This is one our last posts from China.

Wow, what a great trip ( although JP reminds me that it's not over yet- the airplane ride will certainly be memorable that is for sure !!).

We are looking forward to returning home and can't wait for Ben to meet his new little sister
( pox in all). We are sure that she will fall in love with her big bro right away.

Alyana is beginning to feel better. One of the people traveling with us is a MD so she had a good look over on Aly today and figures she is on the mend.

She still is cranky and continues to have a fever though.

Oh well, we'll break down the 13 hour flight to Toronto into 1 hr "bite size" pieces ( in other words, each hour that passes with bring us one hour closer to home).

Just in case, however, say a little prayer for us .......:)

If we don't get to post again, we want to thank you all for joining us on our journey to Alyana.

Your posts in the guestbook have meant a lot to us.

We can't wait for you to meet our daughter. She sure is awesome.

Despite Montezuma's Revenge , Chicken Pox and teething, we wouldn't trade her for the world.

She is, we wholeheartly believe, the little girl that we were meant to welcome into our life, our home , our family and most importantly our hearts !

Last Private message to Benjamin: Bugsy Boy we are coming home really soon. While we type this you are on your way to school and in only 2 sleeps you get to come meet us at the airport! We are really proud of you for how well you've looked after Jingles and Fletcher while we were away. And we are even more proud of how well you've behaved for Judoo and Jessie. We love you zero beyond!!!

This was the extent of Aly and Momma's sight seeing the last two days

This is Miss Aly's last night sleep on China soil ( at least for awhile) .