Kenzie's Homecoming

After spending 13 days in Texas waiting for ICPC to clear - we were beside ourselves with glee when we finally got the call telling us we could go home. The first 11 days passed ok (the amount of time we waited for ICPC with Lexi's adoption). Then I started getting really anxious. It's hard not knowing when you get to go home with your new baby. Kenzie was born May 4th and we boarded a plane to come home on May 17th; she was nearly two weeks old, but still so tiny.

When our flight landed in SLC after nearly 10 hours of travel time - I was so realived. Flying doesn't bother Ron much, but I get anxious. I worry. What if something happened to us and we never came home? I worry too much.

It's also a mixture of emotions flying home to see my big kids and introduce their new sister. I missed them and I knew they missed us too. I was especially worried about Lexi since she's too young to understand where we were that whole time. ZJ understood, but he had missed us a lot, too.

Grandpa picked us up at the AP and drove us home....
Ron walked in the door and grandma was just walking past with Lexi - Lexi's eyes got really big and surprised and Ron grabbed her in the biggest hug. We went upstairs and just squeezed her and told her how much we loved her and missed her while we were gone. She was all smiles. ZJ was finishing up his nap so we woke him up and he gave me a big hug and told me he how much he missed us. His chin quivered and he was about to cry. I told him we weren't going to leave that long again and hugged him again and again and again and again...

Here are the pictures introducing Kenzie to her family....A picture is worth 1000 words...or more:

Lexi just kept going from Ron's lap to my lap to Ron's lap to my lap. I think she thought we weren't ever coming back home.

ZJ was especially sweet with Kenzie. He kept saying, "Look how tiny she is" and "Her hands are sooo tiny" or "Her feet are sooo tiny" or "She's sooo small". Then he'd tell Lexi, "Be soft, honey". "Touch her soft". It's the cutest thing ever!!! This baby is so loved :)