Home at last!

It has been a whirlwind of a week for me and I am glad to report that it has come to a wonderful ending. Ella and I ran around today trying to make sure everything was ready to go when Lorri and Elias walked in the door. Lorri's mom and dad have been a great help to me this week! They came over today and helped me get the house in order as I finished putting the finishing touches on Eli's room. The flight was to arrive at 5:15pm so Ella and I left extra early to make sure that we were there on time. The anticipation killed us as we sat at the airport and waited for the airplane to arrive. We checked the flight board and it said that the airplane had landed so Ella and I ran over as close as we could get to the security point and waited for Lorri, Eli and Sherry to get off of the airplane. Several people got off and there was a lady that came up to me that just got off of the plane and said, "Elias is beautiful!" Here we go again with this "beautiful" stuff! I asked her if he by chance had a baseball in his hand on the flight home....just kidding! After a few more minutes, Lorri, Eli and Sherry came walking around the corner and...WOW...He is BEAUTIFUL! After a long hug with Lorri, Ella and Eli, I took a quick moment to thank God for bringing us together as a family and giving me two amazing children from China and Ethiopia. Thank you so much for following our journey to Elias. It has been a wonderful journey and I truly can't believe he is asleep upstairs RIGHT NOW...I just hope he is dreaming of baseballs and pin stripes. Here are a few pictures that Lorri took while she was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.