ARRIVING HOME

We made it home! It was so nice to see slot machines and be back in the dry air. It was so nice seeing my sister and her friends! They are awesome, and they LOVED baby. Britany made her the cutest tutu for our photos. It is adorable, and PURPLE. I love it!

The plane ride back was not as nice as on the way there. Why when you get to the airport early it takes but minutes to get through security. There was no wait in the airport, my plane was empty, and I didn't bring anything entertaining. What bothered me is on the way there leaving the airport here they said nothing about my 3 bottles of breast milk. On the way back they took the 1 bottle of breast milk and tested it in some "laser" machine. I decided we will not be drinking that batch.

The plane ride was rather bumpy due to the wind. Madison was tired and having a hard time falling asleep once we settled on the plane. I think her lack of sleep was bothering her more than her ears.

I am not one of those parents that rock the baby to sleep. If needed I would do so, but I would rather not develop bad habits. I place her in her bed and let her fall asleep on her own, which seems to work great for us. I am not trying to develop bad habits that I will have to deal with in the future. I do not sleep with her in my bed, besides I do not want to break a 9 year old of the habit, I am mostly afraid I would squish her. So on our trip home she fell asleep when she was in the baby carrier, but when I was holding her on the plane she wanted to be put down to go to sleep. I just didn't have anywhere to put her. Even though we had our own row, (I am an excellent row hoarder on flight) she would not have stayed put.

We had to leave the tutu behind. :o( I didn't want to get it smashed in the luggage. We also left a "beautiful garden" bouncer. It is a pink and brown bouncer chair. She liked it a lot. We cannot wait to see Auntie JuJu and her friends again in 3 weeks! Especially because I MISS MY SISTER!