We're In Shanghai!

We made it - we're on the same side of the globe as our daughter! Right now we're in the business class lounge for Air China, waiting for our fight to Beijing. We have about a 3-hour layover. It's about 4 AM at home and 5 PM here. We should be in Beijing between 9 and 10 PM. Our flight took us north until we couldn't go north anymore and then we were going south. In other words, we went up over the top of the Earth. So far we have had nothing but daylight for the past 22 hours.
We flew business class coming over - one of the perks of Doug working for Delta! They fed us well. The routine was eat, sleep, eat, sleep, eat, repeat.

A mimosa before takeoff... life is good!

The first course of our 5-course gourmet dinner on the international flght.

Our one near catastrophe... the Sit-n-Stroll didn't make it with the res of the luggage when we arrived in Shanghai. So, Doug filled ou a claim form and we headed upstairs to check in for our next flight. While we were checking in, an agent from the airport came up to the counter and said that the Sit-n-Stroll was downstairs and that we needed to go claim it. Mom said she would go while we finish checking in. So of she went. Right after she left, one of the agents showed up with the stroller and no mom. He wanted the paperwork that mom had! So I went off to look for Mom but couldn't find her, couldn't find anyone to help me find her because of the language barrier, and I was freaking out... we lost Mom in Shanghai!

Finally, we ended up waiting at the ticket counter where she had last seen us and she fially came back up. They wouldn't let her back in where she needed to go to get the stroller because it would have meant going through customs and she didn't have a ticket. So, long story short, we made it to Shanghai with both Mom & the Sit-n-Stroll even though we lost both for awhile!

We'll begin boarding soon so I will sign off for now. Thanks for your many prayers and the love you're sending our way. We appreciate every message and can feel the prayers! Love, Beth, Doug, & Mom