We made it home, it was a really long day (more like day and a half - about 36 hours of traveling with three kids - it was as fun as one might imagine).

I'll have stories soon of the trip home itself, including being fleeced by the bus company in Shenzhen (the border city in China before reaching Hong Kong). So glad we made it out of there; it could have been a much worse situation - but they did relieve us of our last yuan.

The children are bathed and snug in their beds, and the empty bed that has been waiting is now warm with a sleepy little Chinese girl.

Time for me to do the same - shower and bed are waiting - it's really good to be home!