We’re catching up…

…on sleep, on life, on the blog.  I realize as I write this that it has been a week since we have been home. I can hardly believe it.  Sunita is down for a SCHEDULED!!! nap (YAY!) so I have time to do this.

The plane ride home was gruesome, and that was considering that the flights went WELL.

Sunita had only two major freak outs and that was with an ear infection (confirmed yesterday by the doctor).  We arrived at the Delhi airport at around 8:00 pm and hung out in a lounge (think a food court and airport seating, nothing fancy) because they wouldn’t let us in the airport proper until 3 hours before our flight. We entered the airport at 10:40 pm and boarded around 12:30 am.  We took off at 1:40 am. Throughout all of our connections and security checks everything went smoothly.  Thank you all for your prayers.

There is much to tell and share but I know most of you really just want to see pictures of the munchkin, so here you go (with some stories to go along with the photos):

Sunita’s primary caretaker at the orphanage

This is really Sunita’s first mom, although not her birth mom.  She took care of her from the day after she was born until we picked her up. The hardest part (for me) of getting her was when I had to take her from this wonderful lady.  We went to leave the orphanage and her caretaker had come and got Sunita from me and walked outside. I let her go, knowing she deserved time to say good bye.  When we were done in the office I went to take Sunita back, but her caretaker wasn’t giving her up willingly.  Our adoption coordinator, Rajeev, told me to “Just take her”.  So I pulled Sunita out of her arms and just broke down.  The memory will always remain with me.

Sunita’s forever mommy adoring her.  By the way, the goop they used to give her the very cute ponytail worked great (so great it took 2 or 3 washings to get it out).  But it had the strange effect of making her head smell like a quesadilla (hence why we wanted to wash it out).

Mouth full of lentils with yellow curry sauce and rice, YUM!

We couldn’t believe our good fortune upon meeting our little girl.  She is even prettier in person!  She looks adorable in ears, well actually, in everything.  This was in the airport on the way home.  The hat worked great for long cold flights where the outside temp. was -80 degrees (F) and the inside temp. felt that cold sometimes.

At last one picture to really brighten anyone’s day.  How can you keep from smiling when you see this face?  Daddy was playing with her.  He can really make her laugh!

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