5 AM Mon. Taiwan!

We're here! Everything I write will be in TW time, easier for me. We arrived last night and at our hotel around midnight. I can't speak highly enough about our EVA pilot. It was the absolute smoothest flight. Everything about it. We left an hour late because they were waiting for a couple passengers, so the pilot caught us up by about 30 min. Nice.

Now the LAS to LAX leg... we left 15 minutes late and arrived 10 minutes early.... for a cost. Pilot got adventurous and turbulent and was seriously zooming. Obviously, we're all good, but at least I know it wasn't just me who was nervous; the guy across from us had white knuckles from gripping the armrest!

Loved seeing the lights on the boats in the ocean as we came in at night to land. Airport was easy and laid out well. Very friendly immigration lady said, "Why are you coming here for vacation? Vegas is vacation enough!" Taxi's are easy to take and we were in a new car with leather. I swear it was a Toyota Camry... hubby said it was a Ford. We won't know because we forgot to look again before getting out. Drive spoke a little English (little). So far no crazy drivers as people have said. He obeyed all the rules and then some... way more then most Vegas drivers.

Hotel is great! I am very pleased and it even has a few nice surprises like a little individually wrapped loofah puff. When we arrived, the front desk woman looked at us incredulously and stuttered out, "You read Chinese?" Our papers we handed her for check in were all in Chinese. "No, but we do okay with computer." It would take to long to explain that reserving reservations online took two hours of copying a pasting into Babelfish!

Today, we explore! Can't wait to get out and wander. The only thing that is bummy the most is how much I miss my Nika, Kole, and Jadyn. You guys are taking mommy and daddy leaving like champs! I am so impressed with how well you adjusted. Thank you Uncle Aaron, Auntie Rakel, and Gran-mas for watching over them for us. Continue to have fun you silly kids and, yes, we really will bring home Milana for you.... and lots of hugs (Kole asked for two big hugs from Dad and then two big hugs from Mom).... we'll smoother you all with love and dogpiles soon. All our love, Mom and Dad.

Tip: Magic Jack is awesome! We brought a Magic Jack to call home with and it is great. It makes free calls to the U.S. and Canada and you plug it into the USB of your laptop.

Pictures to follow after we explore. Donnie...quit snoozing already, I'm all ready to hoof it .... there has to be stuff to do here at 5 am right!?

WE'RE FINALLY IN TAIWAN BABY! WE MADE IT! Tomorrow, at 7 p.m. your time Monday, we will be actually holding Milana.... whew... I'm in "labor" and it makes your head feel like you're on tilt a whirl. It's still very surreal ... until every now and then you get rushes of something taking your breathe away as you realize the gravity of it all. Mom and Dad are on their way to you, Milana. Many kisses and hugs await and so much more.