Jet plane 1 year ago

Wow how quickly a year goes by.

One year ago today we left on a jet plane and traveled half way around the world to meet our sweet, beautiful son. What an amazing experience it was.

We met some really great friends that morning at the airport. Over the last year we have become great friends. We were all wondering if we would beable to figure out who we were looking for. We figured we would not know who each other was until we got on our Korea flight. We had only exchanged email the night before and didn't know each other. The funny thing is it was not hard. We were the only two families sitting patiently at the gate several hours early watching the clock. OK, maybe we were not patiently waiting. Then all the business traveler arrived and it was time to get on the plane. That day the business travelers were not playing nice. You would think they could get off there cell phones for a 1 hour flight. We were already late in leaving the gate. They kept threatening to go back to the gate if they would not turn off their phones.
I was about to scream since we had such short window to get our connection in Chicago. All ended well. We landed in Chicago safely with just enough time to get our connection. The other family, Mike and I ran through the Chicago airport and hopped on the train to international terminal. We arrived with just a little spare time before our 13 hour flight to Seoul, South Korea.

I did not sleep a wink the entire 13 hours and I was so sick after such along flight. My head hurt and my stomach hurt. Yuck! But I look forward to doing it again.

Today I was in a meeting and I was wishing we were getting back on that plane again. I miss Korea. We had so much fun touring around Korea with our new friends. Meeting Garrett foster family and learning about Korea. I can't wait to take Garrett back someday.