Evie's home!

Comforting her at the Seoul airport
Arriving at the Seoul airport with her friend Allie.
Having a moment of calm before we took off with my mom.
Sad :-(
Hanging out at home with big brother Jake.
Part of my welcome home decorations.

After 2 rough flights, we made it home at 1:15 am on early Saturday morning. I have never been more happy to ever be home in my life. Evie was so sad to leave her foster home and probably wasn't feeling well, so she cried a lot of the 13-hour first flight, the 6-hour layover, and the 1.5 hour second flight. It was very terrible and frustrating for both of us. She had moments where she would sleep and we would both get some rest, but they were all cat naps. I tried to distract her with toys, movies, the ipad, food, everything I had, but nothing seemed to work. On the flight from korea, there were 7 other babies and they all took their turns crying, so she wasn't the only one unhappy. I'm sure to the average traveler, it had to be the flight from hell becaur try to help with the upset babies. Several of them came up to me and would reach their arms out and offer to help me calm her down. I didn't take many up on it because they taught us that we should be the ones that they should attach to and let comfort them. There were 2 escorts on the flight taking other people's babies home, so they let the kind other passengers comfort the babies they were escorting. My mom took Evie occasionally, but it was mostly me trying to comfort her. The worst thing about the flights is that she refused to drink anything. She ate a small bit, but she wouldn't take her bottle or liquids from anywhere else, probably because she was so upset. During the layover, my mom and I got straws from a restaurant and fed her as much water as we could by dropping it in her mouth. The short flight from Detroit to Cincinnati was the worst. Even though it was short, we got stuck for about half and hour on the runway, and she was screaming her lungs out at that point. I couldn't get up at all to walk her around (which she mildly liked at that point) because we had to keep our seatbelts on. The other passengers were nice about it, luckily. So, I was extremely happy to see Brian when we finally made it home to Cincinnati. I had called him during our layover and was telling him how upset she was, and he was very and sympathized with me. As soon as we arrived in Cincinnati, she relaxed and of course didn't cry at all when I gave her to him or on the ride home at all. When we got home, my front room and hallway was decorated kindly by my co-workers, which was an awesome surprise. After 2 rough flights, it was very-much appreciated and brought tears to my eyes. Brian took over the first night, and she actually did pretty well sleeping. Jake was really excited to meet her the next morning and was very sweet. One of the very first things he did was offer her his doggy that he sleeps with every night and his pacifier. She looked at him like "what?", but it was sweet nonetheless. As of right now, things are getting better. Her drinking is getting better, she isn't crying too much, and the sleeping is getting there. We are both still really tired, but are taking turns so it isn't too bad. Here are some photos from along the way.