On our way home!

It is Thursday, December at 3:50PM, and we are sitting in the Air China Lounge awaiting our return flight to Chicago. This is the first net access I have had since our return to Beijing, so I wanted to get in a quick update.
After our swearing in ceremony, we got on a China Southern plane back to Beijing. It was a much better flight than the one we took into Guangzhou, but when we landed, we actually used the old-syle stairs to go outside (this is what we expected from China the whole time, but we have been spoiled).
We got to the Sino-Swiss Hotel at the airport at about 11:30 PM. WHAT A DUMP! We have been spoiled by the hotels of the last few weeks. As we walked in, we heard Queen coming out of the karaoke bar and many of us spontaneously started singing Bohemian Rhapsody, a-la Wayne's World. It was a riot.
We spent the day today basically waiting to go to the airport - and here we are. At the immigration check, the border guard gave us a suggestion - "why don't you try to have your own next time?" Thanks guy - why don't you work on your reproductive policies and take care of your daughters.
When we land in Chicago, Lexi immediately becomes a US Citizen. How cool is that? And it will still be Thursday...
As for the lack of multi-media content in this post - I will post pictures and video when we get home. We can't wait to get back!