Last post from China

Other than Leah falling out of bed last night, we had a relatively restful night. Luke finally decided he'd had enough of being crowded in bed and moved to some blankets on the floor. The blankets were really pretty thick and he said he slept much better.

Molly said she woke up in the middle of the night to find no Leah in her bed. She was happily sleeping on the floor - we assume she fell out. She was none the worse for wear. I'm actually surprised it hadn't happened before now, the way she thrashes.

Our bags are packed, the Nintendo DS-es are charged, and the boys are giving the room one more once-over for Transformer pieces.

We head for the airport in an hour for our L-O-N-G trip home. We have a four-hour wait in Hong Kong and a two-hour wait in Taipei before our flight to Seattle. Fortunately, we get on the 747 for Seattle late tonight, so maybe we'll all be able to sleep a little.

Everyone is a little bit out of whack this morning. Molly and I feel like we're getting a sore throat, and the boys are just out of sorts. Leah seems ok so far - she's a good sport.

Leah is still doing great, although we're still ready for anything in terms of her behavior. She still tests us occasionally, but so far no big problems. She's understanding a lot of what we say, and she is repeating English words occasionally. This morning Molly got her to say "I love you, Mommy."

We're off to our final trip to the Shamian Island Starbucks - which, I noticed yesterday, was opened a year ago as the 500th Starbucks in China. That's our bit of trivia for today.

Please pray that we stay healthy and that we have patience with our tired, out-of-sorts children as we travel for the next day.

Leah becomes a U.S. citizen in 24 hours!