We are Home!!!!

We left China on Saturday, July 10 @ 7:20am. We took a 3 hour flight from Guangzhou to Beijing. From Beijing we connected to our 12.5 hour flight to Newark, NJ. We had a 4.5 hour layover in Newark and then caught our 2 hour flight home to Charlotte and arrived at 10:40pm. We arrived home around 11:45pm on Saturday night. What a day! Lily did very well. She slept about 7 hours on our flight to Newark. And then slept again on our flight to Charlotte. She cried out only a couple times. We ended making her a palate on the floor on our 12.5 hour flight and she slept by our feet, so that meant that Fred and I could not recline our chairs and get any rest. So, we went a couple days without any sleep. NOT FUN!!!
We arrived home and Morgan and Mason were up waiting on their sister. They greeted us with lots of "welcome home" posters and they made and some friends of theirs made for us. So sweet. They were so excited to meet Lily.
The last few days have been very challenging to say the least. Lily was having a hard time readjusting her clock along with the fact that she still has her ear infection and sore throat. I took her to see her doctor here on Monday, after she woke up with a 103.6 fever on Sunday and was feeling just terrible. She barley slept all night and was very fussy. On Monday, her fever was still 102.5 at the doctor. He removed some wax from one ear but could not get it out of the other ear because it was like a rock. He said he could have flushed it but it would have been very painful for her. Her throat was still red. He chose not to swab it because he was going to treat her with an antibiotic anyway for the ear infections, but thinks it could be strep due to the fever. So, my poor little girl is really struggling and so are mom and dad. She wants to be held all the time...but wait, you can't sit down or she cries...you must walk with her. Why is it always that way? I don't get it. Oh yes, I had a few emotional breakdowns. No sleep, sick baby, some much change = mommy meltdown.
On a good note.....Lily went to bed at 8:00 last night and she is still sleeping at this moment (it is 7:37am)...and she slept through the night, which means I got to sleep in my own bed for the first time since we have been back. Praise God!!! It wasn't a solid sleep but it was sleep none the less. She does cry out at night some but gets herself back to sleep. She only cried out 2 times last night, yeah!!!
Please keep Lily in your prayers for a quick recovery and that the ear infections stay at bay until her palate can be repaired. We have an appointment with that doctor at the end of the month.
More pictures to come once she is feeling better.....