Saturday, January 20, 2007

We made it to China safely!

Well, it is 11:30 PM on 1/20 in Guangzhou and we survived a very LOOONNG 24 hours of flights and layovers. We were in the air 21 of those hours. We are very tired to say the least. Briley was a real good flyer--she was very entertained with the activities she took in her travel bag. She slept most of the flight from Toyko to Guangzhou. In Toyko, she woke up on the flight after only 2 hours of sleep and trucked right through the Toyko airport pulling her wheelie bag behind her. What amazed me about this was that it was 3:00 AM in the morning our time. Right now we are staying at the Novotel hotel right near the airport. It is beautiful and has only been open for 2 weeks. The people working here are so friendly. Two cute little ladies met us at the airport holding a sign that said: "Debra Rupp, Robert Leon Rupp". (No Beth, I didn't have my camera out to take a photo of them!) I did take a photo of them at the hotel with Briley later though, but no sign. I wanted to post that photo, but the internet connection in this hotel has all my blogger icons in Chinese and I can't figure out how to do it! They took us to the hotel which was only about a 3 minute drive. On this long drive, we got complimentary water and a towel to wash up with! The Chinese have already started to pamper us.

Tomorrow I will meet Teagan for the first time. I can't believe the wait for her is now down to 17 hours, give or take. We will see her soon. I will post pictures hopefully tomorrow!~Debbie

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

So glad you made it safely! I'll let everyone know that your site has been updated! Hope the rest of your travels to get Teagan are safe! Take Care!
Sarah

Anonymous said...

YEAH!!! get some sleep and we will check tomorrow for pics!! GOD IS GOOD!!

Da Wolpert's

Anonymous said...

We're so glad that you made it OK. Can't wait to see pictures!

Anonymous said...

Glad you had a safe flight! Can't wait to read more posts and see some photos!

Tell Briley we said Hi.

Anonymous said...

So glad your labor pains of the flight went smoothly; next your water will break (tears of joy)when you will see Teagen for the first time!!!!What an amazing delivery .... Send pictures ASAP Oh yes HI Briley

Anonymous said...

Hey Rupps: Glad to hear from you!
Sounds like you will soon see your new family member. Hope all goes well. Deb, you need to take a class in Chineeeese. You will get it figured out. Be a good girl, Briley.. Will look for your pics.

Anonymous said...

Hey there,

Just wondered if you've tried to send any e-mails. We checked around 2:00 p.m. today (Saturday) and haven't seen anything yet.

Anonymous said...

Glad to see you all made it but disappointed that you did not get that picture!! Looking forward to pictures tomorrow.
Beth