Finally asleep and the house is quiet...time to blog

What a busy, busy, busy couple of days it has been. The trip home was very good. For the first flight which was close to 11 hours she fell asleep as the plane was reaching the runway. She managed to sleep for about 1.5 hours until the nice (insert sarcasm) man behind her woke her up by continuously kicking her seat. I told you woke her up you entertain her. So for 9 hours they played caught and peek-a-boo. Probably the last time he will kick a baby's seat.

Made through passport control only after she started to scream and then I had to tell the man sternly that she will probably cry until she becomes a citizen. That moved things along faster.

The next flight was a breeze. She slept until we landed. I call Gerard who was waiting by the exit to meet us. Oh to see him standing there was the best thing I had seen in days, okay the second best thing Anna was the best thing. She was tired but she did give him a poke which is quite funny because usually he walks by me and just pokes me. We got the bags then out to the car. Yeah!!!! Except she needed a diaper change. Thank goodness I cleaned out the trunk. After she was all freshened up she went directly to her car seat.

Gerard asked me "How is she in a car seat?"
I told him "I will let you know when I put her in one"

The funny thing is I had asked about a car seat for this trip and was told they had one. They do not use one. Gerard laughed and said "You only asked if they had one not if they use one!" Hate to say it but he is right. Just do not tell him.

The car ride home we slept.

Once we pulled up we let Dottie come out to the car and I got her out of her seat The funny thing is she took a double take when she saw Dottie come in the house like "Hey lady that dog is in the house." Dottie was way better then I expected, Anna prefers to only pet the spots which is very funny.

So how was it for Gerard to finally see and touch her. Well I think there are no words to describe it. His face just lights up. "She is pretty little and even" were his words to be exact. Yes I said even because is is doing everything even like. It just cracks me up.

When I was changing her diaper with Gerard for the first time I let her hold a clean wipe and she promptly washed the right side of her face then the left, wiped the right foot then the left. Believe me I could go on and on about her evenness. Which has Gerard beaming and of course he is pointing all out to me everything. Great!

So yesterday was our first day home but of course this was not a normal day as if any are normal but there was a lot of traffic. I think somehow it was best to have everyone come sneak a peep over the next two or three days. We are sticking to the no holding and no feeding rules that I outlined earlier.

One funny thing is that Gerard noticed a difference in her when others were around. Bingo Daddy that is what I have been telling you. Better that he see it for himself. He favorite game is to run from me to him. Then he swings her a little bit and it is back to me for a hug. We have found that if we sit on opposite sides of the room a couple of feet apart she comes to one of us. For that I am very please.

I have not uploaded my photos from this trip yet but these ones are from my third visit with her. I have so much to write about and so little time. I know same old story as everyone else. I hope to be able to get some of it down in the next couple of days.

When I was in Russia was not able to access my blog at all. Weird. Only Facebook thank goodness. I know my sisters and cousin Val told my Mother that all was good and for that I am very thankful.

I was however able to read all of my comments because they get emailed to my phone. In the next couple of days I will post some of the things that happened when in Russia because I never want to forget any of it. So you all will just have to bare with me and all the boring details (He He He).



July 30, 2009

It was so stinking hot that day! The funny thing is she would not wear the bonnet that I brought her by would wear the elf style hat. I tried like heck to find one like that but could not. I hope to be able to make one for her. She wore it like she does everything else with determination.