THEY HAVE ARRIVED!!

UPDATE: It's 10:40 a.m. I just checked their flight status again, and they have landed a half-hour ahead of schedule!! They are in GUANGZHOU CHINA!! H-O-O-R-A-Y!!! We are all doing high-5's here!! WOOOO HOOO!
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UPDATE: It's 9:50 a.m. here on Saturday! Their flight left Tokyo on time, and they are LESS THAN AN HOUR away from their final destination in Guangzhou, China! OH YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!



They will have spent almost 18 HOURS in the air. They are going to be EXHAUSTED when they arrive in Guangzhou! It will be 11:00 p.m. in Guangzhou when they arrive, so I hope they will be able to get some sleep! Carli was so excited about staying at the White Swan!! I am so glad that she is ALMOST THERE!!



For those of you who haven't ever seen the White Swan Hotel, here are a few pictures...

Lobby of the White Swan Hotel

Lobby of the White Swan Hotel

The White Swan Hotel - Guangzhou, China

The Gehrke family arrived in Guangzhou a day earlier than Michael and Carli will arrive. The Gehrke family is with the same adoption agency as we are, and they are adopting their daughter from the same orphanage as Haley! So, once Michael and Carli arrive in Guangzhou, they will have travel companions the rest of the time they're in China! I'm sure Carli will love the Gehrke's daughter, Kaylee! She will probably remind Carli a lot of Lauryn (who misses Carli a LOT by the way)!! Here is a link to the Gehrke family blog if you'd like to follow along on their journey as well...
http://www.journeytomadelynn.blogspot.com/

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It is 5:40 a.m. here on Saturday! I was so happy to see on the Internet that their flight arrived safely in Tokyo, Japan about an hour and a half ago! They have a 2-hour layover in Tokyo and then they will board another plane for Guangzhou, China (they should be boarding the flight very soon)!

I did not fall asleep until after 2:30 a.m. I was actually laying in bed thinking....maybe Carli LOVES flying and she will tell me that she wants to be a flight attendant when she grows up!!