staying in LA, Leave for PHL in the AM

Hi there, C here,

We left HK on schedule, some time in the past day or two...it's all so confusing on such little sleep.

The flight was quite a bit bumpier than it should have been, but it WAS almost 2 hrs. shorter, due to substantial tail winds.

We are trying to get some rest before this final improvised leg of the trip.

We're in LA near the Airport (Lisa got us a couple of rooms here to bunk tonight).

I am typing this under AR's Nook Light (Thanks AR).  Lisa's unconscious and snoring (...though she'd likely disagree and even more, she'd object to me telling you that!).  It's the sort of a rest that you can steal when you're too tired for words and you know that the battle will rage on in the AM, and you really need to get some/any sleep to partially recharge.

She's certainly earned it.

The boys are in bed as well, but whispering and tossing & turning.  They can't help it though - their little bodies think it's the middle of the afternoon!  I just hope they crash soon.  They napped for about 90 minutes when we got to the hotel.

Meimei is in the stroller, seated right next to me at the desk, which is also next to the crib -- into which I hope to place her after she falls asleep. Assuming she falls asleep...

My prediction:

Ashley falls asleep moments after the boys finally fall to sleep (Estimate 30-40 minutes)

I wait about 20 minutes for her to reach REM sleep.

I gently reach into the stroller to scoop her up and ever so quietly place her in to the crib.

She senses that something is not right, realizes that it's me (not good).

She starts screaming (she has an excellent scream...loud, well pitched and piercing)..

Mom wakes up.  Boys wake up.  AR wakes up in the next room (I told you Ashley has a good scream).

Mom yells at Dad and says he should stop typing and go to bed.

Cycle starts again.

Just my $0.02 (or my $0.13 Chinese RMB).

Tomorrow will come quickly.  We have a 6 AM wake-up to leave for the airport at 7:45, to fix a reservations snafu for AR & Dylan (don't ask), and catch out 11:?? flight to PHL.

Everything's fine otherwise.  Thanks to our great friends at CHOP, Ashley is lined up for her appointments already.  She's making due for now but will need to transition to a more substantial diet soon, and her first appointments are the first steps.  Thanks again to the whole staff for their help despite the odd hours.  We truly appreciate you help and can't imagine even considering Ashley's adoption without your help, support and guidance. Without you, this trip does not happen.

Time to go now.  Don't want to wait too long to make the Ashley move and raise the inevitable he!! that will surely ensue.

Wish me luck - I will need it.

C