Sunday, January 2, 2011

Did I forget to mention. . . .

. . . that I would be in Bulgaria January 2-8, to bring Alexis home!?! Oops ;-) I began my journey yesterday afternoon as I boarded the first leg of my flights to Bulgaria. After the events of the past few weeks (we'll save all of those details for another post), I was VERY grateful for a fairly uneventful trip across the pond. Although my international flight to Frankfurt, Germany was an hour late getting in, I still managed to make it back through security and to my gate with 5 minutes to spare! I arrived in Sofia this afternoon, exhausted, but very happy to be back in this beautiful country to bring my Bulgarian firecracker home!

We will be leaving for Stara Zagora before the sun comes up tomorrow morning and, right now, I am just praying that I will actually be able to get a good night's sleep, despite the anticipation of seeing my precious girl for the first time in 5 months!

Tonight is the last night that Alexis will ever spend in an orphanage! Tomorrow the real adventure begins. . . .

10 comments:

Kirsten said...

What wonderful news! Congratulations!

Anonymous said...

How exciting!! Can't wait to see pictures of that sweet girl with you again!

Kosel Family said...

YAY!!!!!! SO excited for you and Alexis!!! Hoping we are not far behind!

growing our love... said...

Congratulations! So good knowing that there will be one less orphan in the world. YAY for Alexis!!!

amyl4 said...

Yay!! Praying for you and can't wait to see Alexis with her Mommy again!:)
Amy

EasterApril said...

How wonderful! Can't wait to read about your adventure! Leesa

amie said...

Congrats Valerie!!! I wish you safe and happy trip home!!!

Jessica K. said...

WOW!! That's so exciting! I was still waiting for the answers on that QA post and thought this was going to be it! But picking her up is sooo much better!

Willy ou fly over Frankfurt on your way back? I live 20 min away from Frankfurt and if you have a couple of hours I would love to come to the airport and invite you guys to some food!!

I will leave my emailaddress here in case you are interested! I would love to meet you, I hope to one day adopt through Reece's Rainbow as well!
koejes@web.de

I am sure Alexis will be so excited to see you again!!
Have a safe trip!!

Anonymous said...

Praying for you and your family while you travel. Hope it's a wonderful trip and can't wait to hear all about it!

Arizona mom to eight said...

Yay!!! Cannot wait for pictures, I am so happy for you.