SUNDAY, MARCH 21st

Our beautiful LiLi..such sweet pictures

Having mint lemonade and a muffin from

the Starbucks in the Dubai airport!

At the Dubai airport

You would think she would be tired..

We arrived in Dubai on time. LiLi slept about 4 hours on the 12 hour flight and I probably slept about 3. The flight was actually very smooth ( as most of you know...I really don't care for flying). The food looked really good. I wasn't very hungry so I just ate yogurt and fruit but LiLi seemed to like hers. LiLi did remarkably on the flight. I was so proud of her. We were very lucky that the nice lady beside LiLi let her put her feet across her lap. Her head was on my lap and I was trying really hard to keep her from kicking the lady. She saw what a struggle I was having and said that she had a 5 year old at home and that she could put her legs on her lap. She was from Dubai, I think, and was extremely nice.

It was a very smooth process getting through Immigration and taking the shuttle to the hotel. The hotel was nice and we ate dinner almost immediately after checking in. Of course, I somehow lost my voucher from the Dubai airport to the hotel...but I did later find it. :) Dinner was good. They had a lot of curry rice dishes and some great desserts. LiLi and I were able to take showers and freshen up. LiLi only slept from 11p-3a but I was able to sleep from 11p-6a. LiLi just sat on her bed and played..at least she was somewhat resting.

We took the shuttle from the hotel to the airport at 6:30 am. It was great to get coffee from Starbucks at the Dubai airport. At this point, LiLi and I are superexcited. We have a short 4 hour flight and then we will be landing in Ethiopia!